SJSU Catalog

Education - Instructional Technology, Department of

MA - Education, Concentration in Instructional Technology

Basic Requirements

Students entering the program must possess basic competency in media selection, production, computer operation and utilization as required for advanced work in instructional technology. Students should plan with advisors to determine necessary prerequisites.

Requirements for Admission to Classified Standing

Candidates must meet all university requirements for admission. In addition, a student will be admitted to classified status in the MA program in Education, Instructional Technology emphasis, only if the average grade received in the last 60 units is at least a "B".

Admission to Conditionally Classified Standing

Applicants who meet requirements for admission to the Graduate Division but who do not meet all the requirements for classified standing, will be admitted with specific conditions as conditionally classified; the conditions must be fulfilled before the student can be admitted to candidacy for the degree. If the conditions are not fulfilled, the program reserves the right to dismiss the student from the program by notifying the Associate Vice President for Graduate Studies and Research. This process is known as administrative academic disqualification (see Section 41300.1, Title 5, California Code of Regulations).

Requirements for Admission to Candidacy for the MA - Education, Instructional Technology Emphasis

Requirements for admission to candidacy are described in this catalog in the section Academic Information: Graduate Regulations, Policies, and Degree Requirements.

Course Pattern

The student must complete an approved program of 30 units and 6 units of prerequisites. The approved program will be individually designed in terms of the specific objectives of each student. It will take into consideration the nature of his or her undergraduate work and any postgraduate work he or she may have completed, as well as any professional and related occupational experience.

Course Requirements
Broad Professional Base			3-9
Selected with advisor approval: Foundations of Professional Education, Curriculum Materials Development and Instructional Design, Research and Evaluation
Program Courses			12-15
Selected with advisor approval to meet career objectives
Field Work or Practicum			3
Thesis or Project			3
Candidates, with advisor's approval, plan and complete either a thesis or an approved seminar paper or project concurrently with EDIT 270, Instructional Technology Seminar.
Approved Electives			0-9
Selected with advisor approval to complete 30-unit total program.
Total Units:			30

The final examination, word processed, is taken at least two weeks before the end of the semester in which the candidate expects to receive his or her degree. Scope and manner of the examination are determined by the Instructional Technology Department graduate committee, acting on recommendation of the candidate's advisor.

The University requires that all graduate students demonstrate competency in written English as a condition for advancement to candidacy. Please refer to the SJSU catalog section titled “Competency in Written English” for details. For graduate courses that meet the competency in written English requirement, please refer to the Graduate Studies and Research website at www.sjsu.edu/gradstudies.