Curriculum and instruction

Make the jump from curious educator to engaged, creative and innovative leader with the Master of Education (M.Ed.) in curriculum and instruction. You have your certification, you’ve been in front of the classroom for a few years now and you’ve experimented with various strategies to capture students' attention and ensure they successfully retain and apply concepts. This program — designed for certified teachers aspiring to a leadership, curriculum development or administrative role — provides the clear, theory- and experience-based direction you need.

Through a minimum of 30 credits, you’ll broaden your understanding of the principles of instruction, be exposed to a wide spectrum of teaching strategies and learning theories and discover ways to incorporate relevant teaching technologies. This framework shows you how to employ these methods as you’re teaching core concepts from elementary school through high school and adult education and helps you encourage inquiry, problem-posing and solving, communication and collaboration in the classroom to guide a diverse student body on their individual journeys.

The M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction starts with a versatile core and is a non-thesis graduate degree. You’ll explore techniques for building relevant and challenging lessons, learn to celebrate diversity through curriculum and connections with your students, uncover the role of research and data analysis in curriculum planning and assessing performance. You’ll gain a stronger grasp on the philosophical, historical, social, political and cultural foundations of schools and educational organizations, and you’ll do it all with a study plan developed by you and your advisor.