Secondary Education (MEd) - Social Science Education
| Program start date | Application deadline |
| 2024-12-01 | - |
| 2024-07-15 | - |
| 2024-04-01 | - |
| 2024-07-01 | - |
| 2024-01-01 | - |
| 2024-11-01 | - |
| 2025-01-15 | - |
Program Overview
The Secondary Education MEd program with a Social Science Education track provides educators with advanced knowledge and skills in social science teaching. The core coursework emphasizes classroom management, emerging technologies, and disciplinary literacy. Students specialize in social science education by selecting courses from options including global education, democracy and education, and teaching with primary sources.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Social Science Education track in the Secondary Education MEd program is designed to meet the advanced knowledge and skill needs of the Social Science classroom teacher. The program requires 21 credit hours of core courses, including completion of a capstone research project or thesis. In addition, students take 12 credit hours of specialization courses.
Outline:
- Core Courses (15 Total Credits):
- EDS5356 - Mentoring and Clinical Supervision of Pre-professional Educators (3)
- ESE5344 - Managing the Secondary Classroom (3)
- ESE6036 - Contemporary Issues in Secondary Education (3)
- EME6053 - Teaching and Learning with Emerging Technologies (3)
- LAE5496 - Disciplinary Literacy in the Content Areas (3)
- Culminating Experience (6-9 Total Credits):
- EDF6472 - Data-Driven Decision-Making for Instruction (3)
- ESE6427 - Capstone: Action Research in Secondary Education (3)
- Earn at least 6 credits from the following types of courses: LAE, MAE, SCE, or SSE 6971 Thesis
- Specialization Courses (12 Total Credits):
- Complete at least 4 of the following:
- SSE5391 - Global Education: Theory and Practice (3)
- SSE5776 - Democracy and Education (3)
- SSE6348 - Foundations and Fundamentals of Teaching History in the K-12 Classroom (3)
- SSE6388 - Digital History in the K-12 Classroom (3)
- SSE6387 - Teaching with Film (3)
- SSE6396 - Teaching with Primary Sources in the History Classroom (3)
- SSE6636 - Contemporary Social Science Education (3)
Other:
- Track Prerequisites: Evidence of eligibility for a professional teaching certificate in Florida in related area and/or sustained teaching experience within schools/colleges (approved by track coordinator).
- Independent Learning: The MEd requires a course-based action research study and completion of a capstone experience (research report or thesis).
