Target audience:
This program is designed primarily for educators returning for advanced degrees and professional training. The emphasis is heavily on theoretically informed classroom practice. The courses will be open to other students, but a pedagogical orientation is central.

Delivery Method:
Face-to-face/Videoconferencing
Online
Self-paced/Asynchronous

Credit options for courses within the program:
Degree seeking (admitted to a degree program)
Non-degree seeking (students not admitted to a degree program at the time of the course)
Non-credit/Audit

Number of Required Campus Visits:  0

Enrollment Type:
Cohort (students take online semester-based courses as a group)
Open Enrollment (enroll anytime)

Program duration:
The basic schedule will have three courses in Year One (2008-09), two courses in the Summer (2009), and three courses in Year Two (2009-10). Classes will begin in Fall 2008. A cohort that begins the program together and takes all courses in sequence will complete the M.Ed. in a year and a half.

Courses:

• Fall ‘08:
  
  • EPS 412: Critical Thinking for Teachers + Part 1 of EPS 590: Disciplines, Dispositions, and Critical Thinking
• Spring ‘09:
  
  • EPS 414: Aesthetics and Communications (taught as Critical Thinking and the Internet + Part 2 of EPS 590: Disciplines, Dispositions, and Critical Thinking
• Summer ‘09:
  
  • Required Ed Psych foundations course: This is being revised, new title and number not established yet. The course will have a strong emphasis on learning and cognition.
  • EPS 590: Critical Thinking, Citizenship, and Social Justice
• Fall ‘09:
  
  • EPS 590: Foundations of Critical Pedagogy + Part 1 of C&I 590: (Practicum) Critical Thinking and the Curriculum
• Spring ‘10:
  
  • EPS 590: Critically Reading the Media and Popular Culture + Part 2 of C&I 590: (Practicum) Critical Thinking and the Curriculum

Tuition/Program Costs:  The 2008–2009 tuition rate for each 4-hour course is $1,928 (USD) and $964 for the 2-hour capstone courses. This rate includes both tuition and fees. Reading materials are not included in these fees. The tuition rate is the same for in-state, out-of-state, and international students. The cost for future courses may be subject to moderate changes in accordance with the actions of the University of Illinois Board of Trustees.

Financial Aid is available in the form of

• Veteran/Military Grants
• Student Aid Loans
• A minimum of 1 scholarship per cohort/per program will be offered

Please contact us for more information.

Admission Requirement(s):

• Applicants with at least a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in the United States or a comparable degree from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad. A grade point average (GPA) of 3.0 (A=4.0), or comparable GPA for an international applicant, for last two years of undergraduate study is a minimum requirement for admission.
• Applicants enrolled in the final year of a bachelor’s degree from an accredited college in the United States or a comparable degree program from a recognized institution of higher learning abroad, and who meet the GPA requirements stated above.
• International applicants must meet minimum requirements based on their country of origin. Please note that proposed programs of study may require a higher GPA than the Graduate College’s minimum standard.

Enrollment date: July 1 for Fall start

Departmental Program Website:  http://tct.ed.uiuc.edu