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The Master's in Education, Career
and Technical Education degree program is designed to prepare you for a career in career and technical
education. Our graduates are CTE administrators, educators,
and training and development personnel in secondary, post-secondary, and business
and industry settings. You will take course work in five core areas: Career
and Technical Education, Research, Education Foundations, Curriculum or
Administration, and Education Psychology. You will also take
coursework in a selected emphasis area. Three emphasis areas are offered:
Administration, Teaching, or Educational Technology. There
are many course options to allow
the degree to be flexible to meet the future goals of many diverse
students. Your advisor can assist you putting together (and
approving) a customized program of study that will prepare you for your
growth in your current career or to meet your future goals.
Please note that this is not a secondary
education certification degree program. If you are interested
in secondary education certification in CTE please explore the
Masters in Secondary Education, Certification Emphasis programs (http://coe.nau.edu/academics/inl/programs.php).
Program Highlights:
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Personal contact: All advising done by
full-time faculty. All faculty provide students with cell
phone numbers and provide student assistance 7 days per week.
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Flexible: Convenient on-line program
allows you to take courses from ANY location. Ability to
customize your emphasis courses to meet your personal career
goals.
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36 Credit hour program enables students to
finish the program in two years or less
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Easy admission: No GRE exam requirements,
students are admitted into preplan status and can register for
classes within 48 hours of application.
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Affordable: No program fees, WWU eligible
program (out of state student pay only 150% of in-state tuition
rates during fall and spring and in-state rates during summer
and winter); additionally, most classes do not require the
purchase of textbooks. Payment plans and financial aid (to
those who qualify) are available for part-time or full-time
students.
The degree has two
options - although students are required to pick one of these options
the choice does not have to be made when admitted to the program.
Many students wait to make their decision until after completing their
required research class.
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Extended
Coursework option: Student takes 15 hours of courses in one of
the emphasis areas. At the completion of the program the student
must take and pass a final oral exam administered by the faculty.
This exam is referred to as the exit oral exam and will be completed
at the end of your coursework. Passing of this exam is
required for graduation. Arrangements are made for
out-of-state students to take this exam without traveling to
Arizona.
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Thesis
option: Student takes 9 hours of courses in one of the emphasis
areas and 6 hours of CTE 699 for the research, writing, and oral
defense of an approved thesis. Student can only count 6 hours of
thesis credit towards their degree, however student must register for
CTE 699 each semester while working on their thesis and may accumulate
more than 6 hours of CTE 699 credit. The student will have an
oral defense of their thesis in lieu of the exit oral exam.
Courses
may be taken at any NAU Campus Location or Online. Most courses are
only available online. See NAU CTE 2-Year
Course Planner for schedule of CTE classes.
APPROVED PROGRAM
OF STUDY: Courses selected with the approval of the advisor. 36-Hour
Plan
Print this Program of Study and contact your advisor to discuss your
program plan
(Download Printable PDF Version Here)
(Download Printable Word Version Here)
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Core classes (12 hrs):
CTE591, CTE691, CTE692, and CTE696
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Administration or
Curriculum (3 hrs): Pick from CTE592 (recommended), CTE670,
CC580, ECI666, ECI675, EDL600, or EDL630
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Educational Foundations (3
hrs): Pick from EDF500, EDF670, EDF671, EDF672, or EDF677
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Educational Psychology (3
hrs): Pick from EPS605, EPS611, EPS612, or EPS620
(recommended)
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Emphasis Area (15 hrs) -
choose one emphasis area. Appropriate CTE503 and CTE599
courses may be used towards your emphasis area (maximum of 6 hrs).
In addition, up to 6 hrs of 400 level CTE courses may also be used
towards your emphasis area. 400 level courses require a signed
"out of major" form. *Any* CTE course may be substituted in
any of the emphasis areas.
Thesis & oral defense
option: Student will take 9 hrs of emphasis courses plus a
minimum of 6 hrs of thesis credit (CTE699).
Oral exam option:
Student will take 15 hrs of emphasis courses. At end of
program student will take an exit oral exam that will cover content
in the "core" classes. If you live outside of Arizona the exit
oral can be completed using teleconferencing methods.
Teaching: CTE532, CTE550, CTE561, CTE576, CTE583, CTE592,
CTE594, CTE595, CTE608, or CTE699
Administration: CTE550, CTE592, CTE595, CTE608, CTE661,
CTE690, CTE699, EDL735, or EDL737
Educational Technology: Any ETC course (note that many have
prerequisites), CTE599, CTE608, CTE699
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