Program Blocks

The MACT course requirements are organized into four “program blocks” that reflect the program’s goals and its balancing of required courses and course selection flexibility for meeting students’ individual needs and interests. 

The courses as listed below are presented for informational purposes only and are subject to change without notice.  Please check with your advisor for the latest information on any changes. 

Please also attend to the “footnotes” (indicated by the use of asterisks [*]) that provide additional information about any restrictions on course enrollments, the use of some courses for Michigan Department of Education endorsements, etc.

 

Program Block 1:

Inquiry into Professional Development and School Culture

(3 required courses – 9 credits total – each course below is 3 credits)

course number course title
 All students take all of the following required courses:		 comments

TE 807 *

TE 808 *

TE 870 *

---OR---

TE 872

 

Professional Development and Inquiry

Inquiry into Classroom Teaching and Learning

Curriculum Design, Development, and Deliberation in Schools

Teachers as Teacher Educators

 

  • TE 807 should be taken as early in the program as possible.

  • TE870/872 is to be taken at the end of one’s program. 

  • TE 807 is a prerequisite for TE 808.

  • TE 807, TE 808, and TE 818 are prerequisites for TE 870 and TE 872.

  • The prerequisites noted above mean that it takes a minimum of three semesters to complete the program.
 * Open only to students in the MA in Curriculum and Teaching (MACT) program.

 

Program Block 2:

Inquiry into Curriculum and Schooling

(1 required course and 1 selective course – 6 credits total – each course below is 3 credits)

course number course title
 (All students take all of the following required courses:)		 comments

TE 818

Curriculum in Its Social Context

  • Students who have completed the MSU teacher certification internship program durin the Fall 2004-Spring 2005 academic year or earlier will be able to count TE 803 as the second course requirement in this block.
     

  • Students who complete the MSU teacher certification internship program during the Fall 2005-Spring 2006 academic year or later will not be able to count TE 803 as the second course requirement in this block.

 
  In consultation with one’s advisor, students also take one of the following courses (see also comments): 
TE 810 History of American Education
TE 811 Philosophical Inquiry and Contemporary Issues in Education
TE 812 Sociological Inquiry into Education
TE 815 Comparative Analysis of Educational Practice
TE 816 Education in Transition
TE 820 Power and Pluralism in School Practice
TE 821 Race and Educational Policy in the United States
TE 822 Issues of Culture in Classroom and Curriculum
TE 823
 Learning Communities and Equity
CEP 800 Psychology of Learning in School and Other Settings
CEP 801 Psychological Development: Learner Differences and Commonalities
EAD 813 * Education, Development, and Social Change
EAD 853B Schools, Families, and Communities

* This course is interdepartmental with Teacher Education.  Students enroll in EAD 813.

 

Program Block 3:

Subject Matter and/or Thematic Concentration

(3 selective courses – 9 credits total – each course below is 3 credits

unless indicated as “variable credit”)

Course number Course title
 (All students take all of the following required courses:)		 Comments

 

Multidisciplinary:

  • Other subject-specific areas that students and their advisors may consider in this block include the arts, English, foreign languages, mathematics, science, and the social sciences.
     

  • Students who have completed the MSU teacher certification internship program during the Fall 2004-Spring 2005 academic year or earlier may use TE 802 and TE 804 as two of the three courses required in this block.
     

  • Students who complete the MSU teacher certification internship program during the Fall 2005-Spring 2006 academic year or later may use TE 802 OR TE 804 as one of the three courses required in this block.

 
TE 825 Diverse Learners and Learning Subject Matter
TE 830 Designing Interdisciplinary Curricula
TE 831 Teaching School Subject Matter with Technology

 

Literacy:
TE 834 Reading Comprehension Instruction
TE 835 Theory and Research on the Teaching of Writing
TE 836 * Awards and Classics of Children’s Literature
TE 837 ** Issues and Trends in English Education
TE 840 *** Proseminar I: Historical Bases of Literacy Instruction
TE 842 Advanced Methods of Elementary School Reading
TE 843 Reading, Writing and Reasoning in Secondary School Subjects
TE 844 Classroom Literacy Assessment
TE 845 Language Diversity and Literacy Instruction
TE 847 Methods for Teaching Language Arts
TE 848 Methods of Writing Instruction
TE 849 Methods and Materials for Teaching Children's and Adolescent Literature
TE 850 Critical Reading for Children and Adolescents
TE 851 Literacy for the Young Child in Home and School
TE 852 Culture, Literacy, and Autobiography
TE 853 Corrective and Remedial Literacy Instruction in the Classroom ****
TE 854 Clinical Literacy Instruction ****
TE 873 *** Literacy Leadership ****
TE 883 Seminars in Literacy Instruction (variable credit)

 

Mathematics:
TE 855 Teaching School Mathematics
TE 856 Alternatives in School Mathematics Curriculum
TE 857 Teaching and Learning Mathematical Problem Solving
CEP 805 Learning Mathematics with Technology *****

 

Science:
TE 860 Practice and Inquiry in Science Education
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 891A

Special Topics in Science Education (variable credit)
CEP 806 Learning Science with Technology *****

 

Social Studies:
TE 865 Teaching and Learning K-12 Social Studies
TE 866 K-12 Social Studies Curriculum
TE 867 Perspectives in Social Studies: Global Education
TE 868 Perspectives in Social Studies: Law-Related Education

Learning, Development & Technology
CEP 802 Developing Positive Attitudes Toward Learning
CEP 804 Psychology of Adolescence for Teachers
CEP 810 Teaching for Understanding with Computers
CEP 811 Adapting Innovative Technologies to Education
CEP 812 Applying Educational Technology to Problems of Practice
CEP 822 Approaches to Educational Assessment
CEP 824 Classroom Assessment
CEP 826 Evaluation of Educational Programs and Policies *****

* Priority given to students in the MA in Education (online) program.  Others may be admitted on a space available basis.

** Open only to students in the MA in Literacy Instruction (MALIT) program and in the MA in Critical Studies in the Teaching of English (MACSTE) program.

*** Open only to students in the MA in Literacy Instruction (MALIT) program.

**** Completing these three courses is a necessary but not sufficient condition for the Michigan Department of Education’s “reading specialist” endorsement.  For that endorsement, one must also be in and complete the requirements of the  Master of Arts in Literacy Instruction (MALIT) program.

***** These courses are interdepartmental with Teacher Education.  Students enroll in CEP 805, 806, or 826 respectively.

 

Program Block 4:

Electives

(2 courses – 6 credits total)

Course number Course title
 (All students take all of the following required courses:)		 Comments
 

In consultation with and with the approval of one’s advisor, students choose 6 credits from any of the courses in Program Blocks 2 and 3, or from other departments’ courses in the university.  The following special topics courses and “independent study” options are also possible with one’s advisor’s approval:

  • Students who have completed the MSU teacher certification internship program duirng the Fall 2004-Spring 2005 academic year or earlier may use TE 801 as one of the two courses required in this block.
     

  • Students who complete the MSU teacher certification internship program during the Fall 2005-Spring 2006 academic year or later may use TE 801 and TE 803 as the two courses required in this block.

 
TE 882

Seminars in Curriculum and Teaching (variable credit)
TE 890 Independent Study (variable credit)
TE 891 Special Topics in Teaching, Curriculum, and Schooling (variable credit)
TE 894 Laboratory and Field Experiences in Curriculum, Teaching, and Schooling (variable credit)

 

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