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Masters of Science in Educational Technology
The Master of Science in Educational Technology program consists of 36 hours of coursework, a practicum, an exam and the production of a portfolio that reflects the student's competencies in National Educational Technology Standards. This interdisciplinary program supports three specialties in the Integration, Design and Administration of Educational Technology by drawing on the rich diversity of a major research university and coursework from three departments in KU's School of Education, the Electrical Engineering and Computer Science department, the Design and the Communication Studies departments. Program graduates typically assume positions in K-12 schools, higher education, government and industry as leaders in integrating, designing and/or administrating educational technology.

Master of Science in Educational Technology Courses required of students in all specialties
Course #	Course Name	Credits
C&T 709	Foundations of Curriculum & Teaching	3
ELPS 760	Integration of Educational Technology	3
ELPS 810	Educational Media Development	3
ELPS 811	Constructivist Learning Technologies	3
SPED 727	Designing Instruction for Diverse Learners	3
ELPS 820	Practicum in Educational Technology OR	3
ELPS 897	Independent Study	-
ELPS 812	Design of Educational Technology	3
ELPS 896	Seminar in Theory of Educational Technology	3
PRE 715	Understanding Research	3
Select	Integration, Design or Administration Specialties	9
Total Hours:		36

Specialty Courses

The Masters of Science degree in Educational Technology addresses the needs of three professional specialties to foster leadership in the: 1) Integration, 2) Design, and 3) Administration of Educational Technology. The Integration specialty focuses on strategies for integrating technology in teaching and learning. Typically candidates in this specialty will have some teaching experience and will aspire for leadership roles in integrating educational technology in K-12 schools, university teacher education, government or industry. The Design specialty prepares students to become leaders in designing instructional systems with technology. Candidates in this specialty often have considerable technical experience and they aspire for roles as instructional design leaders for instructional support and online learning units in K-12 schools, universities, government or industry. Candidates for the Administration of Educational Technology specialty typically have experience in applying educational technology and they aspire for leadership positions that require expertise in organizational structure, policy and financing as directors of instructional technology in K-12 schools, higher education, government and industry training. Students choose specialty courses in consultation with their advisor. As a general rule the student will first choose a professional specialty and then select their elective courses using the following guidelines.

1. Integration Specialty (9 hours)
   
   
   1. C&T course related to the student's content expertise (3)
      OR C&T 806 Instructional Strategies and Models
      
      
   2. Online Communication & Design (choose 2):
      • SPED 804 Designing Online Instruction for eLearning (3)
      • COMS 620 Communication and New Technology (3)
      • COMS 810 Theories and Research in Organizational Communication (3)
      • COMS 860 New Communication Technology and the Work Place (3)
      • COMS 930 Communication and Leadership (3)
      • ADS 710 Advanced Human Factors in Interaction Design (3)
      • ADS 770 Design Cognition (3)
   
   
2. Design Specialty (9 hours)
   
   
   1. Programming Prerequisite
      Students in the Design specialty must complete the EECS 138 or 168 Programming (or equivalent) course to demonstrate their programming knowledge.
      
      
   2. Communication Online (choose 3 at least one ADS course):
      • ADS 710 Advanced Human Factors in Interaction Design (3)
      • ADS 770 Design Cognition (3)
      • COMS 620 Communication and New Technology (3)
      • COMS 810 Theories and Research in Organizational Communication (3)
      • COMS 860 New Communication Technology and the Workplace (3)
      • ELPS 814 Designing Online Instruction (3)
      
      
3. Administration Specialty (9 hours)
   Choose 3 courses (9 hours) from the following based on your career aspirations in Educational Administration and/or Higher Education.
   
   
   • ELPS 752 Education Law (3)
   • ELPS 755 Human Resource Management (3)
   • ELPS 780 Introduction to Higher Education Administration (3)
   • ELPS 852 School Resource Management (3)
   • ELPS 880 The Community and Junior College (3)
   • ELPS 883 The College Student (3)
   • ELPS 884 Research on College Students (3)
   • ELPS 885 Program Evaluation and Assessment in Higher Education (3)
   • Other ELPS course on Organization, Administartion or Policy (3)