Admission and degree requirements for the Graduate School and for the College of Education are detailed in an earlier section of this catalog. There are no admission and degree requirements specific to this area in addition to those of the Graduate School. Curriculum and instruction. The programs are designed to meet the continuing professional-growth needs of teaching personnel. In all programs, heavy emphasis is placed on the proper blend of theoretical and conceptual considerations with the realities of the classrooms in which graduates work.
Doctoral degrees are available in the traditional fields of elementary and secondary education.
Doctoral minors and supporting concentrations have recently been developed in teacher education and in curriculum and instruction from a generic perspective. The latter option was developed especially for doctoral students in educational research and evaluation who have not had previous school-based experience, although others may qualify. Human performance studies. They lead to Class A certification, unless the student prefers a nonteaching degree. In music education, the M.A. degree, nontraditional initial certification, the Ed.S., and the Ed.