The Technology Education sequence is not a teacher certification program. Certified teachers pursue the degree for professional development. Non-certified students also may pursue the master's in conjunction with other courses required for teacher certification.
All graduate students must complete core classes, required classes, and electives (depending on their degree option).
All technology master's students must take these classes:
To learn more about each course, the prerequisites, and any additional degree requirements, we suggest going to the Graduate Catalog.
Contemporary Foundations of Technology Education provides the student with a foundation for understanding technology education, while specifically drawing attention to the key constructs that guide the profession. Program implementation and integration, facilities, curriculum theory and professional practices, leadership, organizations and associations and professional publications are indicative of these constructs. This graduate-level course taught via the Internet will not only challenge your thinking about technology, technology education, and technological literacy, but also will allow you the opportunity to learn in depth about the foundations from which technology education stems.
Innovation in Technology Education provides the student with a study of advanced technical theories, processes, and impacts related to technology education. This class is premised on intensive investigation of a variety of issues and contemporary trends related to the concerns of technology education. This graduate-level course taught via the Internet will not only challenge your thinking about technology, technology education, and technological literacy, but also will allow you the opportunity to learn in depth about issues and trends surrounding technology education.
The history and nature of technology emphasizing the historical and contemporary interaction of technologies on humans and their cultures is the basis for TEC 422. This graduate-level course taught via the Internet will not only challenge your thinking about technology, but also will allow you the opportunity to learn in depth about how and why technology has changed and will change.
Total hours required is 30 (including the thesis). After completing the required courses, a student choosing the thesis option will need to complete an additional 9 hours of electives.
Total hours required is 33. After completing the required courses, a student choosing the comprehensive exam option will need to complete an additional 9 hours of electives, and 9 hours concentration of conceptually connected coursework in addition to the Comprehensive Examination.
Elective hours must be from 300 graduate level or 400-level courses and may include no more than 9 hours combined from TEC 400 Independent Study*, TEC 404 Special Projects, and TEC 498 Professional Practice. (*6 hours of TEC 400 is the maximum).
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