Master of Arts Program
Interdisciplinary Education: Environmental Literacy and Ethics
Advisor: Sara Garcia
The SCU MA in Interdisciplinary Studies with an Environmental Literacy and Ethics Emphasis is intended for teacher credential candidates that have a bachelors in environmental studies, environmental science or liberal studies with a science emphasis.
| Goal
The goal of this credential/masters combination program is to prepare classroom teachers who are actively engaged in the integration of ecological concepts in all school curriculum. It is primarily designed for K-12 practicing teachers. Objective
The main objective of the credential/masters ELE combination is to focus on complex issues in environmental education that transcend multiple disciplines. The cohort of MA candidates admitted to this program build supportive networks that sustain dialogues linked to the ethical dimensions of sustainability, and biodiversity. Ecology is viewed as a restorative process integrated in an education that is linked to learning as a response to real needs and life situations of the learners. Real learning is seen as participatory and experiential and not just didactic. Teachers working on this MA emphasis must see themselves as facilitators of students who are acitve agents in ecological change, individually and collectively. Practicing teachers engaged in environmental education integrate experience in the natural world as an essential part of teaching for understanding the environment and strive for an ethical dimension in "good thinking" as a goal in learning through ecological literacy. Required Core Courses **Single Subjects (18 Units) - EDUC 251-Psychological Foundations of Education (3 units)
- EDUC 253-First- and Second Language Acquisition (3 units)
- EDUC 256-Content Specific Curriculum Methods (4 units)
- EDUC 271-Instructional Technology for Teachers (2 units)
- EDUC 287-Reading in the Content Areas (3 units)
- EDUC 290-Issues in Assessment (3 units)
**Multiple Subjects (17 Units) - EDUC 251-Psychological Foundations of Education (3 units)
- EDUC 253-First- and Second Language Acquisition (3 units)
- EDUC 261-Math Foundations and Methods (3 units)
- EDUC 262-Science Foundations and Methods (3 units)
- EDUC 263-Social Studies Foundations (3 units)
- EDUC 271-Instructional Technology for Teachers (2 units)
Emphasis Courses (25 Units) - EDUC 254-Action Research and Teacher Development (3 units)
- EDUC 328-Language Development and Literacy (3 units)
- EDUC 391-Ethics Science Camp-includes Project WET (Water Education for Teachers) (3 units)
- EDUC 470-Philosophical Foundations of Environmental Education and Literacy (3 units)
- EDUC 471-Guided Field Internship in an Environmental Center or Agency (4 units)
- EDUC 472-Environmental Curriculum Development and Technology (3 units)
- EDUC 473-Human Ecology and Sustainability (3 units)
- EDUC 490-Research Methods (3 units)
Electives (3 Units) - (requires approval of advisor)
**These courses are transferred from the SCU credential program. Candidates for the MA with an ELE emphasis that have completed the credential program at another university will need to complete an additional 3 courses in the SCU credential program such as the following: EDU 392 and EDU 393 |
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