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​4+1 Teaching Students with Disabilities

The Secondary Special Education concentration in the 4+1 M.Ed. in Teaching Students with Disabilities is designed for current UD undergraduate secondary education majors and elementary teacher education majors with a middle school concentration. This five-year program combines undergraduate and graduate coursework, allowing students to earn a bachelor’s degree in their major after four years and an M.Ed. in Teaching Students with Disabilities after one additional year. After completing the M.Ed. in +1 year, students are eligible for teacher certification in special education.

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4+1 Educational Technology

As AI and other technologies continue to shape education, the M.Ed. in Educational Technology 4+1 program prepares UD undergraduates to use technology effectively and responsibly in teaching, learning and assessment. Students in 23 elementary, middle and secondary education programs can earn a master’s degree with one additional year of study. The program can also fulfill coursework requirements for teaching certification in French, Spanish, Chinese or German, excluding the nine-credit undergraduate student-teaching course.

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Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Pedagogy (MA)

The MA in Languages, Literatures, Cultures and Pedagogy degree affords students the opportunity to continue their foreign language study at the graduate level with the option of working toward teacher certification.

It is a flexible degree that can provide students with all the courses required for a teaching certificate in French, Spanish, Chinese ​or German, except for student teaching, which is an undergraduate course of 9 credit hours. 

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STEM Education (MS)

Undergraduates majoring in biology, chemistry, earth science, agricultural or veterinary sciences, physics, mathematics or engineering may apply at the end of their junior year or beginning of their senior year. Admitted students take two graduate-level courses during their senior year, followed by two graduate courses the next summer. In the fall, they begin a yearlong, full-day student-teaching internship while taking methods courses.

A non-certification M.S. option is also available.

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Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL)

The M.A. in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) prepares students to teach in classrooms with Multilingual Learners and to teach English as a second or foreign language in schools, colleges, and language institutes in the U.S. and abroad. The degree is offered full- and part-time, and all students will complete a teaching practicum. Students can choose to follow a track leading to a Delaware teaching license and certification as a Teacher of English Learners or Bilingual Teacher.

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Admission Requirements for all Programs

Admission to these graduate programs is competitive. Those who meet stated requirements are not guaranteed admission, nor are those who fail to meet all of those requirements necessarily precluded from admission if they offer other appropriate strengths.

Decisions are made by the Secondary STEM Education graduate committee composed of the Director of Secondary Education, Assistant Director of Secondary STEM Education and/or associated program faculty. Students will be admitted to the program based on program capacity, the applicant's qualifications, and the applicant's fit with program goals and objectives.

  1. 4+1: Current enrollment as a junior in an applicable UD program with an undergraduate cumulative grade index of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  2. Post graduate with certification: A baccalaureate degree in a STEM subject with a cumulative grade index of at least 3.0 on a 4.0 scale.
  3. Post graduate without certification: A baccalaureate degree in a science, mathematics, or engineering field from an accredited college or university.

All applicants:

  1. Passed the Praxis Subject Assessment in the secondary education area or career and technical education area related to candidate's discipline of study.
  2. Transcripts of all previous academic work at the undergraduate and graduate (if applicable) level. Applicants may upload unofficial copies of their transcripts and if admitted, all transcripts will be verified by the Office of Graduate and Professional Education. Applicants who previously attended the University of Delaware still need to upload an unofficial transcript, but do not need to provide official transcripts for verification.
  3. GRE scores are not required. For students whose native language is not English, an officially reported TOEFL test score of at least 600 (paper-based) or 100 (Internet-based). IELTS scores are also accepted. The minimum score is 7.0.
  4. It is a Delaware State Board of Health Regulation and a University of Delaware mandate that all entering graduate students born after January 1, 1957 give proof of proper immunization for measles, mumps, and rubella. If TB immunization requirements are not met, the student will not be eligible to register.
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Other Documents

  1. Three letters of recommendation from professors or supervisors.
  2. A resume detailing the candidate's academic, professional and/or volunteer experience.
  3. Responses to the following two graduate application essays:
    • Essay 1: Outline your educational plans and career goals and discuss how your proposed plan of graduate study relates to them. Some areas of discussion might include specific attributes of the program at UD that led you to believe this degree is appropriate to help you achieve your professional goals.
    • Essay 2: Address one of the following questions in a brief essay of 500 words or fewer:
      • Select an important problem facing students who are learning science, mathematics, engineering or computer science, their teachers or other people who work with them, and propose a solution to this problem.
      • Describe an experience in your own life that influenced your decision to become a secondary teacher in a STEM field.

Interview – each applicant will be expected to participate in an interview with one or more  secondary STEM education faculty and staff. The purpose of this interview is to determine each applicants' suitability to the purpose and goals of the program.
 
Admission Deadlines

  • 4+1 option: Students will apply in the spring of their junior year or the fall of their senior year to take classes beginning their senior year (i.e., the semester immediately following the spring semester in which they apply). Application deadline is February 15 of the senior year.
  • Post graduate with certification: Students will apply by February 15 for priority consideration with rolling admissions until the first day of the summer semester in which the student intends to enroll.
  • Post graduate without certification: Students will apply by February 15 for priority consideration with rolling admissions until the first day of the summer semester in which the student intends to enroll.
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