School of Environmental and Biological Sciences/GSE Five-Year Ed.M. (Certification Program in Agricultural Science Education [K-12])

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Program Description:

The Ed.M. program with (K-12) teacher certification agricultural science education, offered by the GSE and Rutger's School of Environmental and biological Sciences (SEBS), is designed for individuals who possess a bachelor's degree in agricultural science or a closely related field and who wish to pursue certification and a master's degree in education. Certificates are recommended only in conjunction with the completion of the requirements for the Ed.M. degree.

This program is open to students enrolled in the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS). Students who complete this program successfully will receive an Ed.M. in science education from the Graduate School of Education (GSE) as well as a recommendation to the New Jersey Department of Education for Teacher of Agricultural Science (K-12) Certificate of Eligibility with Advanced Standing.

This five-year teacher education program in agricultural science education, offered by the GSE and Rutgers School of Environmental and Biological Sciences (SEBS), leads to a bachelor's degree, master's degree in science education, and initial teacher certification in agricultural education. Rutgers undergraduates do preliminary coursework and field placements as assigned during the sophomore and junior years, are admitted to the program during the spring semester of the junior year, and enter the professional education sequence in the summer between junior and senior years. Students then qualify to have their bachelor's degree awarded by SEBS.

Students continue with the professional sequence the summer after graduation. They return in the fall to complete a full-time student-teaching internship with related coursework and continue with full-time graduate study, including a field-based research project, in the spring. The Ed.M. degree is conferred upon the completion of all five-year program requirements.

After the master's degree is awarded, the GSE will make a recommendation to the New Jersey State Department of Education on behalf of the student to receive a CEAS as a teacher.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS:

Pre-Admission Core Courses (9.5 credits)

05:300:200  Introduction to Education (3)

05:300:201  Introduction to Education Field-Based Lab - Clinical Experience (.5)

05:300:306  Introduction to Educational Psychology: Principles of Classroom Learning (3)

11:300:406  Environmental Education (3)

Agricultural  Education (15 credits)

11:300:425  Development of Ideas in Teaching Agriculture (3) 

11:300:426  Teaching Agriculture (3)

Graduate-level electives in specialization (agricultural science, life science, or science education) (6)

Common Professional Education Core (15 credits) 

05:300:450  Urban Education I (1.5)

05:300:451  Urban Education II (1.5)

05:300:452  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom I (1.5)

05:300:453  Teaching Emerging Bilinguals in the K-12 Classroom II (1.5)

15:255:534  Classroom Organization for the Inclusive and Special Classroom (3)

15:293:523  Inclusive Teaching in Education (3)

Choose one from the following:

15:255:539  Communities, Schools, and Social Justice (3)

15:253:540  Teaching English Language Learners (3)

05:300:406  Community-Based Language Learning (3)

05:300:498  Clinical Experience Phase 1 (.5)

05:300:499  Clinical Practice Phase 2 (4)

15:255:535  Clinical Practice Phase 3 (9)

15:255:536  Clinical Practice Seminar (6)

Major Requirements

Every candidate for certification in agricultural science education must complete a full major in a biological science (agriculture science, animal science, biology, plant science, etc.) Note: Not all SEBS majors are eligible for the five-year program.