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Graduate Record 2024-2025
Curriculum and Instruction, M.Ed.
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Return to: School of Education and Human Development: Degree Programs
The M.Ed. degree prepares students for positions within schools, museums, and other community settings. Advisors connect with students to design a program of study that includes core and electives courses that complement professional goals. The program provides the option for students to choose an area of emphasis or customized coursework. These areas are Educational Innovation, English as a Second Language (ESL), Gifted Education, Instructional Technology, Literacy, Professional Studies, Social and Emotional Learning, Social Foundations, and there is also a dual degree in partnership with the Darden School of Business.
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Program Requirements
The M.Ed. in Curriculum & Instruction program requires a minimum of 30 credits of coursework at the 5000-level or higher. Eighteen credits must be earned within the core requirements. The sixth course in the core requirements includes the comprehensive exam. Coursework selections are based on a student’s prior experiences, program course offerings, and desired educational outcomes.
Required Courses
Students pursuing the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction select the first course in each required course section, students pursuing the Reading Concentration select the second course.
Elective Coursework: 12 credits
Advisors assist students in selecting 12 credits of elective coursework in an area of emphasis or customized coursework. The areas of emphasis are Educational Innovation, English as a Second Language, Gifted Education, Instructional Technology, Literacy, Professional Studies, Social and Emotional Learning, and Social Foundations. If an area of emphasis is not selected, then students may complete 12 credits of elective coursework approved by their advisor.
English as a Second Language
Professional Studies
Personalized based on Virginia Department of Education (VDOE) licensure. See below for course requirements based on endorsement area.
Early/Primary, Elementary, or Special Education
Secondary, PreK-12, or Adult Education
Social and Emotional Learning
Reading Education Concentration
The Reading Education concentration is designed for reading practitioners to strengthen their knowledge, instructional skills and abilities for effective teaching of reading. The program is designed to develop knowledge about science-based reading research and effective and efficient reading assessment and instruction at both the elementary and secondary levels. The program also develops students as literacy leaders in their schools and districts and prepares individuals for literacy work in community colleges, industry, adult education programs, commercial education centers and private practice.
Required Reading Concentration Courses
The Reading Education concentration is an option for the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. In addition to the required courses listed above, students must complete the following courses. Teachers in Virginia who wish to add the Commonwealth of Virginia’s K12 reading specialist endorsement to their teaching license must take an additional three credit hours in one of our summer reading clinics. the M.Ed. plus 3 is a state approved curriculum for preparing teachers for the Commonwealth of Virginia’s K12 reading specialist endorsement.
Note: The VA K12 Reading Endorsement requires applicants to have a Child Psychology or Human Growth and Development course. The psychology course is also required for a Commonwealth of Virginia teaching license. Students who do not have the requisite psychology course on their undergraduate transcript will need to take a psychology course that meets the state requirement. Please consult with your advisor if you need a course to fulfill this requirement.
Required for Endorsement (1 clinical course)
The clinical course is not a concentration requirement, but is required to obtain the Commonwealth of Virginia’s K12 Reading Specialist endorsement.
Culminating Experience
M.Ed. students must successfully complete a comprehensive exam within the sixth core course. This course is taken during the final semester of the program. Students pursuing the Reading Education concentration will complete the compreshensive exam during their last semester of coursework.
Transfer Credits
A maximum of 6 credit hours can be transferred in to the program after the course is evaluated by the advisor to meet a number of conditions (e.g., graduate-level, is equivalent in rigor and focus to a course offered in the program of study, the student earned a grade of B- or higher, and the course was successfully completed less than 5 years from the date of admission to the program).
Public Professional Licensure Disclosure
As a member of the State Authorizations Reciprocity Agreement, the University of Virginia (UVA) is authorized to provide curriculum in a distance learning environment to students located in all states in the United States except for California. (34 CFR 668.43(a)(6)& 34 CFR 668.72(n)).
Upon completion of the Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction program at the UVA School of Education and Human Development, graduates may be eligible for initial professional licensure in another U.S. state by applying to the licensing board or agency in that state.
Please visit the University’s state authorization web pages to make an informed decision regarding which states’ educational requirements for initial licensure are met by this program. (668.43(a)(5) (v)(A) - (C))
Enrolled students who change their current (or mailing) address to a state other than Virginia should update this information immediately in the Student Information System as it may impact their ability to complete internship, practicum, or clinical hours, use Title IV funds, or meet licensure or certification requirements in the new state. (34 CFR 668.402).
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