MSE: Curriculum and Instruction Graduate Program

UW Oshkosh's graduate program in curriculum and instruction provides licensed PK-12 teachers the opportunity to further develop expertise in teaching children and adolescents. The Master of Science in Education (MSE) in Curriculum and Instruction degree program offers a quality degree with the convenience of evening, summer and distance education courses.

The program is offered in two formats. The seminar plan (30 credits) requires taking the seminar in curriculum and instruction course, or a thesis plan (30 credits) requires completing a thesis.

Areas of emphasis include:

• Early Childhood Education

• Middle Childhood and Early Adolescence

• ESL/Bilingual Education (Spanish/English or Hmong/English)

• ESL Licensure

• Omro Cohort

• RtI (Response to Intervention) for the Classroom Teacher
• Secondary Science Education (Physics/Physical Science)

• Teaching 2.0 (Fully Online)

All emphasis areas meet national/state content and teaching standards and mandates. The program also allows for extended licensure opportunities for special and regular education teachers in the areas of ESL, Bilingual Education-Spanish and Bilingual Education-Hmong.

Degree Features:

• An NCA-accredited, 30-credit program

• Evening, weekend and summer course offerings, as well as the convenience of some online or hybrid courses

• Estimated program completion in two years and one summer

• Focus in differentiation of instruction and content area instruction in the PK-12 classroom

• Direct links between coursework and classroom teaching

• Close working relationships with professors

• Opportunities to collaborate with fellow students

• Coursework option for DPI certified add-on licensure

Reflective Practitioner Electronic Portfolio:

Students complete entries for the electronic portfolio at three points during the MSE: C&I.
   1. Entry Self-Assessment
   2. Candidacy Self-Assessment
   3. Exit Self-Assessment

Students self-assess their level of confidence for the WI State Teaching Standards and the COEHS (Collete of Education and Human Services) conceptual model. They also set goals that may be focused on as they progress through the program.

Electronic portfolio entries should be sent to the Curriculum and Instruction office (candi@uwosh.edu). Students will review the “candidacy-level” self-assessment at the candidacy meeting with the graduate program coordinator. The “exit level” self-assessment will be completed as part of the Elem/Sec Ed 791 seminar.

Reflective Practitioner Electronic Portfolio