Graduation Requirements
- Students must successfully complete 58 semester hours of required coursework in order to graduate with the Master's in Elementary Education / ESOL.
- Students must maintain a grade point average of 3.0 or higher.
- Students must pass all components of the FTCE, including General Knowledge, Subject Matter, and Professional Education Knowledge.
- Students must demonstrate competency at the fulfilled level with the Florida Pre-Professional Accomplished Practices through submission of a portfolio.
- Students must pass a written comprehensive examination.
- Students must complete a Competencies and Skills Survey.
Core Courses
EDU 567 Foundations of Reading Instruction
EDU 625 Psychological Foundations of Education
EDU 626 Philosophy of Education
TSL 509 Cross Cultural Communication and Understanding
EDU 592 Workshop in Education: Accomplished Practices Portfolio (variable)
The above four courses must be taken as prerequisites for full acceptance into the program along with the additional admission requirements noted above.
Certification Courses
EDU 514 Classroom Management
EDU 551 Problem Solving in Elementary School Mathematics
EDU 552 Critical Thinking in Elementary School Science and Social Studies
EDU 554 Literature for the Elementary School Classroom
EDU 555 Integrating Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom
EDU 568B Reading in the Content Areas for the Elementary School Teacher
EDU 584 Reading Diagnosis
EDU 595B Advanced Curriculum and Assessment
EDU 599 Teaching Internship
SES 524 Teaching Health and Physical Education in the Elementary School
TSL 506 Applied Linguistics
MS Courses
In addition to all of the above, the following two courses are required for the MS:
EDU 601 Methodology of Research
EDU 605B Action Research Practicum in Curriculum and Instruction
Elective Course
You will choose one of the following courses from the Exceptional Student Education course listing:
ESE 570 Introduction to Children with Exceptionalities
ESE 524 Instructional Strategies for Students with Learning Disabilities
ESE 528 Instructional Strategies for Students with Emotional Handicaps
ESE 690 Curriculum Design in Exceptional Student Education | 
