Master of Arts in Education,
Curriculum and Instruction: Elective Emphasis in Arts and Education

The arts can be integrated with other academic subjects like the fibers in a tightly woven fabric. our k-12 classroom teacher cohorts explore ways in which the visual and performing arts can enhance instruction in the core curriculum. This program is designed to enable and empower classroom teachers to deliver experiences in dance, music, drama/theatre, literature, and visual arts to all students.

A group of teachers will work together over a two-year period, starting in even numbered years, in a series of courses and complete a school-related arts in education project or thesis. Their goal will be to become teacher leaders and researchers who can offer arts experiences to their students and become knowledgeable activists for the arts.

Program Brochure [pdf]

 

Advancement to Candidacy

See MA in Education–Common Requirements.

 

The Curriculum

1. Fall Semester – Year 1
   (3) EDTE 226 Seminar: Strategies for Teachers
   (3) EDTE 227 Seminar: Curriculum and Instruction
   
   
2. Spring Semester – Year 1
   (3) EDTE 250 Educational Research
   Elective TBA with School of the Arts
   
   
3. Summer Courses
   (3) EDTE 251 Education for a Democratic, Pluralistic Society (3) EDTE 262 Experiencing the Arts in Education
   
   
4. Fall Semester – Year 2
   (3) EDTE 290 Seminar in Culminating Experience: Curriculum and Instruction
   (3) EDTE 262 TBA with School of the Arts
   
   
5. Spring Semester – Year 2
   (3) EDTE 505 Culminating Experience
   (3) Elective To be selected from approved list, taken independent of cohort

 

Degree Requirements

Units required for the MA 30
Minimum GPA 3.0
No units with a grade below “C” may apply toward the degree.

 

Other Course Requirements (9 units)

Nine elective units in Curriculum and Instruction coursework are to be selected from the Approved List of Courses (below). The student will select the courses in consultation with a program advisor. With advisor and Department approval, program courses may include one of the following:

6 units of transfer electives, OR
6 units of 300-level methods courses OR
6 units of extension credit

Culminating Requirements (6 units)
(3) EDTE 290 Seminar in Culminating Experience
(3) EDTE 505 Culminating Experience: Curriculum and Instruction

Note: Credit is give upon completion of a thesis, project, or other approved culminating experience. Open only to the graduate student who has been advanced to candidacy for the Master’s degree and has secured the permission of his/her faculty advisor and the Department Chair one full semester prior to registration. This requires a Project/Thesis Petition available in the Department Office. Candidates are not given permission to register in the Culminating Experience unless an approved petition is on file.

 

Approved Elective Units

Select 6 units only from the following courses:
Extension Courses (Must be acceptable in the Master of Arts in Education program at the University offering the course–written proof required).

(1-6) EDTE 329N Power of Art in the Classroom (CSUS)
(3) EDTE 329R Waldorf Approach for Public Schools (CSUS)
(3-6) MUSC 196 Education Through Music
(3) Courses offered by the California Consultancy for Arts Education, Inc. at the Crocker Art Museum
(3) Courses from Sierra North Arts Project, UC Davis, if the UC Department of Education accepts them in their Master of Arts degree program OR if the credit is given through CSUS.
(3) Courses offered by California Musical Theatre if academic credit has been approved.
(3) Courses in CSU’s Summer Arts Program, currently housed at CSU, Fresno if Fresno’s Department of Education accepts them in the Master of Arts degree program

 

For More Information

Karen Benson 916.278.5923 (bensonkd@csus.edu)
Lorie Hammond 530.848.9617 (lhammond@csus.edu)
Crystal Olson 916.278.4237 (olsonc@csus.edu)