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Degrees Offered
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Master of Science in Instruction: Bilingual/Bicultural Education Program
Program Overview
The Master of Science in Instruction: Bilingual/Bicultural
Education is designed to reflect a multicultural/multilinguistic
focus and encourages candidates who already hold an
elementary education or early childhood teaching certificate
to pursue a master's degree leading to bilingual endorsement.
Admission Requirements
Students must fulfill the requirements for admission
to the Graduate College.
To be considered for full admission to the program,
students should also meet the following requirements:
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Undergraduate Bachelor's Degree from an accredited
university or college
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A minimum undergraduate GPA of 2.75 (4.0 scale).
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18 credit hours of undergraduate coursework in
any one of the following areas of concentration:
social/behavioral sciences, natural sciences, humanities,
or other related disciplines
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Current, valid elementary education or early childhood
teaching certificate
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Oral Interview, oral and written literacy assessment
of proficiency in native language and the target
language by program faculty.
A maximum of nine credit hours of graduate level coursework
may be transferred into the program, based upon the
evaluation of the coursework being equivalent in scope
and content to required program coursework, in accordance
with the policies established by the Graduate College.
Degree Requirements
This program has two components of coursework:
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Professional core of eighteen (18) credit hours
in the area of cultural pluralism, media technology,
assessment, literacy theory and pedagogy, general
curriculum development, and research.
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ELAD-EDFN-416 Cultural Pluralism and Schools
..... 3 cr.
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TED-ELED-414 Principles of Curriculum Development
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TED-ELED-430 Trends and Issues in Assessment
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3 cr.
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TED-INMD-410 Media Technology for Educators ........................................................
3 cr.
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TED-READ-402 Issues in Reading Instruction ..........
3 cr.
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TED-ELED-406 Research Skills for the Classroom
Teacher ..........................................
3 cr.
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Concentration of eighteen (18) credit hours in
bilingual/bicultural education leading to bilingual
approval.
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TED-BLBC-438 Foundations of Bilingual Education
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3 cr.
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TED-BLBC-439 Ethnic Diversity in Our Schools:
A Cross-Cultural/Linguistic Survey ........................
3 cr.
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TED-BLBC -440 Teaching in Culture and Language
Diverse Classrooms ..............................
3 cr.
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TED-BLBC 441 Materials, Methods and Techniques
for Teaching Limited English Proficient Students
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3 cr.
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TED-BLBC-442 Assessment Tools for Bilingual Students
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3 cr.
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LING-414 Theories of Teaching English as a Second
Language ...........................................
3 cr.
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