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Master's Degree - Required Courses

 

I. Bilingual Education Core (equivalent) (15 hours)**
EPSY 610 Hispanic Bilingual Assessment and Monitoring Students (3 hrs)
EPSY 611 Dual Language Programs Methodologies (3 hrs)
EPSY 612 Content Area Instruction for Hispanic Bilingual Programs (3 hrs)
EPSY 613 Spanish/English Biliteracy (3 hrs)
EPSY 616 Spanish for Bilingual and Dual Language Classrooms (3 hrs)
** The Bilingual Education Core (equivalent) 15 hours, is required for Bilingual Certification. For additional information, see advisors.

II. Research (3-6 hrs)
M.Ed. select two of the following and M.S. select one of the following:
EPSY 636 Techniques of Research (3 hrs)
EPSY 689 Qualitative Research (3 hrs) (may be from within or outside the Department)
EPSY 690 Theory of Hispanic Populations

III. Practicum (3 hrs)
EPSY 683 Field Practicum in issues related to bilingual education.

IV. Supporting Areas (6 hrs) (select two of the courses)
EPSY 614 Bilingual Curriculum Development (3 hrs)
EPSY 685 Directed Studies
SPED 610 Special Education and the Family (3 hrs)
SPED 689 Special Topics in Reading for At-Risk Learners/Bilingual Students (3 hrs)
EDAD 638 Developing School-Community Partnerships (3 hrs)
EDTC 618 Application of Telecommunications in Education
(3 hrs)
EDTC 645 Microcomputer Applications in Education (3 hrs)
** Other courses may be substituted with the approval of the Program Director and/or Advisory Committee

V. Thesis Option (3 hrs minimum)
EPSY 691 Research (3 hrs minimum)

M.S. 36 semester credit hours
M.Ed. 36 semester credit hours