IB Master’s Degree Course List (Authorized by IB)

Component I, Core Courses – 12 credits
Required for all ASTL MEd students

 
Note: Students who intend to complete their MEd through the ASTL program should apply first to ASTL and use their major code.

 
EDUC 612 Inquiry into Practice
Provides experience using research skills to foster systematic and thoughtful inquiry into classroom practice. Practitioners explore relevant classroom practice issues through critical writing, action and research. Emphasizes cultural diversity and gender issues in research.

EDUC 613 How Students Learn
Advanced course in the study of learning based on research and theory from different disciplines. Focuses on increasing students’ learning through the study of different learning systems, and understanding each learner in the context of the learning process itself.

EDUC 614 Designing and Assessing Teaching and Learning
Explores design and development of curricular, pedagogical, and assessment strategies responsive to the needs and interests of students. Investigates factors that affect teaching and learning, and examines multiple ways of knowing that teachers bring to classrooms.

EDUC 606 Education and Culture
Practitioners use the Cultural Inquiry Process (CIP) and web site to acquire cultural, social, and language-related perspectives on educational processes; learn skills in analyzing educational settings; and expand strategies to address puzzlements in their own practice.

EDUC 615 Educational Change
Explores influences on educational change at the classroom, school, community, state, and national levels. Investigates implications of factors and influences that affect educational change. Analyzes influences and factors and involves students in reflecting on their own experiences.