Program Description

Division of Education Faculty

Seattle Pacific University’s MEd in Curriculum and Instruction (C&I) provides five pathways for teachers to bolster their instructional expertise and leadership capacity. Develop your skills in educational theory, research, and best practices to enhance your ability to create culturally sustainable and inclusive learning spaces that impact the health of our schools.

Depending upon your specific professional goals and interests, there are five areas of emphasis: Curriculum and Instruction, Teacher Leadership, Multilingual Learners, Theological Education, and a Self-Designed program.

The Self-Designed emphasis is for graduates who want to craft a program that best fits their professional goals. With the program chair, students design a course of study drawing from our different graduate programs, and can include a pathway that leads to Washington State Reading and ELL endorsements for students who meet coursework requirements. 

Admission Requirements

Applicants must submit the following items to Graduate Admissions:

• Online application and $50 application processing fee.
• Official transcript(s) from each college and/or university attended.
  • If your degree is not from a U.S. college or university, please arrange for your transcript to be evaluated by a NACES member-recognized credential service. Acceptable credential services include, but are not limited to, World Education Services (WES) and Foundation for International Services (FIS).
• Personal statement (1–2 pages).
• Résumé.
• Two letters of recommendation, at least one of which addresses applicant’s leadership abilities and/or teaching skills.
• 3.0 cumulative undergraduate GPA.¹
• Copy of front and back of teaching certificate (if applicable).

¹

If cumulative undergraduate GPA is less than 3.0, applicant must take the GRE with a preferred minimum combined verbal and quantitative score of 950. (On the revised GRE exam, preferred minimum scores of verbal: 148 and quantitative: 147.)

Application Deadlines

• Autumn Quarter entry: August 15
• Winter Quarter entry: November 15
• Spring Quarter entry: February 15
• Summer Sessions entry: May 15

Contact

If you have questions about graduate education or certification programs:

• Email: gradadmissions@spu.edu
• Phone: 206-281-2091

Curriculum & Instruction: Self-Designed Emphasis (MEd)

36 Credits Minimum

Course List

Code	Title	Credits
Curriculum and Instruction Core
EDU 6085	Moral and Theological Issues in Education	3
EDU 6530	Foundations for Instructional Coaching	3
or EDU 6120	American Education: Past and Present
EDU 6600	Communication and Collaboration: Principles of Effective Professional Learning	3
EDU 6975	Interpreting and Applying Educational Research I	3
EDU 6976	Interpreting and Applying Educational Research II	3
Section Credits Required		15
Self-Designed Emphasis 1
Section Credits Required		21
Total Credits		36

¹

May be met with 6000-level courses in SOE, pending chair approval

Additional Requirements

• Comprehensive Exam or Culminating Project