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Teachers – Get Your MA in Education!
EMU has a reputation for training competent, highly-motivated and creative teachers.
- Earn your degree by attending evening, weekend, and summer week-long courses
- Design your own program of study
- Combine theory and practice
- Enhance your teaching skills
- Transfer your learning to your classroom
- Become a social change agent
- Gain new confidence as a teacher
- Solve problems on the job
MA in Education concentrations
EMU’s MA in education is a 36-hour program specializing in:
- Literacy Reading Specialist
- At-risk populations
- Teaching English as a second language
- Special education
- Curriculum and instruction: Middle School / High School / Elementary
- Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Educational Settings certificate
Non-degree graduate studies
Non-degree studies provide an opportunity to enroll in courses for professional development and credits leading towards:
- Permanent certification – Instructional II
- Master’s Equivalency
- Master’s + course work
- Recertification
- Certificate in Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Educational Settings
Learn more about EMU’s MA in Education
- Program Overview (pdf)
- Curriculum
- Outcomes
- Dispositions
- Conceptual Framework (pdf)
- NBPTS 5 Core Propositions
- Action Research Resources
- Contact Information
- MA in Education Student Handbook (pdf)
- Licensure Exam Requirements
All courses are approved for Act 48 credit unless indicated otherwise.

Don’t miss the July 6-7 word study course, a one-credit graduate course that will earn you Act 48 credit!
Learn about the Peacebuilding and Conflict Transformation in Educational Settings certificate