Requirements
The M.A.Ed. with teacher licensure is available in all endorsement areas offered by Union University (see The Educator Preparation Program). Beginning in Fall 2024, all coursework for elementary, middle grades, and secondary licensure areas will be offered in a fully online format. Coursework for special education licensure areas is offered in a hybrid format at the Jackson, TN campus only.
Two options are available for completion of the M.A.Ed. Degree: a thesis option requiring a minimum of 33 semester hours of graduate credit, and
a non-thesis option requiring a minimum of 39 semester hours of graduate credit.
Students choosing the thesis option of the program are required to write a thesis or research report while students choosing the non-thesis option of the program are required to successfully complete the Capstone Research Seminar. All degree requirements must be completed within five years of the date of admission to the degree program.
Both the thesis and non-thesis options of the M.A.Ed. are available on the Jackson and Germantown campuses.
Option One: M.A.Ed. Thesis Program
A minimum of 33 semester hours of approved graduate work is required for completion of the thesis option of the M.A.Ed. degree. This option consists of four components: a required core, a concentration area, education electives and the thesis.
- Required Core: 12 hours
- EDU 610
- EDU 671
- EDU 650
- EDU 665
- Select one Concentration
- Concentration: Designed Studies (12 core + 15 concentration hours)
- Education Electives, advisor-approved, 6-9 hours
- Education Electives or other Electives, advisor-approved, 6-9 hours
- Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction, Non-Licensure (12 core + 15 concentration hours)
- EDU 604, EDU 637, EDU 626
- PSY/EDU 614
- Education Electives, advisor-approved, 3 hours
- Concentration: Human Growth and Development, Non-Licensure (12 core + 15 concentration hours)
- SE 630, PSY 610, EDU/PSY 614, EDU 629
- Education Electives, advisor-approved, 3 hours
- Thesis, EDU 690 and EDU 695: 6 hours
Option Two: M.A.Ed. Non-Thesis Program
A minimum of 39 semester hours of approved graduate work is required for completion of the non-thesis option of the M.A.Ed. degree. This option consists of three components: a required core, education electives and concentration area.
- Required Core: 15 hours
- EDU 610
- EDU 671
- EDU 650
- EDU 665
- EDU 675
- Select one concentration
- Concentration: Early Childhood Education, Licensure (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
With appropriate prerequisites, initial licensure and Praxis II Specialty Tests*, this program leads to an additional endorsement in Early Childhood PreK-4.
- EDU 544, 552, 556
- EDU 602, 629, 646
- PSY 624 and SE 630
- Concentration: Elementary Education, Licensure (15 core + 25 concentration hours)
With appropriate prerequisites, initial licensure and Praxis II Specialty Tests*, this program leads to an additional endorsement in Elementary K-8.
- EDU 527, 544, 552, 556
- EDU 602, 604, 629
- PSY 624 and SE 630
- Concentration: Secondary Education, Licensure (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
With appropriate prerequisites, including those in the teaching content field, this program leads to an initial licensure in a secondary (Grades 6-12) field. Praxis II Tests and 2 years of successful teaching experience on a job-embedded Practitioner license appropriate to the endorsement area are required for licensure but not for the degree.
- EDU 530
- EDU 602, 604, 626, 637, 638
- SE 630
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Option A: If hired on a Practitioner License -EDU 623, EDU 627 and EDU 628
Option B: EDU 614 and either EDU 660 or director-approved 3-hour elective.
- Concentration: Special Education, Licensure (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
With appropriate prerequisites, initial licensure and Praxis II Specialty Tests*, this program leads to an additional endorsement in SE Interventionist K-8 and 6-12.
- SE 505, 605, 606, 630, 631, 632, 648
- If seeking initial licensure, candidate will take EDU 623, 627, and 628.
- Concentration: Curriculum and Instruction, Non-Licensure (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
- EDU 604, 616, 626, 637
- EDU/PSY 614
- Education Electives, advisor-approved, 9 hours
- Concentration: Human Growth and Development, Non-Licensure (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
- SE 630, EDU/PSY 614, EDU 629
- EDU 6463. Education Electives, advisor-approved, 8 hours
- Concentration: Designed Studies (15 core + 24 concentration hours)
- EDU/SE Electives, advisor-approved, 6 hours
- EDU/SE/PEWS Electives, advisor-approved, 18 hours
* Praxis II Specialty Area Tests appropriate to the endorsement are required for licensure but not for the degree.