Texas Tech University

Master’s Degree in Curriculum and Instruction with a Concentration in Personalized Learning

Degree Plan

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Transfer Credits from Certificate Program

Courses from our Blended Learning/Personalized Learning Graduate Certificate will count towards the 18 required hours of the PLBL Track Concentration. Completing the 15 hours in the certificate program will put a student nearly halfway towards the hours required for the M.Ed. program, so we encourage all prospective students to consider this route.

Core C&I Courses (9 hours):

All C&I master's students must take 5320, 5335, and 5380.

  • EDCI 5320 Curriculum Theory Foundations
    • Offered every fall and every summer semester. 
    • Recommended to be taken within the second or third year of admission
  • EDCI 5335 Models of Teaching
    • Offered every fall and every summer semester. 
    • Recommended to be taken within the second or third year of admission
  • EDCI 5380 Action Research I
    • Offered every spring and every summer semester. 
    • Recommended to be taken within the first year of admission

Core C&I Electives (9 hours):

All C&I master's students must take three of the following courses: 

  • ECTE 5335 Emerging Pedagogies and Designs 
  • EDCI 5310 Instructional Theory and Design 
  • EDCI 5321 Curriculum Theory: Design and Development
  • EDCI 5330 Ethics and Education 
  • EDCI 5333 Improving the Teaching of Thinking
  • EDCI 5362 Curriculum and the Media
  • EDCI 5375 Creativity in the Curriculum
  • EDCI/ECTE 5318 Authentic Curriculum Assessment 
  • EDCI/ECTE 5381 Action Research II 

PLBL Track Concentration (18 hours):

PLBL master's students are required to take: 

  • *EDPL 5390 Foundations of Blended and Personalized Learning
  • *EDPL 5391 Blended Learning/Personalized Learning and Student Agency
  • *EDPL 5392 Teacher Routines for Using Data to Support Personalized Learning
  • *EDPL 5393 Demonstration of Advanced Models of Personalized Learning
  • *EDPL 5394 Personalized Learning Coaching and Critical Communities of Practice
  • EDPL 5395 Research Topics in Personalized Learning

*Are the Five required Courses for the Graduate Certification Program

Application How-To Guide

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