IU Northwest: Urban Teacher Education Program (UTEP)

Students accepted into Option II of the Urban Teacher Education Program are invited to continue with their studies and earn the Master’s Degree in Secondary Education: Urban Option. All hours taken from the Option II program will apply toward this degree. No courses from other institutions can be substituted for Option II courses unless approved in advance by the Director of the Urban Teacher Education Program. The seminar course must be taken at IUN. These degree requirements enable candidates to meet the IUN Advanced Conceptual Framework Outcomes, which are:

1. Reflection
2. Collaboration and Professional Development
3. Classroom Management and Assessment
4. Learning and Development
5. Knowledge and Instruction
6. Educational Equity
7. Formal Inquiry

Blocks and Credits

Courses

Block A:

Licensure: 12 hours

S510 Methods of Urban Teaching –(3) Spring
S508 Methods of Teaching in Urban Middle Schools: I.
Math, Science, English, or Social Studies (3) Spring

T550 Cultural/Community Forces in the Schools (3) Summer I
P510 Psychology in Teaching (3) Summer II

Block B:

Prerequisite – All of Block A successfully completed

Internship year: 12 hours

S508 Pt II: Methods of Teaching in Urban High Schools: Math, Science, English, or Social Studies (3) Fall
M501 Urban Field Experience & Seminar (3) Fall
M550 Practicum: Student Teaching in Urban Schools (3) Spring

P507 Testing in the Classroom (3) Spring

Flex courses: Strongly recommended to follow Block A

K505 Introduction to Special Education (3) Summer I

Licensure Completed.

Block C:

Foundations courses: 9 hours

Y520 Strategies for Educational Inquiry (3) *

S503 Secondary Curriculum (3)

One of the following:
H520 Education and Social Issues (3) or
H637 Critical Issues of Race, Class, & Gender (3)

Block D:

Prerequisite – All of the above classes successfully completed

Culminating courses: 6 hours

S512 Seminar for Reflection/Urban Portfolio Completion (3)

Exit Course: One of the following to follow completion of the seminar:
S591 Research Project in Secondary Education (3) or
X599 Master’s Thesis in Education (3)

Master’s Completed

* EDUC Y520 is limited to students who have standard teaching licenses and who have been formally admitted into the master’s degree program.