Graduate STEM Career Change Programs

Graduate students of Adolescent Education who have earned a bachelor’s degree with a STEM major are eligible to apply for a National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program stipend recipient award. The stipend award amounts to $36,000 toward the academic year when student teaching takes place, which is the last year in the program.

All students who have earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in biology or chemistry must take EDU 7292. All students who have earned a bachelor’s degree with a major in mathematics must take EDU 7293. If awarded, stipend recipients must take a minimum of 15 credits in the year of the award.

Graduate students of Childhood Education who have earned a bachelor’s degree with a STEM major are also eligible to apply. Like the Adolescent Education program, those enrolled in Childhood Education who are accepted as stipend recipients will receive a stipend award that amounts to $36,000 toward the academic year when student teaching takes place, which is the last year in the program. If awarded, stipend recipients must take a minimum of 15 credits in the year of the award.

#	Course No.	Course Title	# credits
		Foundations Courses
1	EDU 7000	Psychological Foundations of Learning	3 cr
	OR
	EDU 7222	Philosophical, Historical and Sociological Foundations of Education
2	EDU 7290	Human Relations in Multicultural and Inclusive Settings	3 cr
		Required Special Education Course
3	EDU 9711	Education of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3 cr
		Required Methods Courses
4	EDU 3200	Language Acquisition and Literacy Dev. for Gen. Ed/Eng. Lang. Learners (ELL)	3 cr
5	EDU 7295	Teaching and Learning (Adolescent)	3 cr
6	EDU 3270	Theories of and Strategies for Teaching Literacy in the Content Area	3 cr
7	EDU 7267	Tech. for Lit.-Based App. in Content Area Learning in Reg. and Spec. Ed.	3 cr
	OR
	EDU 7666	Developing Curriculum Material for the Web
8	EDU 7107	Methods and Strat. of Teaching MS Learners in Gen. and Inclusive Settings	3 cr
	Choose One		3 cr
9	EDU 7292	Innovative Strategies in Secondary Education: Science
9	EDU 7293	Innovative Strategies in Secondary Education: Math
		Required Research Methodology (taken in last six credits of the program)
10	EDU 7585	Assessment and Evaluation in the Teaching/Learning Process	3 cr
		Student Teaching (taken in last six credits of program)
11	EDU 7117/7117i	Adolescent Associate Teaching (Student Teaching/Internship)*	3 cr
Total Credits			33 cr

*Prerequisite: Must pass EAS and CST and complete required workshops

#	Course No.	Course Title	# credits
		Foundations Courses
1	EDU 7000	Psychological Foundations of Learning	3 cr
	OR
	EDU 7222	Philosophical, Historical, and Sociological Foundations of Education
2	EDU 7290	Human Relations in Multicultural and Inclusive Settings	3 cr
	OR
	EDU 7135	Current Trends, Research, and Assessment in Social Studies
		Required Special Education Course
3	EDU 9711	Education of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3 cr
		Required Methods Courses
4	EDU 3200	Language Acquisition and Literacy Dev. for Gen. Ed./Eng. Lang. Learners (ELL)	3 cr
5	EDU 7195	Teaching and Learning (Childhood)	3 cr
6	EDU 3220	Approaches, Materials, and Performance Evaluation in Literacy Development (K–12)	3 cr
7	EDU 7266	Tech. for Lit.-Based App. in Regular and Special Education Settings	3 cr
	OR
	EDU 7666	Developing Curriculum Material for the Web
8	EDU 7136	Current Trends, Research, and Assessment in Science	3 cr
9	EDU 7137	Current Trends, Research, and Assessment in Mathematics	3 cr
		Required Research Methodology (Taken in last 6 credits of the program)
10	EDU 7585	Assessment and Evaluation in the Teaching/Learning Process	3 cr
		Student Teaching (taken in last six credits of program)
11	EDU 7115/7115i	Childhood Associate Teaching (Student Teaching/Internship)*	3 cr
Total Credits			33 cr

*Prerequisite: Must pass EAS and CST and complete required workshops

Graduate STEM Career Change Programs

Adolescent Education Career Change, 33-Credit Program

Childhood Education Career Change, 33-Credit Program