Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education
Program Overview
The Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education program provides a pathway into teaching for individuals with a bachelor's degree outside of education. The program offers eight concentration areas, including Arts Education, English/Language Arts Education, and Science Education. Students can receive a conditional teaching license after one semester and continue through the Nevada standard licensing requirements and master's degree. The program prepares graduates for careers in secondary education.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education provides a pathway into teaching for individuals who hold a bachelor's degree outside of education. These comprehensive programs offer the ability to receive a conditional teaching license in the state of Nevada after one semester (based on successful completion of licensing requirements) and continue through the Nevada standard licensing requirements and master's degree. Teaching licenses are issued by the Nevada Department of Education and it is the student's responsibility to ensure that all state licensure requirements are met. Program concentration areas include: Arts Education, English/Language Arts Education, Health/Physical Education, Mathematics Education, Science Education, and Social Studies Education.
Outline:
Plan 1: Art Education (ON HOLD)
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIS 513A - Teaching Secondary Art
- CIS 514 - Secondary Art Methods and Assessment
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 2: English/Language Arts Education
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIL 621 - Assessment in Literacy
- CIS 533 - Teaching Secondary English
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 3: Health/Physical Education (ON HOLD)
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- CIS 583 - Teaching Secondary Health/PE 1
- CIS 584 - Teaching Secondary Health/PE 2
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 4: Mathematics Education
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 621 - Diagnostic Assessment School Mathematics
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Take one of the following:
- CIS 553M - Teaching Middle School Mathematics
- CIS 553S - Teaching Secondary Mathematics
- CIS 624 - Instruction Secondary Mathematics Education
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 5: Science Education
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 563 - Teaching Secondary Science
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIS 638 - Technology Applications in Secondary Science Education
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 6: Social Studies Education
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 573 - Teaching Secondary Social Studies
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIS 649 - Curriculum Development Secondary Social Studies Education
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 7: Career and Technical Education (ON HOLD)
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- EDW 539 - Methods of Teaching in Workforce Education
- EDW 575 - Performance-Based Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3
- CIS 684 - Secondary Education Curriculum
Plan 8: World Languages Education (ON HOLD)
- Total Credits Required: 33
- Course Requirements:
- Required Courses - Credits: 30
- CIG 690 - Teachers as Action Researchers
- CIS 543 - Teaching Secondary Foreign/Second Language
- CIS 603 - Secondary Process and Instruction
- CIS 604 - Secondary Classroom Management
- CIT 602 - Technology Applications Secondary Curriculum
- CME 705 - Multicultural Education
- ESP 701 - Introduction to Special Education and Legal Issues
- ESP 730 - Parent Involvement in Special and General Education
- TESL 752 - Methods and Curriculum for Teaching ELs
- TESL 755 - Language Acquisition and Development
- Culminating Experience:
- Required Courses - Credits: 3