The M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction is a 30 semester hour graduate degree program designed to advance the professional development aspirations of licensed educators both from Vermont and around the country/world. It is not intended to provide initial licensure.
The Program Coordinator for the M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction is
Dr. Maureen Neumann. She can be reached at
802.656.3356.
Yes. The Graduate College Catalog is no longer published in hard copy but appears at: http://www.uvm.edu/~gradcoll/
Applications for the program can be submitted at any time during the academic year or summer and will be processed as received. All applications are done electronically and an application can be downloaded at: http://www.uvm.edu/~gradcoll/
No GRE examination is required. Key components of the application are:
Your completed application first goes to The Graduate College, 322 Waterman, where it is entered in the record keeping system. It is then given to The Department of Education where Cheryl Schneck works with a faculty admissions committee to make a decision on action to be taken. This process typically can be completed in less than a month if all documentation is present in the initial application folder. An interview with a faculty person in The Department or Education, either in person or by telephone/internet exchange is suggested.
Grounds for our inability to accept one to the program may be due to our inability to offer the range of courses or program of study desired and/or a faculty person cannot be identified to mentor the applicant. It is possible that in the future that circumstance might change and thus an applicant may be deferred. It is possible that conditional acceptance be granted and B work or better in the first two courses in the program could be grounds to convert the status to full candidacy.
Once the Program determines that you are qualified for admission and an advisor has been identified The Graduate College Admissions Officer is notified. If our decision is supported at that level you receive formal notification of acceptance to The Graduate College and The M.Ed. in Curriculum and Instruction. Shortly after that you will receive another letter of welcome from Russell Agne in which you are urged to follow a series of steps to initiate your work with us. Those steps include making sure you signal your intent to accept the admission, and meet and plan your program of study with an advisor. We cannot stress too highly your need to meet with an advisor to purposefully plan the courses you will include in the degree program.
Yes and no. There is a limit to the number of courses that can be
applied to the degree before matriculation. That number is 9 credits.
Additionally one should be aware that the Graduate College has a time
limit to courses put forward for the degree from beginning to end of
the program. That information can be found in the
Yes, a limited number of assistantships are available from time to time. They are quite selectively awarded and carry a stipend and an obligation to provide 20 hrs/week teaching/service for the Department of Instruction. One of the criteria for selection to GTF support is an applicantÕs promise to advance the academic mission of the Department and College of Education and Social Services. Most of the GTFÕs are awarded to applicants to our Ed.D. Program.
There is no written examination required. However, an oral
examination must be taken near the end of the program. It consists of a
formal meeting with your advisor and two other faculty in a position to
know of your work in the program. The EDSS 397 Project in Education (3
credits) has provided many students with the vehicle for sharing at the
time of the examination. A presentation of scholarship you have done
will be the largest part of the meeting. A detailed description of the
Oral Examination Policy is found at:
A thesis is not required but is a recommended option for students
who are interested. It carries 6 credits and would thus ÒcountÓ as two
of the courses in the program. Sample theses done by students are
available to look at. Check with
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