The master’s program with an initial license in secondary education is available at both Bloomington and Indianapolis. It prepares students for positions in middle schools, junior high schools, and high schools as professional classroom teachers, supervising teachers, or department chairpersons. To be prepared for any of these positions, the student must be eligible to hold an Indiana secondary school teaching license.

In addition to meeting the standard School of Education admission requirements, students interested in pursuing a master’s degree in secondary education must have an undergraduate GPA of 3.0 or above. Applicants who do not meet this requirement may be admitted if they show evidence of successful professional activity, such as curriculum development or scholarship, or a paper that demonstrates competence in abstract thinking in the English language.

In addition to general curriculum studies of secondary education, tracks are available in mathematics education and science and environmental education. The master’s degree in secondary education requires 36 credit hours.

Program Requirements:

I. Major (18 cr.)
J500 Instruction in the Context of Curriculum (3 cr.)
S503 Secondary School Curriculum (3 cr.) or
S530 Junior High and Middle School Curriculum (3 cr.)
K505 Introduction to Special Education for Graduate Students (3 cr.)
L517 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Reading (3 cr.)
____ Special Methods of Teaching (3 cr.) AND
M501 Field Experience (3 cr.)
M550 Student Teaching (6-10 cr.)

II. Foundations (3 cr.)
Choose one course:
H504 History of American Education (3 cr.)
H520 Education and Social Issues (3 cr.)
H530 Philosophy of Education (3 cr.)
H525 Anthropology of Education (3 cr.)
H540 Sociology of Education (3 cr.)

Choose one course:
P510 Psychology in Teaching (2-3 cr.)
P516 Adolescent Development (3 cr.)

Graduate Secondary Certification Program Assessment System: