Student coursework is organized into three categories:

General Studies (12 credits)

• Diversity Among Learners: Teaching Children in Poverty
• Curriculum Design
• Instructional Strategies: Integrating Science in all Content Areas
• Issues and Problems Affecting Education

Electives (12 credits)

• Action Research: Teaching Children in Poverty
• Action Research: Curriculum Design
• Action Research: Integrating Science Across The Content Areas
• Action Research: Seminar — Issues and Problems Affecting Education

Graduate Project (6 credits)

• Introduction to Professional Inquiry
• Instructional Project

About Action Research

Action Research is a data driven planning and assessment process used by educators to study and reflect upon the results of teaching. New Horizons for Learning defines Action Research as:

“School and classroom-based studies initiated and conducted by teachers and other school staff. Action research involves teachers, aides, principals, and other school staff as researchers who systematically reflect on their teaching or other work and collect data that will answer their questions”