Master of Arts in Education
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Master of Arts in Education
Alverno has long been a leader in education, and is recognized nationally and internationally for the faculty's work with ability-based education and performance-based assessment. The Master of Arts degree carries on the college's tradition in the liberal arts, with its particular focus on integrative, experiential and reflective approaches to learning.
Alverno's Master of Arts, focusing on teaching, learning and assessment, is designed for teachers in K-12 schools and in technical and community colleges, and for persons working in the areas of instructional design, training, and human-resource or organizational development in business, government and not-for-profit agencies.
The curriculum consists of a common set of core courses and courses specific to each of twelve specializations:
- Adaptive Education*
- Administrative Leadership*
- Adult Education and Instructional Design
- Adult Education and Instructional Technology
- Adult Education and Organizational Development
- Instructional Leadership *
- Instructional Technology for PK-12 setting
- Licensure to Master's
- Professional Development
- Reading Education*
- Reading Education with Adaptive Education*
- Science Education
- Teaching in Alternative Schools*
*Teachers who have the appropriate bachelor's or master's degree and have an initial teaching license may complete coursework for an additional license in this area, as part of the Master of Arts degree program or within a separate graduate-level licensure only program.
