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MCLA Offers Master's Program in Pittsfield Intermodal Center

- June 20, 2008

NORTH ADAMS – Beginning this fall, Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts (MCLA) will offer a master’s in education (M.Ed.) degree program, to be held at the Intermodal Education Center in Pittsfield, with content areas in English, history, math and science. Designed for Berkshire County educators who teach full time, courses will take place in the fall, spring and summer, with program completion in less than two years. Classes will be offered with multiple delivery methods – one evening per week, over three weekends, or as hybrids – a combination of online and conventional classes which meet fact-to-face.

This graduate program will provide a strong background in foundations of education, curriculum development, instructional theory and educational research, according to Ellen Barber, chair of the education department at MCLA.Students will create an individualized plan of study within the first course. If a content area is not available, education department advisors will assist students in finding appropriate courses that can be transferred into the MCLA M.Ed. program. The 33-credit-hour program operates on a semester calendar, and includes an abbreviated summer session with one-week courses, and can be completed in 21 months.

Two courses will be offered during each academic term, meeting either one day a week from 4:15 p.m. to 6:45 p.m., on three Saturdays and Sundays from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. and 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., or as a hybrid class. Summer courses will be held either all day for one full week or as hybrids.

Candidates for admission to the M.Ed. program are required to hold a bachelor’s degree from an accredited institution of higher education. Admission decisions will be based on a combination of a student’s undergraduate and/or graduate academic performance, professional and/or teaching experience, and three letters of recommendation. A minimum undergraduate GPA of 3.0 is required for immediate matriculation.

MCLA also will offer graduate mathematics content area courses in August; to include “Math Concepts and Technology,” “The Psychology of Mathematics Learning” and “Foundations of Math from Arithmetic to Algebra.” For information, go to www.mcla.edu/masters. To schedule a personal appointment or for more information contact Barber at 413-662-5383 or e-mail her at ellen.barber@mcla.edu.
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I have a Bachelor's & Master's from MCLA--I'd sign up for this in a minute if it wasn't being held in the Pittsfield bus station. I take classes at MCLA because it is in North Adams, not Pittsfield. Why don't they just tell it like it is: this is a program designed to cater to BWLI & Pittsfield Public Schools teachers only. Oh, and to make it more convenient for the MCLA Dept. of Ed.'s true audience: New Yorkers.
from: MCLA gradon: 06-23-2008



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