Elementary Education, M.Ed.

The required courses are:

• ED 6010 - Foundations of Education (3) *
• ED 6020 - Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (3) *
• ED 6030 - Technology and Education: Applications and Implications (3) *
• ED 6150 - Field Experiences and Action Research (3)
• ED 6400 - Advanced Psychological Foundations (3)
• ED 6450 - Foundations of Special Education (3)
• ED 6501 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment I (Teaching Science, Mathematics, and Health in Grades 1-6) (4)
• ED 6502 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment II (Teaching Language Arts, Social Studies and Children’s Literature) (4)
• ED 6700 - Methods of Diagnosis and Instruction for Remedial Reading (3)
• ED 7710 - Integrating Arts Instruction into the Core Curriculum (3)
• ED 7760 - Literacy Practicum (3)
• ED 7800 - Graduate Student Teaching in the Elementary School (10)
• ED 7900 - Graduate Integrated Student Teaching Seminar: Classroom Planning, Management, and Assessment (3)
• ED 7910 - The Professional Semester Portfolio (1)

Total: 49 graduate credit hours

Additional Requirements:

Plus an additional minimum 11 hours of professional preparation courses to assure compliance with the current Missouri State Certification requirement of a minimum of 60 professional preparation hours.

Note(s):

*Co-listed as a 4000-level undergraduate course. Teacher candidates may apply up to nine credit hours of the following co-listed courses to the graduate degree: ED 4010/ED 6010 , ED 4020/ED 6020 , ED 4030/ED 6030 . For graduate credit, these courses must be taken at the 6000-level, which requires that those teacher candidates taking the course for graduate credit, complete additional work at an accelerated level appropriate for graduate credit, and that the additional work required for graduate credit is reflected in the course syllabus. Courses taken at the 4000-level do not apply to the M.Ed. degree. For the M.Ed., the student must take the course at the 6000-level or take another graduate course in that domain of the M.Ed. core.

In addition to the 49 graduate credit hours, teacher candidates are also required to complete at least 11 additional credit hours of certification coursework to fulfill the 60 credit hour state requirements for certification in elementary education. Typically, these 11 hours will be acquired through Rockhurst University general education coursework. Please confer with an Education advisor to ensure compliance.

Rockhurst University meets the Missouri 168.400 requirement by:

Rockhurst University meets the Missouri 168.400 requirement by allowing teacher candidates who have been employed for at least two years as a full-time teacher assistant to bypass student teaching. Instead, such teacher candidates must take ED 7900 - Graduate Integrated Student Teaching Seminar: Classroom Planning, Management, and Assessment  (3), and the Professional Semester Portfolio course (1), as well as two additional elective courses (3 credit hours each) offered in the Rockhurst University Master of Education program to fulfill degree requirements.