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M.A. Tufts/Shady Hill School Cooperative: Course Requirements*

10 Course Credits in Education at Tufts/Shady Hill

Required course credits fulfilled through the apprenticeship at Shady Hill: 4 Credits
1 introductory course:
  • ED 101 Introduction to Teaching in Middle and Secondary School
2 apprenticeship courses:
  • ED 201 Apprenticeship and
  • ED 202 Apprenticeship
1 course in the practices in teaching:
  • ED 120 Practice of Teaching: History and Political Science/Political Philosophy
  • ED 121 Practice of Teaching: Science
  • ED 122 Practice of Teaching: Mathematics
  • ED 123 Practice of Teaching: English
  • ED 124 Practice of Teaching: Languages
  • ED 125 Practice of Teaching: Latin and Classical Humanities
Course Credits at Tufts: 6 Credits
1 course in curriculum or a related guided elective:
  • ED 110 History and Political Science/Political Philosophy Curricula
  • ED 111 Development of Knowledge and Reasoning in the Science Curriculum
  • ED 112 Mathematics Learning Environments
  • ED 113 Language Arts Curricula in the Middle and Secondary School
  • ED 114 Linguistic Approaches to Second Language Acquisition
  • ED 181 Curriculum Development
1 course in human development, psychology and learning:
  • ED 130 Human Development and Learning
  • ED 230 Seminar in Psychological Studies in Education
1 course in exceptionalities in learning:
  • ED 142 Education of the Exceptional Child
  • ED 144 Learning Disabilities in the Classroom (ED 142 a prerequisite)
1 course in the social, cultural and historical foundations of education:
  • ED 160 Comparative Education
  • ED 161 Sociology of the School
  • ED 162 Class, Race and Gender in the History of U.S. Education
  • ED 163 Philosophies of Education
  • ED 167 Critical Race Theory Seminar: Issues in Urban Education
2 courses in the apprentice's academic field, or related fields.

* The distribution of credits at Tufts University and Shady Hill School may be slightly different from the year 2003-2004 and beyond.

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