MS Education in Secondary STEM Education (Flex) at University of Kansas

Programme overview

A competency-based master's built around 'challenges' based on thematic problems of teaching practice, assessed through design portfolios. It prepares students for initial licensure to teach secondary STEM in Kansas.

Faculty: School of Education & Human Sciences | Department: Curriculum and Instruction (Curriculum and Teaching) | Duration: 30 credit hours (30 one-hour competencies) | Study mode: online | Location: Lawrence, KS, United States

What you will study

Seven domains: Assessing Learning, Designing for Deeper Learning, Meeting Individual Needs, Learning in Community, Grounding Instruction in the Science of Learning and Development, Transforming the Classroom and Professional Learning, delivered as 1-credit CT-C competencies.

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Application information

Entry requirements

In addition to all University requirements for admission to graduate studies, applicants to the Curriculum and Instruction Secondary STEM Education M.S.E. competency-based program must provide and/or meet all the following: A 1-2 page personal statement describing how the applicant envisions using the degree after it is earned and expectations for future contributions to the education field. 2 letters of recommendation, attached to the recommendation form by the recommender when the recommendation is submitted online.

Tuition is charged per credit, so the total depends on the modules you register for each year. Current fees are listed in the official fee schedule.

Entry terms follow the KU academic calendar; the application for first-year and transfer students is submitted through the KU application portal (go2.ku.edu). The fall freshman scholarship deadline is Dec. 1, the FAFSA priority deadline is Feb. 1 and the fall transfer scholarship deadline is Aug. 1.

Graduate application fee: $65 domestic degree-seeking, $100 international degree-seeking, $40 certificate-seeking and non-degree-seeking; waivers available. Requirements and deadlines are set by each programme. Apply through the KU graduate application system (KU Graduate for Lawrence, Edwards and Online programmes; KU Medical Center for KUMC programmes).

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