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Academic Areas & Divisions
Curriculum & Instruction
Master of Education: Multicultural Education
This study option is designed to prepare teachers and other professionals to assume leadership roles in school districts, colleges, universities and other institutions that have projects, courses and programs related to multicultural education, race relations, and to improving the academic achievement of students of color. It is designed to help classroom teachers acquire the knowledge, attitudes, and skills needed to integrate their curricula with ethnic content and for educators who wish to respond to the challenges and opportunities of the growing racial, ethnic, cultural, and language diversity in their school districts.
Course of Study
In brief, the M.Ed. in C&I requires 48 credits:
- 9 credits in Foundations of Education
- 18 credits in Multi-cultural education (the area of specialization)
- 12 credits in ethnic diversity outside the College of Education, and
- 9 credits in Culminating Experience
All course choices are to be negotiated with advisors. Advisors have the discretion to recommend or require certain courses depending on the student’s background. The courses listed below are suggestions only.
This document describes below what is required in the Multicultural Education area of specialization and guides for selecting courses in a supporting area of study. Students should carefully review the Core Requirements for details about all four components of the M.Ed. course of study. Students must also follow the general requirements of the graduate school; among these are that a course of study should include at least 18 credits at the 500-level or above and 18 graded credits.
Coursework in Multicultural Education (18)
Eighteen (18) credits in multicultural education courses offered by the Area of Curriculum and Instruction and other divisions within the College of Education. At least twelve (12) of these credits should be Curriculum and Instruction (EDC&I) designated courses. Three (3) of these credits may also be used to satisfy the Foundations of Education requirements. These requirements should be selected from the following options:
These two courses are required:
EDC&I 424 Multiethnic Curriculum and Instruction
EDC&I 569 Educating Ethnic Minority Youth
The remainder of the credits must be selected from the following courses.
Equivalent courses will have to be approved by the faculty advisor.
EDC&I 464 Educating Native American Youth
EDC&I 469 Teaching African American Students and Culture
EDC&I 474 Multiethnic Studies: Methods, Content and Materials
EDLPS 566 Educational Policy Serving Disenfranchised Groups
EDC&I 573 School Reform and Multicultural Education
EDC&I 574 Race, Gender, and Knowledge Construction: Curriculum
Considerations
Ethnic Diversity Outside the College of Education (12 Credits)
Twelve (12) credit hours in ethnic diversity subject matter fields outside of the College of
Education. Courses can be taken from those offered by various departments in the College of Arts and Sciences. This requirement can be satisfied in several different ways with the consent of the advisor. For example, all 12 credits may be taken on one ethnic group such as African Americans or Latino Americans. Secondly, the student may distribute the courses among several different ethnic groups, such as Native Americans, Latino Americans, and Asian Americans. Thirdly, the student may combine courses that deal with issues of race and ethnicity in general with courses that focus on specific ethnic groups.
Examples of courses that can be used to satisfy this requirement:
AAS 590 Asian American Family and Personality
AFRAM 330 The Social Psychology of the Black Community
AIS 340 Indian Children and Families
CHSTU 330 Chicanos Themselves
SOC 362 Race Relations
SOC 462 Comparative Race and Ethnic Relations
Curriculum & Instruction
- Banks, James
- Barajas-Lopez, Filiberto
- Dabach, Dafney Blanca
- Frederiksen, John
- Gay, Geneva
- Gehrke, Nathalie (Emeritus)
- Glenn, Allen (Emeritus)
- Hebard, Heather
- Kazemi, Elham
- Kerr, Stephen
- McDonald, Morva
- Parker, Walter
- Stritikus, Tom
- Thompson, Jessica
- Valencia, Sheila
- Varghese, Manka
- Windschitl, Mark
- Zeichner, Ken
- Lecturers, Researchers and Teaching Associates