Career and Technical Education, MAEd

Note: Students are no longer being accepted to this program.

Program Coordinator: Cheryl Johnson (126 Rivers West Building; 252-328-5754; johnsonche@ecu.edu)

The career and technical education master of arts in education (MAEd) is designed for individuals who already hold a North Carolina teaching license. The curriculum is designed to develop advanced competencies in professional education, career and technical education, and in family and consumer sciences. The desired outcome is to help teachers develop the skills needed to become leaders in the field.

The career and technical education, MAEd program requires a minimum of 39 s.h. as follows:

Required core courses - 12 s.h.

Research, Trends, and Issues Competency Area - 3 s.h.:

Diverse Learner Competency Area - 6 s.h.:

Effective Communication and Leadership Competency Area - 3 s.h.:

Career and technical education - 27 s.h.

Note:

The final product is an action research project that is planned in HDFS 6990 and implemented in HDFS 6991 with an oral presentation to the graduate committee.