Master of Arts in Education (M.A.)

Concentration in Counseling

The program is structured around three components: core curriculum, research and methodology, and emphasis area.

Required core: 30-33

Coun 601 Prof Orientation (3)
Coun 603 Theory & Pract of Career Develop (3)
Coun 605 Pre-Pract in Coun Skills (3)
Coun 606 Theories & Prin of Ind Couns (3)
Coun 607 Group Tech Coun (3)
Coun 611 Multicult Coun (3)
Coun 634 Practicum (3)
Coun 698 Internship in Counseling (3-6)*
GnEd 605 Statistics for Educ (3)
GnEd 610 Educ Res Interpret (3)

* 600 hours over two semesters. Three credits each semester. This can be done in one semester with approval of advisor.

Core Total: 33

Students will select an emphasis area in consultation with their education advisor and advisors for the field(s) of study selected. Emphasis area options are available in many of the university’s content fields, offering course selections to meet individual needs. Specifically emphasis-area options may be formulated from programs which offer 500- and/or 600-level courses in many disciplines including advanced placement and outside the School of Education, including art, music, Spanish, English, philosophy, history, political science, business, human performance and sport, anthropology, sociology, psychology, computer science, mathematics, life science (in biology and environmental science), chemistry, geology, physics, and also in technology teacher education, reading, early childhood multicultural education, and bilingual education. The advisor for the area of interest should be consulted.

In formulating plans for the emphasis area, students and advisors must consider various limitations: the frequency of offering of the necessary 500- and 600-level courses, both during the fall and spring semesters and in the summer session (the selection may be especially limited for students who rely totally or principally on classes scheduled in evenings and/or summers); any requirements from the State of New Mexico Public Education Department; having the preparation to undertake advanced studies in the field; and for students whose undergraduate degrees are from NMHU, the availability of appropriate 500-level courses that were not taken already at the 400-level.

Emphasis in School Counseling

Required courses: 12

Coun 602 Coun Child & Adol (3)
Coun 608 Appraisal of Ind, Group, & Fam in Coun (3)
Coun 615 Family Coun (3)
Coun 620 Org & Admin of Sch Coun (3)
Electives: 3

Choose one course in consultation with an advisor. Emphasis Total: 15

Emphasis in Professional Counselor Licensure

Required courses: 12

Coun 608 Appraisal of Ind, Group & Fam in Coun (3)
Coun 615 Family Coun (3)
Coun 619 Mgmt of Coun Prog (3)
Coun 625 Couns Individ Across Lifespan (3)
Elective: 3

Choose one course in consultation with an advisor.Emphasis Total: 15

Emphasis in Rehabilitation Counseling

Required courses: 15

Coun 608 Appraisal of Individaul/ Group/Family (3)
Coun 640 Rehab Foundations (3)
Coun 642 Case Mgmt/Job Placement (3)
SpEd 673 Medical Aspects of Disability (3)
SpEd 674 Psychocult/Psychosoc Aspects of Disabil (3)

Emphasis Total: 15
Program Total: 58

Concentration in Educational Leadership

This program is structured around three components: required core, emphasis area, and research methodology.

Two options are available for Master’s Degree Candidates in Educational Leadership.

Option One: is to pursue a Master’s Degree with eligibility for a New Mexico K-12 School Administrator License. Stipulations for admission to this option is that candidates will have received licensure for teaching in the state of New Mexico or the equivalent AND have at least one year of licensed K-12 teaching.

Option Two: is to pursue a Master’s Degree without eligibility for a New Mexico K-12 School Administrator License. This option is tailored for candidates who do not have a teaching license or teaching experience, yet wish the background leadership and administrative knowledge obtained from the program. Candidates who choose this option would take all course requirements except the two semesters (6 credit hours) of Internship. Instead they would take two additional 3-credit elective courses approved by their advisor in the program to meet the 36-hour MA requirements.

Required courses: 15

EdLd 6oo Leader Exploration (3)
EdLd 625 EdLd & Principal (3)
EdLd 680 Refl ective Leader (3)
EdLd 698 Internship I (3)
EdLd 698 Internship II (3)

Emphasis Area: 12 Complete four of the six courses from the following list.

EdLd 615 Sch Fin & Budge(3)
EdLd 620 School Law (3)
EdLd 630 Sch Comm Relat (3)
EdLd 640 Supervis & Eval of Personnel (3)
EdLd 660 Chng Tech & Gov (3)
Gned 663 Prin of Curriculum Const (3)

Required Research Courses: 9

GnEd 605 Statistics for Educ (3)
GnEd 610 Educ Res Interpret (3

Choose one of the following:

EdLd 697 Field Project (3)
OR EdLd 699 Thesis (3)
OR The Portfolio Block:
EdLd 608 Res Sem I (1)
EdLd 651 Res Sem II (1)
EdLd 697 Field Project (1)

Program total: 36

Concentration in Special Education

This program is structured around three components: required core, emphasis area, and research methodology.

Required core: 12

SpEd 501 Diag of Exceptional Child (3)
SpEd 550-650 Sem in Sp Ed (3)
SpEd 612 The Sp Ed Prog (3)
SpEd 675 Org & Adm Sp Ed (3)

Emphasis Area: 12

Choose twelve credits from the following list or from additional courses approved by the program advisor.

Anth 524 Soc & Cult Dynamics of the SW (3)
Anth 561 Comm & Cult (3)
Phil 525 Reasoning Skills for the Schools (3)
Psy 510 Physiological Psy (3)
Psy 519 Intro to Beh Therapy (3)
Psy 522 Human Sexuality (3)
Psy 530 Psy of Sex Roles (3)
Psy 545 Beh Disorders in Child (2)
Psy 573 Psy of Suicide (3)
Psy 605 Memory & Cognition (3)
Psy 671 Psychodynamics & Psychopathology (3)
Psy 674 Ind Intelligence Test (3)
Psy 675 Personality Assess (3)
Psy 679 Beh Therapy & Assess (3)

Research Methodology: 12

GnEd 605 Statistics for Educ (3)
GnEd 610 Educ Res Interpret (3)

Choose one of the following courses:
SpEd 697 Field Project (1-6)
SpEd 699 Thesis (1-6)

Program Total: 36

Master of Arts

EDUCATION