MS Degree in Curriculum and Instruction - Science Education Florida State University

The Science Education major in the Curriculum and Instruction degree is designed to prepare you to address current issues or problems related to learning, teaching, diversity, and policy in science education through research. Overall, the science education major has four signature features:

A 21st century understanding of science education best practices. Teachers guide students as they engage in productive, meaning-making work in the classroom—work that involves talk, joint attention, and shared activity aimed as the construction and critique of explanations.

An interdisciplinary experience. Our science education graduate degrees are designed to foster connections and collaborations between education and the sciences.

Methodological pluralism. The questions challenging science education today are complex and multifaceted and cannot be adequately addressed through a narrow range of methods. Thus, the major is designed to help you develop a familiarity with a wide range of methods and approaches used in educational research.

An intellectual community of scholars. In this major, you will not only move through a set of required and elective courses, but you will also be part of a diverse and collaborative community of inquiry. You will be viewed and treated as a colleague who has relevant experience and expertise as you relate to questions of shared importance.

Career Opportunities

Curriculum choices in our master’s and specialist programs are designed to enable students to become teacher leaders, college instructors, as well as curriculum specialists, state testing specialists and textbook company representatives. Doctoral program graduates are prepared to become university professors, researchers and leaders in the field.