Childhood Education

Sequence Two of the Childhood Education MSEd program is designed for college graduates who have not completed programs leading to initial certification in childhood education and wish to become elementary school teachers. Upon satisfactory completion of the program, students will have met the academic requirements for initial certification in childhood education. 

Students may select a concentration from the following areas: learning and development, literacy education, mathematics education, music education, science education, social foundations of education, and social studies education or pursue a multidisciplinary program. 

The program will foster and enhance students' competence in teaching, understanding of current educational research and theory, and knowledge in selected areas of the liberal arts and sciences. It appreciates and recognizes that education occurs across the lifespan in a variety of settings, and its courses reflect these understandings, work to foster these dispositions in students, and actualize these perspectives in practice.