Requirements

The requirements for the online program must be completed within five years. In order to meet the requirements of the University and of the College of Education, students must complete all requirements specified below.

The program is available only online and only under Plan B (without thesis). The student must complete a total of 30 credits approved by the MAED advisor distributed as follows:

  1. Both of the following courses (6 credits):
    • ED 800 Concepts of Educational Inquiry (3)
    • ED 870 Capstone Seminar (3)
  2. Complete a 3-credit Issues course which must be outside the student’s primary concentration area and approved by the MAED academic advisor.
  3. Complete one concentration area as approved by the MAED advisor (9-21 credits). Concentrations are available in Athletic Coaching, Athletic Administration, Literacy Education, P-12 School and Postsecondary Leadership, Science and Mathematics Education, Special Education, Technology and Learning, or Training for Athlete Development.
  4. Additional credits in courses approved by the MAED advisor to complete the 30 credit minimum. Students are able to pursue a second concentration area with a 9-credit minimum or utilize prior applicable course work at MSU or another institution, pending advisor approval.
  5. Successful completion and exhibition of an online portfolio (accomplished in ED 870).

Common Courses for MAED

Please know that the courses listed below are not an exhaustive list of courses that can count toward the program. Rather, they are the most common courses taken in association with the program. To see if a course can count toward the program, be sure to contact the MAED advisor, John Olle, at ollejohn@msu.edu

The course schedules and run dates can be found in the class search system.

 

  • CEP 800 Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings
  • CEP 801 Psychological Development: Learner Differences and Commonalities
  • CEP 801A Collaboration and Consultation in Special Education
  • CEP 802A Reflection and Inquiry in Teaching Special Education I: Mild Impairment
  • CEP 802 Developing Positive Attitudes toward Learning
  • CEP 804B Advanced Diagnosis and Remediation for Students with Literacy Disabilities
  • CEP 805 Learning Mathematics with Technology
  • CEP 810 Teaching for Understanding with Technology
  • CEP 811 Adapting Innovative Technologies in Education
  • CEP 812 Applying Educational Technology to Issues of Practice
  • CEP 813 Electronic Assessment for Teaching and Learning
  • CEP 814 Computational Thinking for K-12 Educators
  • CEP 815 Technology and Leadership
  • CEP 816 Technology, Teaching, and Learning Across the Curriculum
  • CEP 817 Learning Technology by Design
  • CEP 818 Creativity in Teaching and Learning
  • CEP 820 Teaching and Learning Online
  • CEP 824 Programming Concepts for K-12 Educators
  • CEP 832 Educating Students with Challenging Behavior
  • CEP 833 Creativity in K-12 Computing Education
  • CEP 840 Policies, Practices, and Perspectives in Special Education
  • CEP 841 Classroom and Behavior Management in the Inclusive Classroom
  • CEP 842 Content-Area Instruction for Students with Mild Disabilities
  • CEP 843 Autism Spectrum Disorders
  • CEP 850 Technology for Students with Disabilities
  • CEP 866 Psychoeducational Interventions for Children and Youth
  • CEP 883 Psychology of Classroom Discipline
  • EAD 801 Leadership and Organizational Development
  • EAD 822 Engaging Diverse Students and Families
  • EAD 824 Leading Teacher Learning
  • EAD 830 Issues in Urban Leadership
  • EAD 850 Issues and Strategies in Multicultural Education
  • EAD 860 Concept of a Learning Society
  • EAD 853 Education Finance and Policy
  • EAD 861 Adult Learning
  • EAD 863 Training and Professional Development
  • EAD 864 Adult Career Development
  • EAD 866 Teaching in Postsecondary Education
  • EAD 867 Case Studies in Educational Leadership
  • EAD 870 Foundations of Postsecondary Education
  • EAD 876 Budgeting and Finance in Higher Education
  • EAD 877 Program Planning and Evaluation in Postsecondary Contexts
  • EAD 878 Education in the Digital Age
  • ED 800 Educational Inquiry
  • KIN 829 Safety and Injury Control
  • ED 870 Capstone Seminar – MAED students only
  • KIN 846 Sociocultural Issues for Sport Practitioners
  • KIN 849 Theory and Practice of Modern Sport Leadership
  • KIN 851 The Sport Enterprise
  • KIN 853 Athletic Administration and Governance  
  • KIN 854 Legal Aspects of Sport
  • KIN 855 Psychosocial Bases of Coaching Athletes
  • KIN 856 Physical Bases of Coaching Athletes
  • KIN 857 Promoting Positive Youth Development Through Sport
  • KIN 865 Stages of Athlete Development
  • KIN 868 Skill Development in Athletes
  • TE 818 Curriculum in Its Social Context
  • TE 822 Issues of Culture in Classroom and Curriculum
  • TE 825 Diverse Learners and Learning Subject Matter
  • TE 831 Teaching School Subject Matter with Technology
  • TE 823 Learning Communities and Equity
  • TE 836 Awards and Classics of Children’s Literature
  • TE 838 Children’s Literature in Film
  • TE 842 Elementary Reading Assessment and Instruction
  • TE 843 Secondary Reading Assessment and Instruction
  • TE 845 Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction and Assessment
  • TE 846 Accommodating Differences in Literacy Learners*
  • TE 848 Writing Assessment and Instruction
  • TE 849 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children’s and Adolescent Literature
  • TE 855 Teaching School Mathematics
  • TE 857: Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving
  • TE 861A Teaching Science for Understanding
  • TE 861B Inquiry, Nature of Science and Science Teaching
  • TE 861C Action Research in K-12 Science and Mathematics Classrooms
  • TE 865 Teaching and Learning K-12 Social Studies

CEP 800 Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings