SJE M.Ed.

159 Hills South
University of Massachusetts
Amherst, MA 01003
413-545-3610

M.Ed. CONCENTRATION

The goal of the master's concentration in Social Justice Education is to prepare reflective practitioners who can demonstrate competency in knowledge, awareness and skills needed to plan, implement, and evaluate effective social justice education programs. The master's degree degree prepares professionals to understand social justice issues in the context of formal educational settings. We hope to attract educational professionals to the SJE master's degree who work at all levels of education, preschool-college.

The SJE Masters Concentration is 37 credits

The Masters Core (19 credits.)

Masters students will take seven courses in core competency areas as follows:

EDUC 691 E Social Justice in Education (3 cr.) *

EDUC 691F SJE Seminar (3 cr.)

EDUC 648 Foundations of SJE 1: Oppression and Education (3 cr.)

ED Assessment Course approved by advisor (3 cr.)

EDUC 627 Curriculum Design and Facilitation in SJE (4 cr.)

EDUC 609 Multicultural Group Processes (3 cr.) OR EDUC 697X Self-Awareness in SJE (3 cr.)

*ED 691E includes a minimum of four weekend seminars selected from among the following six choices: sexism, racism, classism, heterosexism, ableism, and antisemitism. These seminars may be taken anytime during a student's course of study.

Masters Electives (12 credits.)

Masters students take two restricted electives (6 cr.) of which one is a K-12 or higher education site-specific course and the second is an SJ content-related course. Masters students also have two open electives (6 cr.).

Masters Practica (6 credits.)

Masters students are required to take two practica (6 cr.), which include Reflective Practice (required) for the first, and for the second, a choice from among Intergroup Dialogue Practicum (4 cr.), Practicum in K-12 Schools or some other supervised practicum approved by their advisor. The expectation of this two-practicum requirement is exposure to at least two different models of SJE practice.

A typical two-year masters program of study might be as follows:

Semester 1 (Fall of the first year)

ED 691E: Social Justice in Education

ED 691F: Seminar in SJE

ED 648: Foundations 1: Oppression and Education

Semester 2 (Spring of the first year)

ED 627: Curriculum Design and Facilitation in SJE

Restricted Elective 1

Open Elective 1

Semester 3 (Fall of the second year)

ED 698X: Practicum in Reflective Practice

Restricted Elective 2

Open Elective 2 OR ED 609: Multicultural Group Processes

Semester 4 (Spring of the second year)

ED 698W: Practicum in Intergroup Dialogue OR Another Practicum

Assessment Course

Open Elective 2 or ED 697X: Self-Awareness in SJE

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