Program Details
Builds on most current body of knowledge of best practice & practical expertise (theory & practice) relevant in teaching K-6.
- Location:
- High Point, United States
- Program Type:
- Full Degree
- Degree Level:
- Master
- Specialty:
- Elementary Education
Program Overview
- Program Description:
- The Elementary Education program builds on the most current body of knowledge of best practice and practical expertise (theory and practice) relevant in teaching grades K-6. The program is designed for candidates who have a baccalaureate K-6 teaching license or who will receive a K-6 teaching license before the end of the first term of graduate enrollment. The program requires comprehensive examinations and 36 semester hours (i.e., professional core, literacy or content-based instructional courses, and a capstone experience which includes an intense literacy practicum, thesis option, or product of learning). The capstone experience also includes a research methodology course which serves as the prerequisite experience for the practicum, thesis, or development of the product.
Additional Program Information
- Accreditation:
- The Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) to award Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees.
- Requirements:
- K-6 teaching license before the end of the first term of graduate enrollment.