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http://coe.k-state.edu/grad/programs.htm

Department Chair:

Gail Shroyer

Director of graduate studies:

Paul Burden

Graduate faculty:

*David Allen, Ed.D., Texas Tech University
*Andrew G. Bennett, Ph.D., Priceton University
*Paul R. Burden, Ph.D., Ohio State University
*Bradley Burenheide, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Frederick Burrack, Ph.D., University of Illinois
Laurie J. Curtis, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Jana R. Fallin, Ph.D., University of Texas
*F. Todd Goodson, Ph.D., University of Kansas
David Griffin, Ed.D., Kansas State University
*Steven R. Harbstreit, Ph.D., University of Missouri
*Socorro Herrera, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
*John Hortin, (Emeritus), Ed.D., Northern Illinois University
*Jeong-Hee Kim, Ph.D., Arizona State University
*Lotta C. Larson, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Leah McKeeman, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Debbie K. Mercer, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Kevin Murry, Ph.D., Texas Tech University
Della Perez, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Michael F. Perl, (Emeritus), Ph.D., University of South Carolina
*N. Sanjay Rebello, Ph.D., Brown University
*Margaret Gail Shroyer, Ph.D., Kansas State University
*Jacqueline Spears, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Katherine Sprott, Ph.D., Kansas State University
Kimberly Staples, Ph.D., University of Alabama
BeEtta Stoney, Ph.D., University of Texas at Austin
*Rosemary Talab, Ph.D., University of Southern California
*Kay Ann Taylor, Ph.D., Iowa State University
*Iris Totten, Ph.D., University of New Orleans
*Thomas Vontz, Ph.D., Indiana University-Bloomgton
*Shannon Washburn, Ph.D., Univeristy of Missouri-Columbia
*Janice R. Wissman, Ed.D., University of Kansas
*Emmett L. Wright, (Emeritus), Ph.D., Pennsylvania State University
*Sally Yahnke, Ph.D., Colorado State University
*Dean Zollman, Ph.D., University of Maryland

*Denotes graduate faculty who are certified to serve as the major professor for doctoral students.

Graduate Faculty Associate:

Ann Holliman-Krueger, M.S., Emporia State University
Robert Leming, E.D.S., Indiana University
Trudy Lund, M.S., Kansas State University
Kay Murphy, M.S., Kansas State University
Gary Whitt, Ph.D., Virginia Tech University

Admission

For admission requirements, please see the Education catalog page.

Program description

The curriculum and instruction graduate program offers a variety of graduate-level courses in all curricular areas with specific emphasis upon trends and recent developments in practice, theory, and research. These courses are offered on-campus, at selected off-campus sites, or via distance learning.

This program supports the following degrees: the master of science in curriculum and instruction, the doctor of education in curriculum and instruction, and the doctor of philosophy in curriculum and instruction. In all of these programs, breadth of study is stressed with students taking courses in other programs in the College of Education and the university.

The program offers numerous short courses, workshops, and seminars in addition to courses in the catalog. These can be applied to degree programs or taken for personal or professional development unrelated to a degree program.

Programs

Doctor of Education

• •  Curriculum and Instruction (Ed.D.)

Doctor of Philosophy

• •  Curriculum and Instruction (Ph.D.)

Graduate Certificate

• •  Digital Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate
• •  Teaching and Learning Graduate Certificate

Master of Science

• •  Curriculum and Instruction (M.S.)

Courses

Curriculum and Instruction

• •  EDCI 700 - Introduction to Bilingual/ESL Education
• •  EDCI 701 - Administration and Supervision of Vocational Education
• •  EDCI 713 - Occupational Analysis
• •  EDCI 714 - Reading and the Bilingual Child
• •  EDCI 715 - Reading in the Content Areas
• •  EDCI 718 - Learning Technologies
• •  EDCI 720 - ESL/Dual Language Methods
• •  EDCI 721 - Study Skills Instruction
• •  EDCI 723 - Computer Applications in Subject Areas
• •  EDCI 730 - Education of the Disadvantaged
• •  EDCI 731 - ESL/Dual Language Linguistics
• •  EDCI 732 - Practicum in Career Education
• •  EDCI 732-737 - Practica in Education
• •  EDCI 733 - Curriculum Materials for Ethnic Diversity
• •  EDCI 735 - Curriculum Materials for Nonsexist Teaching
• •  EDCI 739 - Coordination of Cooperative Vocational Education
• •  EDCI 740 - Culture and Language in Classroom Practice
• •  EDCI 742 - ESL/Dual Language Assessment
• •  EDCI 745 - ESL/Dual Language Elementary Practicum
• •  EDCI 746 - ESL/Dual Language Secondary Practicum
• •  EDCI 749 - Environmental Education
• •  EDCI 750 - Emerging Technologies in Education
• •  EDCI 755 - Multicultural Issues in Teaching
• •  EDCI 756 - Tradebooks across the Curriculum
• •  EDCI 758 - Reading/Writing Connections
• •  EDCI 760 - Action Research in Education
• •  EDCI 763 - Instructional Design
• •  EDCI 764 - Foundations of Distance Education
• •  EDCI 768 - Enhancing Instruction Through Technology
• •  EDCI 770 - Methods for Second Language Acquisition/Learning
• •  EDCI 775 - Readings in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 776 - Teaching in Middle Schools
• •  EDCI 779 - Primary School Education
• •  EDCI 780 - Kindergarten Education
• •  EDCI 786 - Topics in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 795 - Problems in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 803 - Curriculum Development
• •  EDCI 810 - In-Service Education for Beginning Family and Consumer Sciences Teachers
• •  EDCI 812 - History of American Education
• •  EDCI 813 - Philosophy of American Education
• •  EDCI 814 - Understanding and Teaching Reading
• •  EDCI 816 - Approaches to Reading Instruction
• •  EDCI 817 - Reading Comprehension
• •  EDCI 818 - Theoretical Models of Reading
• •  EDCI 820 - Contemporary Issues in Language Arts
• •  EDCI 821 - Advanced Methods in the Teaching of K-12 Mathematics
• •  EDCI 822 - Contemporary Issues in Social Studies
• •  EDCI 830 - Contemporary Issues in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• •  EDCI 831 - Contemporary Issues in Teaching and Learning
• •  EDCI 832 - The Role, Organization, and Function of Community Colleges
• •  EDCI 834 - Improving Science Teaching
• •  EDCI 835 - Supervision of Student Teaching
• •  EDCI 840 - Literacy Assessment
• •  EDCI 841 - Supporting Struggling Readers
• •  EDCI 844 - Curriculum Development in Family and Consumer Sciences
• •  EDCI 849 - Directed Professional Development/Secondary
• •  EDCI 851 - Research and Practice in Classroom Technology
• •  EDCI 858 - Digital Teaching and Learning Project/ePortfolio
• •  EDCI 863 - Interactive System Design
• •  EDCI 865 - Hypermedia for Educators
• •  EDCI 873 - The Science Curriculum
• •  EDCI 874 - The Mathematics Curriculum
• •  EDCI 876 - The Social Studies Curriculum in the Secondary School
• •  EDCI 877 - The Foreign Language Curriculum
• •  EDCI 878 - The Language Arts Curriculum
• •  EDCI 879 - The Community College Curriculum and Instructional Services
• •  EDCI 882 - Teaching and Learning Models
• •  EDCI 886 - Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 887 - Proseminar I: Educational Computing, Design, and Distance Education
• •  EDCI 888 - Proseminar II: Technology Change, Research, and Theory
• •  EDCI 889 - Cognitive Issues in Educational Computing
• •  EDCI 890 - Master’s Project
• •  EDCI 898 - Master’s Report
• •  EDCI 899 - Master’s Thesis
• •  EDCI 907 - Curriculum Theory
• •  EDCI 910 - Multicultural Curriculum Programming
• •  EDCI 929 - Supervision in Career and Technical Education
• •  EDCI 930 - Leadership in Literacy
• •  EDCI 940 - Organization and Administration of Career and Technical Education
• •  EDCI 943 - Principles of College Teaching
• •  EDCI 945 - Clinical Practicum in Reading
• •  EDCI 972 - Advanced Study of the Reading Process
• •  EDCI 975 - Internship in Reading
• •  EDCI 986 - Advanced Seminar in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 991 - Internship in Curriculum and Instruction
• •  EDCI 999 - Research in Curriculum and Instruction

Elementary Education

• •  EDEL 502 - Independent Study in Elementary Education
• •  EDEL 585 - Teaching Internship in Elementary School
• •  EDEL 620 - Foreign Language Elementary School Methods
• •  EDEL 621 - Foreign Language Elementary School Practicum

Secondary Education

• •  EDSEC 500 - Content Area Methods in the Secondary and Middle Schools
• •  EDSEC 502 - Independent Study in Secondary Education
• •  EDSEC 510 - Career Pathways in Family and Consumer Sciences Education
• •  EDSEC 520 - Block II Lab: Content Area Methods and Field Experience
• •  EDSEC 528 - Social Studies Colloquium
• •  EDSEC 530 - Art Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools
• •  EDSEC 531 - Art Methods Practicum
• •  EDSEC 532 - Business Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools
• •  EDSEC 533 - Business Methods Practicum
• •  EDSEC 534 - Family and Consumer Science Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools