Secondary Education Graduate Program

Core Courses (12 Credit Hours)

Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
EDUC-H 520	Education and Social Issues	3
Identification and analysis of major problems set for education by the pluralistic culture of American society.
EDUC-P 507	Assessment in Schools	3
EDUC-P 507 Assessment in Schools (3 cr.) This course is an introductory assessment course for teachers and school administrators. Topics of study include principles of assessment, formal and informal classroom assessment instruments and methods, formative and summative assessment, interpretation and use of standardized test results, social and political issues in assessment, use of student data based in school.
EDUC-S 590	Research in Secondary Education	3
Prerequisite: Permission required. Capstone course for Teacher as Researcher Paper; or the individual research or study with a faculty member as arranged in advance of registration.
EDUC-S 518	Adv. Study Teaching Sec. School Science	3
EDUC-S 518 Advanced Study in the Teaching of Secondary School Science (3 cr.) For science teachers. Improved techniques, current literature, textbooks, and free and low-cost materials. Solutions to specific practical problems confronting science teachers in the classroom and laboratory.

For a degree checksheet associated with the Chemistry concentration, please contact the School of Education at soeinfo@ius.edu.

Chemistry Content Area Courses (18 Credit Hours)

Dept./Course #	Title	Credit Hours
	Choose 15 credit hours from the following courses:
CHEM-T 510	Inorganic Chemistry	3
CHEM-T 520	Organic Synthesis	3
CHEM-T 530	Organic Spectroscopy	3
CHEM-T 540	Physical Chemistry	3
CHEM-T 550	Introductory Biochemistry	3
CHEM-T 555	Survey in Chemistry (variable topics: organic, analytical, inorganic, etc.)
CHEM-T 560	Environmental Chemistry	3
CHEM-T 570	Nuclear Chemistry	3
CHEM-T 580	Physical Biochemistry	3
CHEM-T 525	Forensic Chemistry	3
TBD	Other graduate level chemistry courses approved by Chemistry Program Coordinator	3
	Required capstone course:
CHEM-T 590	Chemistry Capstone	3

Note: Education students cannot use 400-level courses toward dual credit teaching requirements. All coursework applied to your Master’s degree must be completed within 6 years. No more than 9 hours of graduate coursework taken prior to admission to the Master’s program will be counted toward the degree. Consult with your program advisor each semester or at least annually. Program requirements may change and you may be subject to new guidelines if you do not take coursework for more than one year. If petitioned and approved, up to 6 credit hours (grade of B or higher) may be allowed from other institutions; up to 15 credit hours may be allowed from other IU campuses. Petition forms are available from the School of Education. This check-sheet does not reflect the requirements of any other IU campus or licensing areas at IU Southeast.

For advising information contact Dr. Lisa Hoffman or Dr. Elaine Haub.