OVERVIEW MA COURSEWORK APPLICATION & ADMISSIONS

PLEASE note new changes in our MA.  Ed T&L core requirements for all MAs have gone into effect as of Autumn Quarter 2009.  Below you will find T&L core requirements for those admitted before AU09 and the old requirements for those admitted AU09 and afterwards.Consult your advisor you enrolled before AU09 and wish to take the new requirements.

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Our MA provides advanced graduate study in the specialty area of social studies and global education. Although the majority of our MA students are practicing K-12 teachers, we have some students who work with university students or adult learners or who work with students in non-school settings.

The MA can be completed in one year of full-time coursework or part-time by taking one to two classes a quarter over a few years.

In the thesis option, students take 45 hours of coursework and write a thesis.  In the non-thesis option, students take 50 hours of coursework and a written exam.

Our MA includes 50 credit hours of (1) core courses in social studies and global education, (2) elective courses that provide content to support students’ special interests within social studies and global education, (3) interdisciplinary courses in Language, Literacy and Culture, our section of the School of Teaching and Learning.

See information below for admissions and application.

Core Courses in Social Studies and Global Education (15 credit hours):

T&L 878 Infusing Global Perspectives In Education (3)

T&L 881 Multicultural and Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning  (3)

T&L 904 Citizenship Education in a Global Age (3)

T&L 887.28 International Field Experience (3) Note this internship can be petitioned out of if the student has significant experience within a culture different from his/her own.

T&L 925.28 seminar in social studies (3)

Electives (17 hours) Students choose program electives in consultation with their advisors.

Electives in Social Studies and Global Education:

T&L 805 Global Education: Social Economic Perspectives (3)

T&L 807 Teaching About Africans & African Perspectives (3)

T&L 882 Methods & Materials in Social Studies (3)

T&L 879 Teaching for Social Justice (3)

T&L 883d Teaching World Cultures and Global Issues (3) online course

T&L 985 Theories of Secondary Social Studies in Education (3)

T&L 925.28 Education for Cross-Cultural Understanding (3)

T&L 925.28 Simulations and Gaming (3)

T&L 925.28 Culturally Relevant Teaching (3)

T&L 925.28 Teaching About the World with Technology (3)

Electives in History and The Social Sciences

Electives in Area Studies

Electives in Education

T&L Core If you were admitted AU09 or later

T & L 881 Multicultural and Global Perspectives on Teaching and Learning , offered Autumn Quarter

T & L 871 Historical and Contemporary Theories of Teaching and Learning, offered  Winter Quarter

T & L XXX Assessing Teaching and Learning, offered Spring Quarter

T & L 874 Classroom-based Inquiry, offered Winter and Spring

T & L 842 Research in Early, Elementary, Middle and Secondary Education To Be Determined

T&L Core if you were admitted before AU09

Choose two courses in consultation with your advisor   6 hrs

T&L 741 Teacher Decision Making (3)

T&L 804 Trends and Issues in LLC (3)

T&L 881 Theory and Practice in Multicultural Ed (3)

Themes in LLC (Select one course from each area) 9 hrs

Area One: Fundamental Issues in Teaching (select one)

T&L 640 Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (3)

T&L 803 Language and Society (3)

P&L 853 Women, Technology and Education (3)

P&L 863 African-American Education 1700-1950 (3)

P&L 871 Theories of Gender in Education (3)

T&L 879 Teaching for Diversity and Social Justice (3)

P&L 812 American Schools and American Society (3)

Others may be selected in consultation with advisor.

Area Two: Literature (select one)

AAAS 757 African American Literature (5)

T&L 633 Drama, Story and Creativity (3)

T&L 722 Literature Across the Curriculum (3)

T&L 817 Advanced Children’s Literature (3)

T&L 856 Advanced Adolescent Literature (3)

T&L 864 Multicultural Literature for Children (3)

Others may be selected in consultation with advisor.

Area Three: Research and Inquiry (select one)

P&L 798 Qualitative Research for Educators (3)

T&L 808 Research in Multicultural and Global Education (3)

T&L 874 Classroom-Based Inquiry (3)

AgEd 885 Research Methods (3)

P&L 890 Action Research (3)

T&L 925.28 Research in Social Studies Education (3)

P&L 966 Practicum in Ed Research and Inquiry (3)

T&L 999.28 Thesis research (6)

Others may be selected in consultation with advisor.

Independent Study (3 hrs)

Students work on a topic of interest with a professor who has expertise in that area. Independent studies may be development around readings, research or curriculum development. An elective seminar course can substitute for this requirement if it meets with the approval of the student’s advisor.

Admissions and Application Procedures

Application Procedures: Graduate admission application forms may be obtained online, from the Admissions Office, Third Floor, Lincoln Tower, 1800 Cannon Drive, from the Office of Academic Services in the School of Teaching and Learning, 227 Arps Hall, 1945 North High Street, Columbus, Ohio 43210 or from Graduate Admissions webpage.

An earned baccalaureate or professional degree from an accredited college or university by the expected date of entry.

A minimum of 3.00 undergraduate GPA is required.

A minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL). This requirement applies to an applicant from a country where the native language is not English, unless a bachelor’s degree or its equivalent or higher was earned in a country where English is the native language.

The Graduate School Record Exam (GRE’s). A score of 500 or above is desired.

Quality of writing as evidenced in a detailed statement of intent in which applicants explain why they have selected our program, their expectations for the program and how they are prepared for the coursework and experiences of global education.

Three letters of recommendation. At least two should come from professors who can attest to the applicant’s ability to succeed at graduate level coursework.

The majority of our students have extensive cross-cultural or international experiences, degrees in history, the social sciences, or interdisciplinary international studies (such as African Studies or Women in Development), and teaching experience in social studies education.