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ADULT EDUCATION MASTER'S PROGRAM

General Information

General Admission Requirements

Graduate Advisement

Program Requirements

Courses & Descriptions

Program Highlights

Practicum

Program Delivery Option

Financial Aid

 

 Adult Education Program – General Concentration

30 Semester Hours

Core Courses (15 hours)

Course   Name  
ADED 510 Introduction to Adult Education 3.0
ADED 520 Methods for Teaching Adults 3.0
ADED 530 Program Planning for Adults 3.0
ADED 540 History and Philosophy of Adult Education 3.0
ADED 611 Adult Learning and Development 3.0

Electives (6 hours) Courses may be selected from the following or from other courses with prior approval of advisor. 

ADED 598
CNS 555  
CNS 556
CNS 557
CNS 572
CNS 574
CNS 577
CNS 580
CNS 586
CNS 667
CNS 670
EXED 516
EXED 518
EXED 534
LTCY 519
LTCY 523
LME 535
LME 537
PSY 510
PSY 511
Adult Education Seminar
Social and Cultural Diversity in Counseling 
Developmental Career Counseling
Human and Family Development in Counseling
American College Student
Student Development in Higher Education 
Counseling Concepts and Applications for Student Affairs Professionals 
Family Life Studies 
Parenting Issues 
Drug Abuse Counseling 
Parameters of Law in Student Affairs and Higher Education
Exceptional Child: Perspectives and Issues
Seminar: Contemporary Challenges in Spec. Ed.
Seminar:  Research in Exceptional Child Education
Foundations of Reading Instruction
Diagnostic Reading Procedures for Classroom Teachers
Survey of Educational Technology Practices
Principles of Educational Technology Practices 
Advanced Education Psychology 
Psychology of Learning 
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Research Foundations (3 hours)

       EDFN 500                   Research Methods                                                            3.0
       or equivalent as approved by advisor

Students may take one of the following two options:

     Thesis Option (6 hours)

ADED 599             Thesis                                                                               6.0

or

Non-Thesis Option (6 hours)

EDU 590               Adult Education Practicum                                                  3.0
ADED 597             Directed Study in Adult Education                                      3.0

 


Adult Education - Community and Technical College Concentration

39 Semester Hours

Core Courses (12 hours)

Course   Name Hours
ADED 510 Introduction to Adult Education 3.0
ADED 520 Methods for Teaching Adults 3.0
ADED 611 Adult Learning and Development 3.0
EDFN 612 Seminar in Community College Teaching 3.0

Discipline Courses (18 hours)

Eighteen hours of content specific courses related to the student’s teaching discipline in technical or community colleges 

Research Foundations (3 hours)

Course Name Hours
EDFN 500 Research Methods 3.0
  or equivalent as approved by advisor  

Capstone Experience (6 hours)

Course Name Hours
ADED 589 Internship in Community/Technical College Teaching 3.0
ADED 597 Directed Study in Adult Education 3.0

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