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Education Studies, M.Ed.

The M.Ed. in Education Studies allows licensed teachers the opportunity to complete 30 hours of course work to add endorsement areas to their Arkansas teaching license. The endorsement options available are Special Education, Online Teaching and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages.  Two endorsement areas are required.

Student Learning Outcomes

  • Students will apply knowledge of the content related to their endorsement area (SPED, TESOL and/or Online Teaching) to their classroom.
  • Students will apply knowledge of pedagogy related to their endorsement area (SPED, TESOL and/or Online Teaching) to their classroom.
  • Students will develop curriculum appropriate for the diversity represented in their classroom.

Requirements for the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in Education Studies

Choose two of the following cores:

SPED Core

Special Education Core course requirements

ESOL Core

ESOL Core course requirements

Online Teaching Core

Online Teaching Core course requirements

Additional hours as necessary to meet the minimum semester hours

SPED and ESOL options taken together will require both additional courses to meet the 30-hour minimum.

SPED or ESOL options taken with the Online Teaching option will require only one additional course to meet the 30-hour minimum.

Minimum total semester hours - 30