Urban Teachers Teacher Preparation in Secondary Social Studies

You will gain research-based and practical knowledge of teaching through extensive field experience and coursework during this calendar-year program that is designed to develop knowledge, skills and dispositions to support teaching and learning in linguistically and culturally diverse urban settings. Graduates of the program will be prepared to teach middle and high school students in grades 7-12.

This is a concentrated master’s program for those who want to finish in a calendar year and meets the requirements for being recommended for teacher certification by the Texas Education Agency. Direct admissions questions to Stephen Flynn.

You will earn:

• A master’s degree (M.Ed.)
• A Social Studies Secondary Education endorsement
• English as a Second Language (ESL) endorsement

Coursework

Summer

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Online, First Session, 6 Credit Hours

EDC 387V Independent study OR
EDC 385G Teaching and Learning Urban Context (TBA)
EDC 387V Independent study OR
EDC 382 Secondary Social Studies (TBA)

Fall

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12 Credit Hours

EDC 380R Educational Research & Design
SED 380R Inclu/Disb/Div/Sec Sch
ALD  331 Restorative Practices;
EDC 370S Advanced Methods in SS OR EDC 383 Instructional theory (TBA)

Spring

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12 Credit Hours

EDC 371/EDC 651 Student teaching practicum 
GRADUATE course in SSE (TBA)

Summer

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Both Sessions, Credit Hours (TBA)

EDC 385G Second Language Acquisition
EDC 382G Methods of Teaching ESL 
3 Credit Hours EDC 398R Master’s Report (if needed/TBA)

Minimum 24 credit hours of graduate coursework required.

Additional Requirement

These programs require fieldwork in area schools, and to undertake that fieldwork, school districts require that university students each pass a criminal background check. If a student does not pass the criminal background check, she or he will be unable to complete the required work of the program, and any offer of admission will be canceled.

Certification Recommendation

Once you successfully complete all of the steps to become a teacher, including passing the relevant exams approved by the Texas Education Agency, you may be recommended for certification to the TEA by our certification officer. Be sure to reference the Certification Checklist on the Field Experiences wiki for additional information.

Faculty

Anthony L Brown

Professor

Focuses on historical and contemporary issues and discourses concerning African American students in schools and society.

Katherina A Payne

Associate Professor

Researches civic education, early childhood/elementary education, and teacher education to examine the role of relationships, community, and justice to make classrooms democratic and equitable spaces.

Cinthia S Salinas

Ruben E. Hinojosa Regents Professor in Education

Dr. Salinas is a member of the Social Studies Education program area and is an affiliate faculty member in the Bilingual/Bicultural and the Cultural Studies in Education program areas. Her focus in the social studies includes critical historical inqu...

Additional Information

Please see the Graduate School Catalog.