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Graduate Programs of Study
M.A. or M.Ed, Teaching & Learning Certification, Elementary Education
Campus Locations:
The elementary education program is offered at the Lincoln Park and Naperville campuses.
Alternative certification:
DePaul/Glenview Clinical Model Teacher Preparation Program is a collaborative program between the School of Education and Glenview Elementary School District 34.
Degree Requirements
In addition to the coursework outlined below, requirements include Content Area Prerequisites, State Certification Tests, Field Experiences and Student Teaching.
Master of Education: 12 courses and Student Teaching (56 quarter hours)
Master of Arts: 13 courses (including a thesis) and Student Teaching (60 quarter hours)
Content Area Prerequisites
DePaul requires coursework in the content area subjects that are taught in elementary schools. Students who did not take these classes in their bachelor's degree program will need to take them while pursuing their teaching certificate. These classes may be taken at the undergraduate or graduate level. Completion of content area requirements is not a prerequisite to admission but all must be fulfilled before student teaching.
- Writing: 1 course
- Fine Arts or Literature: 1 course
- Mathematics: 1 course
- Science: 1 course
- Social Science: 1 courses
- American Government or US History: 1 course
Course Requirements
To earn a Master of Education: 12 courses and Student Teaching (56 quarter hours)
To earn a Master of Arts: 13 courses (including a thesis) and Student
Teaching (60 quarter hours)
Pre-Teacher Candidate Courses (16 hours):
- T&L 404 Introduction to Elementary Education
- SCG 403 Human Development and Learning
- T&L 418 Learning Through the Arts
- SCG 025 Basic Technology Assessment (non-credit)
Choose one
- SCG 408 Education and the Social Order
- SCG 409 Sociology of Education
- SCG 411 Philosophy of Education
Advanced Teacher Candidate Courses (32 hours):
- SCG 410 Introduction to Research: Purposes, Issues and Methodologies
- T&L 412 Emerging Reading and Language Arts
- T&L 413 Reading and Language Arts in the Middle School
- T&L 415 Teaching and Learning Elementary School Science
- T&L 416 Teaching and Learning Elementary School Mathematics
- T&L 419 Curriculum and Strategies for the Social Studies
- T&L 422 Classroom Assessment
- LSI 446 Psychology and Education of the Exceptional Child
Middle School (optional; 4 hours)
SCG 439 Philosophy and Psychology of Middle Level Education
(Students interested in teaching in departmentalized middle level settings, grades 6-8, must take SCG 439. Unless you take SCG 439, you are qualified to teach in grades K-5 only. This is an additional course.)
Field Experiences (0 hours):
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SCU 095 Field Experiences with Children and Youth (minimum of 100 hours of daytime field experience) (non-credit)
Student Teaching (8 hours):
- T&L 585 Elementary Student Teaching (6 hours)
- T&L 586 Elementary Seminar (2 hours)
To Earn a Master of Arts
If you choose to earn a Master of Arts degree, you must take this course, write a thesis, and complete an oral examination regarding the thesis (4 hours).
T&L 589 Thesis Research in Teaching and Learning: Elementary
Grade Requirements for All Concentrations
To receive graduate credit for an upper-level undergraduate course a grade of B- or better must be attained.
A grade of D+, or D is unacceptable for graduate credit in this program, and if earned in a required course must be repeated or substituted as directed by the department or program. Such grades remain on the academic record and are calculated into the cumulative GPA.
Course Descriptions
To view a complete listing of available courses or to see course descriptions, visit the online course catalog. Choose "guest" access if you don't have a User ID and password.
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