Challenges students with rigorous coursework to enhance their abilities as teachers who desire to effectively educate students.
Improve student achievement and advance your K-6 licensure with this M.Ed. program.
The master’s in elementary education is for teachers who are seeking to improve their teaching effectiveness to enhance their young students’ achievement. Admission requirements include an undergraduate degree in Elementary Education and a standard teaching license. This program does not lead to initial licensure in Elementary Education but leads to an AA license for those who have an existing K-6 Elementary Education license.
*Tuition only. Program fees are $50/hr and include all textbooks.
The Master of Education in Elementary Education is designed to help you become a more effective, confident, and knowledgeable educator. Through advanced study of curriculum, instruction, assessment, literacy, classroom management, and educational research, you will gain practical strategies that can be applied immediately in your classroom.
As a graduate of the program you will be better prepared to:
Whether your goal is to enhance yoru classroom practice, expand your leadership opportunities, or make an even greater impact on the lives of your students, the MEd in Elementary Education provids the knowledge and skills to help you achieve it.
Our 100% online program is flexible, featuring multiple start dates and accelerated coursework so that you can achieve your goals while you continue working. In as few as 12 months, you can be prepared to take advantage of new elementary education career opportunities.
Courses are arranged in a specific sequence and are offered in 8-week terms which correspond with the fall (fall term 1 & 2), spring (spring term 1 & 2), and summer term. The accelerated online course rotation has been constructed to allow candidates who are full time (typically 2 classes per 8-week term) to complete their coursework in 12 months. For those students choosing part time (typically 1 class per 8-week term), the coursework can be completed in 24 months.
| Requirement | Class Name | Hours |
| Core Courses | 15 | |
| EDU 6504 | Research - Methods & Procedures | 3 |
| EDU 6522 | Current Methodology in Elementary Education | 3 |
| EDU 6535 | Curriculum Development | 3 |
| EDU 6488 | Diagnostic/Prrescriptive Reading | 3 |
| EDU 6556 | History of Education in the U.S. | 3 |
| Advanced Content Methods/Materials | 15 | |
| EDU 6503 | Teaching Elementary & Junior High Mathematics | 3 |
| EDU 6524 | Teaching Skills of Reading & Comprehension | 3 |
| EDU 6525 | Studies in the Teaching of Elementary School Language Arts | 3 |
| EDU 6528 | Social Studies Education in the Elementary School | 3 |
| EDU 6540 | STEM: Project-Based Science Curriculum | 3 |
| Comprehensive Exams | In their last semester of enrollment, candidates for the M.Ed. in Elementary Education degree must take a comprehensive examination based upon course work used to satisfy degree requirements if their overall grade point average on graduate work is below 3.75. If judged unsatisfactory, all or part of the examination may be retaken once in the following semester or summer term. Candidates with a grade point average on graduate work equal to, or greater than, 3.75 will be exempt from the examination process. | |
| Total Hours | 30 |
Transcripts should be sent to:
Mississippi Christian University
Graduate Admissions Office
MC Box 4067
Clinton, MS 39058
Copies of your educator license can be mailed to the address above or emailed to GPS@mc.edu.
Comprehensive Exam
The School of Education offers multiple start dates each year for the convenience of our M.Ed. in Elementary Education online students. Students should consider application date deadlines, turn in all the required documents, register for classes and pay tuition for their desired program start date.
