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Oct 03, 2024
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The University of North Carolina at Pembroke 2024-2025 Catalog
Middle Grades Education, M.A.Ed.
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The advanced Middle Grades Education degree program is designed for experienced teachers who possess, or who are eligible to hold, a North Carolina initial teaching license in middle school education. This program leads to advanced North Carolina’s “M” level licensure. Building on the background knowledge and experience of the classroom teacher, the program seeks to strengthen advanced academic competences in the discipline and to relate advanced understandings of the learner, learning process, curriculum, and instructional strategies to the unique needs and characteristics of the emerging adolescent.
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Requirements for a Master of Arts in Education: Middle Grades Education
Required Professional Studies Core: 12 Sem. Hrs.
Specialty Area Requirements: 21 Sem. Hrs.
Required and Guided Electives in One Subject Area Students must complete one 21-semester-hour content area concentration in English, Mathematics, Science, or Social Studies. Advanced study in any content area chosen for specialization requires foundation discipline knowledge sufficient for graduate-level work. Content and Elective Courses: 12 Sem. Hrs.
Required Courses: 6 Sem. Hrs.
Two courses from the following: 6 Sem. Hrs.
Pedagogy Core: 9 Sem. Hrs.
2. Science:
18 semester hours may be obtained in biology or chemistry.
Content and Elective courses: 12 Sem. Hrs.
Choose any 12 semester hours from Biology, Chemistry, Geology, and/or Physics
Pedagogy Core: 9 Sem. Hrs.
Content and Elective Courses: 12 Sem. Hrs.
Choose any 12 graduate credit hours from the following Pedagogy Core: 9 Sem. Hrs.
Content and Elective courses: 12 Sem. Hrs.
Choose any 12 graduate credit hours from the following:
Pedagogy Core: 9 Sem. Hrs.
Total (minimum): 33 Sem. Hrs.
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