1 GRADUATE COUNCIL MEETING 9 May 2012 102 Kern Graduate ...

O3
Kimberly A. Powell, Ph.D. (Stanford) Assistant Professor of Education
Jacqueline Reid-Walsh, Ph.D. (McGill) Associate Professor of Education
Peter A. Rubba, Ed.D. (Indiana) Professor of Education
David W. Saxe, Ph.D. (Illinois) Associate Professor of Education
Stephanie C. Serriere, Ph.D. (Indiana) Assistant Professor of Education
Patrick W. Shannon, Ph.D. (Minnesota) Professor of Education
Kathleen A. Sillman, Ph.D. (Penn State) Assistant Professor of Education
Deborah C. Smith, Ph.D. (Delaware) Assistant Professor of Education
Jeanine M. Staples, Ph.D. (Pennsylvania) Assistant Professor of Education
Iris M. Striedieck, D.Ed. (Penn State) Assistant Professor of Education
Dana L. Stuchul, Ph.D. (Penn State) Assistant Professor of Education
Daniel K. Thompson, Ph.D. (Iowa) Assistant Professor of Education
Joseph Valente, Ph.D. (Arizona State) Assistant Professor of Education
Anne E. Whitney, Ph.D. (California) Assistant Professor of Education
Vivian Yenika-Agbaw, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Education
Rose Mary Zbiek, Ph.D. (Penn State) Associate Professor of Education
Carla M. Zembal-Saul, Ph.D. (Michigan) Associate Professor of Education
This program provides advanced professional preparation in the special areas of bilingual education,
curriculum and supervision, early childhood education, elementary education, instructional leadership,
language and literacy education, science education, social studies education, and mathematics education.
The M.Ed. program in the areas of curriculum and supervision and instructional leadership is available at
Penn State Great Valley (see www.gv.psu.edu).
Admission Requirements
Scores from the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or the Graduate Record Examinations (GRE) are required
for admission. However, applicants for the doctoral degree are strongly encouraged to take the GRE.
Moreover, students with excellent academic records who wish to be considered for fellowships,
scholarships, and assistantships should take the GRE as a matter of course. At the discretion of an option
area, a student may be admitted provisionally for graduate study in a program without these scores.
Requirements listed here are in addition to general Graduate School requirements stated in the GENERAL
INFORMATION section of the Graduate Bulletin.
Students with appropriate course and professional backgrounds will be considered for admission, subject
to the limitation of program facilities. For admission to the professional degree program leading to the
M.Ed. and D.Ed., teaching or equivalent experience and at least 18 credits in education are recommended.
Master's Degree Requirements
M.Ed. and M.S. candidates are expected to complete the core: EDPSY 421, C I 400, and C I 550, or the
equivalent.
Minor Requirements
Candidates for the M.Ed. degree with a minor in Curriculum and Instruction must take a minimum of 6
course credits approved in advance.
3 of 6 4/30/2012