2. •Master of Arts in Education – Elementary Education
•Master of Arts in Education – Reading Education
•Master of Arts in Education – English Education
•Master of Arts in Education – History Education
•Master of Arts in Education – Middle Grades Education
•Master of Arts in Education – Special Education
•Master of Arts in Teaching
3. • The degree program allows completion
of an advanced degree for individuals
who presently hold an initial K-6
Elementary teaching license.
•MAEd (Elementary Education) students
participate in advanced study of both
content and pedagogical issues.
•As emerging leaders in their schools and
districts, students work closely with
education faculty to design innovative
research projects that contribute to the
elementary education field.
4. •A nine-hour content area strand is selected from areas
including advanced methods courses, gifted education, library
science, digital literacy/technology integration, and/or
teaching English as a second language.
•This 36-semester hour program may be completed on a part-
time or full-time basis. All courses are available online.
For more information about the MAEd (Elementary Education)
program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/elem/ElemEdMAED.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ci/elem/ElemEdMAED.cfm
5. •The 39-semester hour Master of Arts in Education (Reading
Education) degree program may be completed on a part-time
or full-time basis and all courses are available online.
• MAEd (Reading Education) students earn a K-12 reading
specialist license as they explore current reading
research, assessment/diagnosis of reading
difficulties, management/oversight of reading/literacy
programs, and develop action research projects related to an
area of personal interest.
6. •Nine hours of study are selected by MAEd (Reading
Education) students from a variety of reading/literacy
related areas including library science, gifted
education, digital literacy/technology integration, and
teaching English as a second language.
•An initial teaching license is required to apply and some
individuals may need to take prerequisite courses in
reading methods in order to be accepted to the program.
For more information about the MAEd (Reading Education)
program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/reading/Graduate.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ci/reading/Graduate.cfm
7. •The Master of Arts
Education (English Education)
degree program allows
completion of an advanced
degree for individuals who
presently hold an initial
secondary English teaching
license.
•MAEd (English Education)
students explore English
content knowledge, current
and emerging educational
issues, and pedagogical
concepts and practices that
affect life within the
secondary English classroom.
8. •MAEd (English Education) students develop the conceptual
knowledge and research skills necessary to design and
implement individual teacher action research
projects, thereby informing their own practices and those of
others in the field.
•Twelve-semester hours of this 39-semester hour program are
offered online. Remaining courses are offered face-to-face on
the ECU campus.
For more information about the MAEd (English Education)
program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/englished/Graduate.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ci/englished/Graduate.cfm
9. •The Master of Arts in Education (History Education)
degree program allows completion of an advanced
degree for individuals who presently hold an initial
secondary or middle grades history/social studies
teaching license.
•MAEd (History Education) students explore history
content and pedagogical issues and considerations as
soon to be leaders in their schools and districts.
•Students work closely with both history and education
faculty to design innovative research projects that
contribute to the history/social studies education field.
10. •Twelve-semester hours of this 39-semester hour
program are offered online. Remaining courses are
offered face-to-face on the ECU campus.
For more information about the MAEd (History
Education) program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/histed/Graduate.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ci/histed/Graduate.cfm
11. •The Master of Arts in Education (Middle Grades
Education) degree program allows completion of an
advanced degree for individuals who presently hold
an initial middle grades teaching license.
•MAEd (Middle Grades Education) students explore
middle grades curriculum development in public
school settings, advanced instructional and
assessment strategies, and issues/trends specific to
middle grades education.
12. •Twelve-semester hours of this 36-semester hour program are
offered online. Remaining courses are offered face-to-face on
the ECU campus.
For more information about the MAEd (Middle Grades
Education) program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/midg/GraduateDegrees.cfm
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13. •The Master of Arts in Education (Special Education) degree
program allows completion of an advanced degree for individuals
who presently hold an initial Special Education teaching license.
•MAEd (Special Education) students complete core courses
related to SPED issues/trends, technology integration,
assessment, behavior intervention/support, and the facilitation of
systems change through collaboration and co-teaching.
14. • In addition, MAEd (Special Education) students select
specialty training from the areas of mental disabilities, learning
disabilities, behavioral/emotional disabilities, and low
incidence disabilities.
•This 39-semester hour program is completed on a part-time
basis over a period of two years.
•All courses are available online.
For more information about the MAEd (Special Education)
program, visit http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
educ/ci/sped/SPEDGraduateProgram.cfm
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/ci/sped/SPEDGraduateProgram.cfm
15. •The Master of Arts in Teaching degree program allows
completion of an advanced degree while also meeting the
requirements to gain initial teaching licensure.
•It is a 39-semester hour program comprised of
graduate-level courses and a two-semester unpaid internship.
•The degree is earned after completing a year-long, full-time,
on campus program that begins in the summer.
16. •Licensure is available in Business, Elementary
Education, English, Family and Consumer
Sciences, Health, Hispanic Studies, History, Marketing, Middle
Grades, Music, Physical Education, Science, and Special
Education.
For more information about MAT programs, visit
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-
http://www.ecu.edu/cs-educ/alternative_licensure/MasterOfArtsinTeaching.cfm
educ/alternative_licensure/MastersOfArtsinTeaching.cfm
Good Afternoon. We are delighted that you have joined us today for this virtual presentation about several graduate programs in ECU’s College of Education. I am Dr. Terry Atkinson, Graduate Director for the programs we’ll be talking about. The presentation will be brief and provide you will general information about these programs, which we hope you will share with others. Most of our new students hear about our graduate programs from our current students and graduates, so this presentation is meant to provide you with a link to share with your current and future colleagues and with an opportunity to ask questions via Centra. Let’s begin by seeing who is with us today for this Centra presentation.
The programs we’ll be focusing on today are the Master of Arts in Education (for those holding initial teaching license). Just FYI, the COE does offer a Master of Arts in Teaching (in a variety of areas) for individuals who do not hold an initial teaching license). We’ll talk briefly about each of the MAEd programs and then have time for your questions.
