Coordinator:
Dr. Carrie Lobman (848-932-0809; email: carrie.lobman@gse.rutgers.edu)Please visit the website.
The Graduate School of Education offers a postbaccalaureate master's degree/initial teacher certification program in elementary education. The program requires that a student has a bachelor's degree, has completed at least 60 credits in liberal arts coursework, and has fulfilled the requirements for the general education distribution. The requirements needed to satisfy the general education distribution can be found in the Office of Student and Academic Services, Room 110, Graduate School of Education (848-932-3232).
The specific program requirements are as follows:
Elementary Education (24 credits)
15:251:578 Theories and Practices in Early Childhood Education (3)
15:251:671 Practicum in Early Elementary Teaching (0)
15:251:672 Practicum in Upper Elementary Teaching (0)
15:254:543 Background for Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I (3)
15:256:554 Science in the Elementary School (3)
15:257:564 Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)
15:295:512 Introduction to Child Psychology: Infancy through Adolescence (3)
15:299:514 Literacy Development in the Early Years (3)
15:299:516 Literacy Development in the Elementary and Middle School (3)
Graduate-level elective (3)
Common Professional Education Core (15 credits)
05:300:306 Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)
05:300:401 Individual and Cultural Diversity in the Classroom (3)
15:255:533 Assessment and Measurement for Teachers (2)
15:255:534 Classroom Organization (1)
15:255:539 The Teaching Professional (3)
15:293:523 Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)
Internship in Teaching (12 credits)15:255:535 Teaching Internship (9)
15:255:536 Teaching Internship Seminar (3)
