The Master of Arts in Education is an individually designed program with concentrations of study in the following areas:

• Teaching, Learning, and Culture
• Educational Policy, Evaluation, and Reform
• Higher Education/Student Affairs
• Special Education

The masters degree requires 30 semester units of coursework (a maximum of 6 semester units can be transferred, with advisor permission, from prior graduate work taken within the last five years). The program follows general institutional rules for the degree. After obtaining the approval of their advisor, candidates choose to write a thesis (requires two faculty readers and formal submission to the Office of Admissions and Records) or critique (involves only one faculty reader and submission of the final draft to the SES Office). Candidates for a master’s may take up to 2 units of thesis or critique research (EDUC 399) for this purpose. See the Education M.A. Handbook (on-line at www.cgu.edu/pages/347.asp) for more related information.