Interdisciplinary Professional Studies, M.S.Ed.

Coordinator: Gregory Zobel

Mission

Empower educators to strengthen their knowledge, skills, and dispositions to improve their professional practices, to enhance their leadership abilities, and to improve the quality of education using creativity, innovation, and research.

Learning Outcomes

Effectively apply the professional content expertise, knowledge, skills, and dispositions of their education profession.
Use research and evidence to develop environments that support and assess learning and their own professional practice.
Show commitment to and develop professional education leadership attributes.

The Interdisciplinary Professional Studies, Master of Science in Education degree consists of 45 credit hours of approved graduate-level courses.

The degree has three areas:

Professional Education Core (13)
Interdisciplinary Professional Studies Core (24)
Exit requirements (capstone) (8)

Core Courses

Twenty four credit hours of coursework planned with MSEd interdisciplinary coordinator.

Professional Education Core

CSE 654 Graduate Professional Practice Series Credits: 1
ED 632 Cultural, Social and Philosophical Issues in Education Credits: 4
ED 633 Educational Research Credits: 4
ED 636 Leadership and Policy in a Diverse Society Credits: 4

Interdisciplinary Professional Studies Core

24 credit hours of ED and CSE courses planned with MSEd Curriculum & Instructional Design coordinator.

Exit Requirement

ED 604 Professional Project Planning Credits: 4
and ED 605 Professional Project Implementation Credits: 4
or
ED 635 Action Research Credits: 4
and ED 640 Professional Writing in Education Credits: 4