Education, Curriculum and Instruction with Multiple Subject Credential Concentration, MA

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement
Masters Requirements (47 units)

Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement

At SJSU, students must pass the Graduation Writing Assessment Requirement (GWAR). For information on the GWAR, please see http://info.sjsu.edu/gcw.html.

Masters Requirements (47 units)

Core Courses (44 units)

EDEL 108A - Curriculum: Reading/Language Arts 2-6 units (3 units required)
EDEL 108B - Curriculum: Science 1-3 units (3 units required)
EDEL 108C - Curriculum: Social Studies 1-3 units (3 units required)
EDEL 108D - Curriculum: Mathematics 1-3 units (3 units required)
EDEL 143A - Beginning Student-Teaching (Phase I) 1-6 units (4 units required)
EDEL 143B - Advanced Student-Teaching (Phase II) 1-10 units (10 units required)
EDEL 294 - Research and Practices in Health and Special Education 3 units
EDTE 208 - Educational Sociology 3 units (GWAR)
EDTE 224 - Seminar in Educational Psychology 3 units
EDTE 250 - Qualitative Research in Education 3 units
EDTE 260 - Critical Perspectives on Schooling for a Pluralist Democracy 3 units
EDTE 262 - Classroom Issues in the Language/Literacy Development of L2 Learners 3 units

Culminating Experience (3 units)

MA Presentation at MA Colloquium

Complete One Option (Plan A or Plan B):

Plan A (Thesis)

EDTE 299 - Master’s Thesis 1-6 units

Plan B (Project)

EDTE 298 - Special Studies in Education 1-6 units

Total Units Required (47 units)

Upon completion of the credential requirements, students must have achieved a SJSU cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in order to be recommended for a credential.