The Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction program is designed to provide education professionals with a deeper understanding of pedagogy, curriculum design, philosophies of education, theories of learning and strategies for meeting the needs of diverse learners. Concentration courses within the program are selected in consultation with an adviser.

Student learning outcomes

1. Learner and learning: Understand learning theory appropriate to the age group they will teach and/or for which they will design curriculum and acquire an awareness of the diversity of the populations’ cultural backgrounds and styles of learning
2. Content: Demonstrate knowledge of the subjects they will teach and for which they will design curriculum
3. Instructional practice: Demonstrate an ability to plan and implement effective teaching and measure learning in ways that lead to sustained development and growth
4. Professional responsibility: Develop an understanding of purposes for education and a defensible philosophical approach toward teaching and demonstrate professional dispositions