Degree requirements are established by the faculty on recommendation from the School of Education and the Dean of Graduate Studies. All graduate programs in the School of Education require a minimum of eight (8) units of graduate credit which must be taken for letter grades. No P/F grades are permitted, unless a course is mandatory P/F. Unless otherwise noted in the course description, graduate courses are valued at 1 unit each. A unit of credit is equivalent to 4 semester hours or 6 quarter hours. Up to 2 units of independent study may be applied toward the degree.

No more than two courses with C grades, or a maximum of 2 units of C grades, may be counted toward a degree, subject to School approval. Grades of D and F are not used in meeting graduate degree requirements but are computed in the cumulative grade average.

A candidate falling below a 3.0 grade average or receiving a grade lower than C will be removed from candidacy or be placed on probation. When candidacy is removed for any reason, the student may not register for additional degree work without the prior approval of the Academic Standards Committee.

Students who violate the ethical standards observed by the academic and professional community may be removed from candidacy. Such standards are delineated in the codes of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the American Counseling Association, and chapter 181-87 of the Washington Administrative Code.

Title II Reporting

Institutional information required by Section (f)(2) of Title II of the Higher Education Act is available from the School of Education.

Course of Study

Summer 1**

  • EDUC 609: American Schools Inside and Out (cross-listed with EDUC 419)
  • EDUC 610: Multiple Perspectives on Classroom Teaching and Learning (cross-listed with EDUC 420)

Fall Semester

Elementary

  • 613 (1.0 unit) School Practicum
  • 614 (0.5 unit) Introductory Professional Issues
  • 616 (2.5 units) Elementary Curriculum and Instruction

Secondary

  • 613 (1.0 unit) School Practicum
  • 614 (0.5 unit) Introductory Professional Issues
  • 618 (1.5 units) Learning and Teaching in the Subject Areas
  • 620 (1.0 unit) Adolescent Identities, Literacies, and Communities

Spring Semester

  • 615 (1.5 units) Seminar in Critically Reflective Teaching
  • 622 (2.0 units) Student Teaching

Summer 2

  • 628 (0.5 unit) Centering Race and Unlearning Racism
  • 629 (1.0 unit) Engaging Teaching Dilemmas to Foster Culturally Responsive Practice

Notes

**Puget Sound students who have successfully completed EDUC 419 and EDUC 420 have fulfilled the content requirement for Summer 1 and do not need to enroll in the Summer 1 term. Applicants from other institutions with education-related coursework equivalent to EDUC 609 and/or EDUC 610 may be eligible for a course waiver. Candidates not required to enroll in Summer 1 will begin their program of study in Fall term.

Requirements for the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership Master of Education Program

Completion of 8-8.5 units required.

A student admitted to the MAT program, who later decides not to complete the preparation for classroom teaching, may consider completion of the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership Master of Education degree. A decision to undertake the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership program is made in consultation with the School of Education faculty and is generally made in the spring semester of the MAT program. The program of study blends the fall semester MAT courses with other specially selected courses:

  • 628 (0.5 unit) Centering Race and Unlearning Racism
  • 695 (0.5 to 1 unit) Independent Study
  • 697 (0.5 to 2 units) Master's Project