Master of Arts in Education in Physics

Admission: The program is designed for students choosing a profession in public school teaching. Candidates must possess a valid physics teaching license or be in the process of securing certification in physical science/physics teaching.

Applicants for all graduate programs offered by the Department of Physics and Astronomy must meet admission requirements of the Graduate School and take the Graduate Record Exam (G.R.E.) or an equivalent exam.

Degree Requirements: The student will write a research paper on a research project in physics, physics education, astronomy, or astronomy education. The research paper earns a total of three hours credit.

Course Requirements	Hours
Content courses in physics, applied physics, or astronomy as approved by the department	12-18
Professional Education Core*	9
Minors and non-departmental electives as approved by the department	0-6
Research Requirement -RES 697 (1-3) Research Paper	3
Total Hours Required	30

* Students admitted to M.A.E. programs are required to complete three courses from a professional education core that are from the following:

Educational Foundations
PREFIX NO	SHORT TITLE	CR HRS
One course from:
EDFON	631 Philosophy Ed	3
	641 Hist Amer Ed***	3
	651 Ed Sociology	3
	660 Comparatv Ed	3
EDPSY	600 Adv Ed Psy	3
	603 Human Devel**	3

Educational Research and Measurement
PREFIX NO	SHORT TITLE	CR HRS
One course from:
CPSY	653 Res Cpy Guld	3
EDEL	676 Res Elem Edu**	3
EDJHM	676 Res JR/MS Ed	3
EDPSY	640 Methodology**	3
	641 Statist Meth**	3
	646 Tests Meas**	3
EDSEC	676 Res Sec Ed**	3
SPCED	636 Res Spec Ed	3

Pedagogy and Curriculum
PREFIX NO	SHORT TITLE	CR HRS
One course from:
EDCUR	601 Curric Devel***	3
	610 Elem Sch Cur	3
	620 Sec Sch Cur	3
	630 Jr H Mid Cur	3
	671 Eval Ed Prog	3
EDEL	626 Dis Clsrm Mt**	3
	640 Early Childh**	3
	644 Educ Div Soc**	3
	690 Practm El Ed	1-8
EDMUL	660 Mlti Clt Eth***	3
	690 Practm El Ed	3
EDRDG	610 El Sch Readg**	3
	620 Content Rdg**	3
EDSEC	534 Class Mgt	3
	690 Pracm Sec Ed	1-9
	695 Dyn Sec Clrm	3
EDPSY	520 Int Gft/Tlnt**	3
SPCED	600 Except Child	3
	625 Curr Topics	3

**Internet Courses that are offered through Ball State University's Distance Education Program
***Television Courses that are offered through Ball State Univeristy's Distance Education Program

Updated June 2006