Humanities (5-8) (M.Ed./ITL)

Core Courses for Initial Licensure (18 Credits)

• EDU 520 - Teaching Strategies (3) *
• EDU 528 - Disciplinary Literacy and Writing (3)
• EDU 562 - Human Development and Learning (3)
• EDU 564 - Introduction to Exceptionality (3)
• EDU 575 - Classroom Management and Organization (3)
• EDU 583 - Methods and Practice in Middle School Education (3) *

Practicum (3 Credits)

• EDU 589 - Practicum and Seminar in Content Area (3) **

Concentration Courses for Professional Licensure (12 Credits)

Choose 12 credit hours in Humanities. Check with the Graduate Education Office for current course offerings. Content area courses not listed may be designed to meet a student’s interest.

• ENG 604 - Advanced Grammar for Writing (3)
• ENG 618 - Advanced World Literature: Nobel Prize-Winning Authors (3)
• ENG 619 - The Romantic Period in History and Literature (3)
• ENG 632 - Literature for Adolescents (3)
• ENG 634 - British Literature (3)
• ENG 635 - Shakespeare Active in Class and History (3)
• ENG 636 - Poetry and Literary Analysis (3)
• ENG 638 - General Linguistics (3)
• ENG 639 - Literature of WWII in Europe (3)
• ENG 640 - Contemporary American Fiction and Visual Media (3)
• ENG 643 - History and Literature of the Ancient Greeks (3)
• ENG 644 - The Ancient Greek World (3)
• ENG 647 - The Ancient Roman World (3)
• ENG 650 - Literature of Renaissance and Reformation (3)
• ENG 661 - History of the English Language: Advanced Content in English (3)
• ENG 670 - Chaucer and Medieval Traditions (3)
• ENG 672 - Literature of Immigrant Communities in the U.S. (3)
• ENG 674 - Developing Writers (3)
• ENG 675 - Advanced Writing (3)
• ENG 676 - Literary Analysis (3)
• ENG 677 - Writing for Publishing (3)
• ENG 684 - World Literature (3)
• ENG 686 - Poetics (3)
• HIS 602 - Math and Your Vote (3)
• HIS 614 - The History of Massachusetts: 1620-1865 (3)
• HIS 615 - The History of Puritan New England: 1620-1740 (3)
• HIS 616 - The Maritime History of Massachusetts (3)
• HIS 636 - America and the World: Reagan through Obama (3)
• HIS 637 - History of the Postwar American Presidents (3)
• HIS 638 - Modern Europe: 1914 to Present (3)
• HIS 639 - History of the U.S. in World War II (3)
• HIS 640 - Europe 1300-1700 (3)
• HIS 642 - Britain in the Middle East: From Suez Purchase to Suez Crisis, 1875-1956 (3)
• HIS 646 - Roma Aeterna: History and Language of the World’s Greatest Empire (3)
• HIS 650 - History of the Reformation (3)
• HIS 652 - American Art History as Cultural Encounter (3)
• HIS 665 - U.S. History, 1974-2000: The Post-Watergate Presidents (3)
• HIS 667 - Immigration in the USA through Historical Inquiry: The Ellis Island Experience (3)
• HIS 678 - Using Museums in the Classroom (3)

Educational Theory Course for Completion of Master’s Degree (3 Credits)

• EDU 604 - Philosophy, Ethics and Teaching in Schools (3)

Total Program: 36 Credits

* Indicates courses with pre-practicum field component.

** For those seeking licensure please complete the following: 1. Pass appropriate tests for the Massachusetts Tests for Educator Licensure before beginning practicum, and 2. Before or during the practicum, take EDU641 Sheltered English Immersion   (required course for MA state licensure; not part of degree program).