Undergraduate STEM Education MS
Major: Undergraduate STEM Education
Degree Awarded: Master of Science (MS)
Calendar Type: Quarter
Minimum Required Credits: 45.0
Co-op Option: None
Classification of Instructional Programs (CIP) code: 13.1316
Standard Occupational Classification (SOC) code: 25-1099
About the Program
An MS in Undergraduate STEM Education supports the professional development of graduate students from STEM disciplines. This program will prepare STEM graduate students to implement evidence-based pedagogies that have been demonstrated to be effective for teaching undergraduate STEM courses.
This interdisciplinary program provides a mechanism to allow doctoral students from a STEM discipline to learn about pedagogical approaches appropriate for teaching STEM undergraduates, and research, assessment, and evaluation of STEM programs. Such skills, experiences, and competencies both diversify the career prospects of these graduate students as well as position them to participate more fully in programs with STEM Education and/or outreach as their “broader impact.”
Admission Requirements
All STEM graduate students or students studying in equivalent programs are eligible for admission.
Degree Requirements
| Core | ||
| ISTM 511 | Foundations in Evidence-Based STEM Pedagogy | 3.0 |
| ISTM 512 | Advanced Undergraduate STEM Pedagogical Techniques | 3.0 |
| ISTM 513 | Improving STEM Education Through Research | 3.0 |
| ISTM 514 | STEM Program Evaluation and Assessment | 3.0 |
| Electives (choose two of the following, in consultation with advisor) | 6.0 | |
| Leadership in Educational Contexts and Systems | ||
| Using and Integrating Learning Technologies | ||
| Researching & Evaluating Instructional Technology | ||
| Science Teaching Methods | ||
| Theories of Individual Cognition in STEM Education ** | ||
| Social Foundation and Group Cognition in STEM Education ** | ||
| Creativity and Innovation in STEM Education ** | ||
| PhD Content Area Knowledge ‡ | 9.0 | |
| PhD Research Experience † | 9.0 | |
| Capstone Experience | 9.0 | |
| Seminar in UG STEM Education * | ||
| Rotations in STEM Education * | ||
or ISTM 517 | Projects in Undergraduate STEM Education | |
| Total Credits | 45.0 | |
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ISTM 515 is taken 3 times for a total of 3.0 credits. ISTM 516 or ISTM 517 is taken 3 times for a total of 6.0 credits.
- **
EDUC 840, EDUC 842, and EDUC 844 can only be taken by PhD students.
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Courses selected from student's PhD coursework in their STEM content area.
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9.0 credits of student's supervised PhD research.
Sample Plan of Study
| First Year | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | Spring | Credits | Summer | Credits |
| ISTM 511 | 3.0 | ISTM 512 | 3.0 | ISTM 513 | 3.0 | ISTM 514 | 3.0 |
| PhD Content Knowledge | 3.0 | PhD Content Knowledge | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | ISTM 515 | 1.0 |
| PhD Content Knowledge | 3.0 | ISTM 516 or 517 | 2.0 | ||||
| PhD Research Experience | 3.0 | ||||||
| 6 | 6 | 9 | 9 | ||||
| Second Year | |||||||
| Fall | Credits | Winter | Credits | ||||
| ISTM 515 | 1.0 | ISTM 515 | 1.0 | ||||
| ISTM 516 or 517 | 2.0 | ISTM 516 or 517 | 2.0 | ||||
| PhD Research Experience | 3.0 | Elective | 3.0 | ||||
| PhD Research Experience | 3.0 | ||||||
| 6 | 9 | ||||||
| Total Credits 45 | |||||||