Graduate Program

Student Information Contact
Contact program office at Simpson Hall, (505) 277-4535.

Application Deadlines
M.A. (initial screening)                       
Summer session: 
March 1
Fall semester:      
March 1
Spring semester:  
October 1             

 

Applications received by these initial screening dates will be given highest consideration for admission. Applications will continue to be received after the initial screening dates until the final deadlines listed below; these admission applications will be considered on a space available basis only.

Final application deadlines are:             
                          
Summer session:   
March 31
Fall semester:        
April 25
Spring semester:    
October 30

Degrees Offered

M.A. Elementary Education

The Master of Arts in Elementary Education may be taken with a concentration in Early Childhood Education.

*Please note: the Master of Arts degree in Elementary Education is not currently accepting applications for students seeking the concentration in Early Childhood Education.

Program of Studies for Concentration in Early Childhood Education Master of Arts in Elementary Education

Plan I: 26 credit hours + 6 credit hours of thesis + Final Oral Examination

Plan II: 32 credit hours including Problems Course EDUC 591

   Master of Arts in Elementary Education Core Requirements:
EDUC 500 or EDPY 500 Research Applied to Education
ECME 574 Early Childhood Curriculum
ECME 579 Seminar in Early Childhood Education
LLSS 583 Education Across Cultures of the Southwest
EDUC 591 Problems in Early Childhood Education
(Note: Problems course must be taken with an ECME faculty)
Concentration Specific Course Requirements:
In addition to ECME 574, 579 & 591 above, at least two courses  must be chosen from:
ECME 576 Learning Through Play
ECME/LLSS 514 Young Children Moving Into Literacy
ECME 575 Early Childhood Language Development & Curriculum
SPCD 550 Introduction to Early Childhood Special Education
   Remaining courses to be selected from the following:
ARTE 520 Art Education in Early Childhood
FS 501 Parent Education
FS 502 Development in Early Childhood
FS 512 Working with Children & Families
FS 546 Family Systems Theory
FS 514 Fatherhood
EDPY 503 Principles of Human Development
EDPY 510 Principles of Classroom Learning
EDPY 520 Motivation Theory and Practice
EDPY 524 Computers in the Educational Process
EDPY 572 Classroom Assessment
LLSS 544 Children's Literature
LLSS 556 First and Second Language Development
LLSS 558 Literacy Across Cultures
LLSS 582 Curriculum Development in Multicultural Education
OR OTHER COURSES APPROVED BY ECME ADVISOR


 


Courses

ECME 101. Child Growth, Development, and Learning. (3)



ECME 103. Health, Safety, and Nutrition. (2)



ECME 111. Family and Community Collaboration I. (3)



ECME 115. Guiding Young Children. (3)



ECME 117. Curriculum and Implementation I. (3)



ECME 117L. Curriculum and Implementation Practicum I. (2)



ECME 202. Introduction to Reading and Literacy Development. (3)



ECME 217. Curriculum and Implementation II. (3)



ECME 217L. Curriculum and Implementation Practicum II. (2)



ECME 220. Assessment of Children and Evaluation of Programs I. (3)



ECME 230. Professionalism. (2)



ECME 305. Research and Evaluation in Early Childhood. (3)



ECME 311. Family and Community Collaboration II. (2)



ECME 315. Public Policy, Leadership, Ethics and Reform in ECE. (3)



ECME 317. Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum. (3)



ECME 317L. Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum Practicum. (2)



ECME 320. Assessment of Childhood and Evaluation of Programs II. (3)



ECME 325. The Social, Political and Cultural Contexts of Children and Families. (3)



ECME 401. Research in Child Growth, Development and Learning. (3)



ECME 402. Teaching Reading and Writing. (3)



ECME 402L. Teaching Reading and Writing Practicum. (1)



ECME 417. Methods and Materials for the Early Primary Grades. (3)



ECME 417L. Methods and Materials for the Early Primary Grades Practicum. (2)



ECME 440L. Student Teaching in Early Childhood Education. (12)



ECME 493. Topics in Early Childhood Education. (1-6, no limit Δ)



ECME 497. Reading and Research in Honors I. (2)



ECME 498. Reading and Research in Honors II. (2)



ECME 499. Honors Thesis. (2)



ECME 514. Young Children Moving Into Literacy. (3)



ECME 574. Curriculum for Early Childhood. (3)



ECME 575. Early Childhood Language Development/ Curriculum. (3)



ECME 576. Teaching and Learning Through Play. (3)



ECME 579. Seminar in Early Childhood Education. (3-12 to a maximum of 12 Δ)



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