Bilingual / Cross-Cultural Education M.A.
Requirements
Requirements for Graduation
1. A minimum of 48 quarter units of acceptable graduate-level work, with a minimum of 34 units completed in residence at this university;
2. A minimum of 23 quarter units taken after the student has been advanced to candidacy for the degree;
3. A grade point average of 3.0 ("B") in course work taken to satisfy the Master of Arts degree requirements, and grades of "C" (2.0) or better in all courses in the program;
4. Successful completion of EDUC 600. Master's Degree Project, which also satisfies the graduation writing requirement;
5. A minimum of 26 units in courses numbered 600 or above included as part of the approved program;
6. Any additional general requirements not cited above and listed on Page 341.
A satisfactory project is one which can be reported in the form of a paper and/or through other media. The project proposal and the project must be approved by the student's advisor and one other professor in the College of Education and submitted in an approved format. Further information is available from the College of Education regarding an approved format for the project proposal and project.
Students must register for EDUC 600 and these units must be part of the required 48 units.
Students will be encouraged to present projects in a variety of media. The purpose of the project is for the student to communicate ideas gained in research, experimentation and creative endeavors; therefore, students should not feel bound to the traditional forms. All projects will be planned in consultation with the student's advisor.
The program may not include more than 14 quarter units in approved extension and transfer courses from other colleges. California State University, San Bernardino will not consider for transfer credit course work from an institution which will not accept that work in its own advanced degree program.
Degree Requirements (48 units)
1. EDUC 603. Effective Communication in Education (4)
2. EDUC 605. Foundations of Education (4)
3. EDUC 607. Introduction to Educational Research (4)
4. EELB 606. Theory and Practice in Teaching Bilingual Students I (4)
5. EELB 608. Research in Bilingual/Cross-Cultural Education (4)
6. EELB 612. Social and Cultural Contexts for School Learning (4)
7. EESL 613. Cognition and Language Acquisition (4)
8. Four units chosen from:
EELB 611. Spanish Children's Literature for the Bilingual Classroom (4)
EELB 625. Curriculum and Materials for Bilingual and ESL Classrooms (4)
EELB 626. Literacy and Bilingual Development (4)
9. Four units chosen from:
EELB 627. Innovations in Bilingual Education (4)
EELB 628. Bilingualism and the Social Construction of Mind (4)
10. Eight units of electives chosen from:
ECLG 655. Multicultural Counseling (4)
EDCI 664. Thesis/Project Design in Curriculum and Instruction (2)
EESL 670. Principles and Practice in TESOL (4)
HIST 565. Ethnic Minorities in American History (4)
HIST 566. Ethnic Minorities in the American Southwest: Past and Present (4)
Other courses selected in consultation with program advisor.
11. Culminating Project (4 units)
EDUC 600. Master's Degree Project (4)
Please refer to the University catalog at http://catalog.csusb.edu for official information.