The master’s degree in bilingual education provides an opportunity to prepare experts in bilingual education and various specialized education areas to promote and support enrichment bilingual education.  The degree consists of:

Note: A new cohort of students begins every fall semester and capable of completing program within 2 years.

Core Curriculum:                                 18 hours (bilingual education)

EDBE     6319          Practicum in Bilingual Education (Taken last semester of
                            program)
EDBE     6322          Bilingualism/Multiculturalism: Critical Issues and practices
EDBE     6324          Dual Language Enrichment Education
EDBE     6335          Bilingual Content Areas across the Curriculum
EDBE     6350          The Bilingual Reading Process
EDBE     6351          Research on Language Development in Bilingual
                            Environments

Specialization Area:                            15 hours (select one area from courses listed below)*

1. Reading Education
2. Early Childhood Education
3. Special Education
4. Gifted and Talented Education
5. Principal Certification (must meet admission requirements to Educational
    Leadership Program)

*If thesis option selected, complete the thesis sequence below instead of 6 hours from Specialization Area:
ED        7300         Thesis I
ED        7300         Thesis II

Educational Research/Measurement (6 Hours)
EDCI     6310         Research Methods in Education
EDCI     6304         Measurement and Evaluation

Sequence of Coursework

Fall semester
EDBE     6322         Bilingualism/Multiculturalism: Critical Issues and Practices
EDBE     6324         Dual Language Enrichment Education
EDBE     6351         Research on Language Development in Bilingual
                           Environments
EDCI     6310         Research Methods in Education

Summer I semester
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)

Summer II semester
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)

Fall semester
EDBE     6350        The Bilingual Reading Process
EDCI     6304        Measurement and Evaluation

Spring semester
EDBE    6335        Bilingual Content-Areas across the Curriculum
EDBE    6319        Practicum in Bilingual Education (Completed last semester)

Summer I semester
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)

Summer II semester
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)

Fall semester
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)
____Enroll in Specialization Course Selected (if applicable)


Note: Bilingual Education Oral Examination and Bilingual Education Written Comprehensive Examination Completed Last Spring Semester of Program

List of Coursework in Specialization Areas
(Select One Area only - 15 Hours)

Reading Education Read 6308 Foundations of Reading I
Read      6309         Foundations of Reading II
Read      6310         Child and Adolescent Literature
Read      6323         Problems in the Teaching of Reading++
Read      6329         Diagnostic Teaching of Reading++

Early Childhood Education
EDEC      6380         The Young Child in a Multicultural Society
EDEC      6381         First and Second Language Development in Young
                            Children
EDEC      6382         Emergent Literacy Development
EDEC      6390         Internship in Early Childhood Setting I++
EDEC      6391         Early Childhood Program Administration++

Special Education
EPSY      6300         Individual Differences
EPSY      6301         Emotionally Disturbed and Autistic
EPSY      6303         Learning Disabilities
EPSY      6304         Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Exceptional Learner I:
                            Problems, Trends and Issues++
EPSY      6306         Special Education Law++

Gifted and Talented Education
EPSY     6330          Identifying the Gifted and Talented
EPSY     6331          Curriculum, Methods and Materials for the Gifted and
                            Talented
EPSY     6332          Creativity and the Gifted and Talented
EPSY     6333          Counseling the Gifted and Talented++
EPSY     6334          Practicum I in Gifted Education++

++Denotes courses to not complete if you select to write a thesis

Educational Administration
Required Courses:
EDUL 6337 Administration of Special Instructional Programs
EDUL 6384 Introduction to Educational Administration (should be completed early in program)

Select 9 hours from the following:
EDUL     6333         Curriculum Development
EDUL     6334         Instructional Leadership
EDUL     6335         Leadership for Successful Schools
EDUL     6385         Public School Law
(If you select to write a thesis, complete only one additional course from this area)