Master of Arts in Secondary Education: Overseas Degree Program
30 semester credit hours plus comprehensive examination
(Without Alabama State Department of Education Certification)

GROUP I: SECONDARY EDUCATION COURSES

Area 1) Requirement – Select one 3 semester hour course from the following:

CSE 530 – The Modern Secondary School Program
CSE 532 – The Secondary School Curriculum

Area 2) Program Specifics – Select five 3 semester hour courses from the following -- or select three or four courses from below and 6 or 3 hours of graduate credit courses* in the student’s subject field (total hours in Program Specifics must equal 15):

CSE 563 – Improving Language Arts Instruction
CSE 564 – Improving Social Science Instruction
CSE 565 – Improving Science Instruction
CSE 566 – Improving Mathematics Instruction
CRD 512 – Improvement of Reading in Secondary Schools
CIE 577 – Second Language Acquisition

GROUP II: ELECTIVES – Select four 3 semester hour courses from the list below. This may include courses not taken from the GROUP I listing above or courses specifically approved by the Office of International Programs:

BEF 503 – History of American Education
BEF 504 – Philosophy of Education
BEF 534 – Multicultural Education
SPE 500 – Introduction to Exceptional Children
SPE 582 – Teaching the Gifted & Talented
SPE 592 – Academic Methods: Secondary
BER 500 – Research Methods in Education
BER 550 – Evaluation of Classroom Learning
CSE 555 – Adolescent Literature
CSE 574 – Guiding Pupil Learning
CSE 576 – Improving Science Teaching through New Technologies
CSE 594 – Problems in Secondary Education
CSE 595 – Practicum
CIE 562 – Teaching English as a Second Language: Basic Methods
CIE 576 – Linguistics for Classroom Teachers
CIE 579 – Teaching English as a Second Language: Programs & Policies
CIE 593 – Workshop in Curriculum and Instruction
CAT 531 – Technology in Education
BCE 511 – Principles of Guidance
BCE 521 – Group Procedures in Counseling and Guidance
BEF 542 – Educational Classics: Contemporary
BEP 500 – Advanced Educational Psychology
BEP 505 – Development of Self-Regulation

*Courses must have a University of Alabama graduate level equivalent, be part of the curriculum in a graduate degree program, and be from a regionally accredited institution. Students must secure permission to enroll in transfer courses prior to enrolling in those courses.

Approved April, 2008