Area of Emphasis

Master of Science Program

School of Allied Medical Professions

Name of Area of Emphasis:	Allied Health Education
Coordinator:	Jill Clutter, PhD

At least 45 credit hours must be fullfilled to complete this MS degree.

Core Courses

All students must take AM 795A, 1 credit (Introduction to Allied Health Graduate Studies), as well as 9 credits from the courses listed below.

Course Number	Course Title	Required	Preferred
AM 830	Leadership and Policy
AM 850	Issues in Allied Health		X
AM 730	Managerial Leadership in Allied Health		X
AM 753	Teaching in the Allied Health Professions	X
AM 892	Evidence Base Practice

Research Courses

Students must complete at least 6 credit hours of research courses, one in research design or methodology and one in data analysis (statistics or qualitative).  In some areas of emphasis, AM 892 can count for one of the research courses, although it can not be double counted as a core course and a research course. 

Research course type	Courses that are preferred or highly recommended for Area
Research design or methodology: AEE 885, Research Methods AEE 886, Research Design	Required Recommended
Analysis (statistics or qualitative) Examples: AEE 887, Analysis and Interpretation of Data, 3 cr. AEE 888, Instrumentation and Procedures for Data Collection, 3 cr. AM 892, Evidence Based Practice, 3 credits.	Recommended-Quantitative Recommended-Survey Research Recommend only for Plan B option

Area of Emphasis Courses

Required Academic Courses Students must select at least 3 courses. (9 credit minimum)	Course numbers/credits	Course titles
AEE	770/3 cr.	Evaluations
AM or ED PAES	700.03/3cr.	Ethical Issues
AM	870/3 cr.	Fund. Of Curr. In AH Edu.
ED PAES	649/3 cr.	General Methods in Adult Education
ED P & L	851/3 cr.	College Teaching
ED P & L	702/3 cr.	Modern Trends in Educational Philosophy

Required Practica (2 credit minimum)	Course number/credits	Course title
AM	889.01	Course Instruction; Development of program

Elective courses (12 credit minimum)

Course number/credits **See recommended course list below.

Thesis (6 credit minimum)
Plan	Recommended
Plan A (thesis)	X
Plan B (research project/examination)

Recommended Course List:

Course Number	Course Name
AM/ED PAES 700.02-3	Changing Societal Values
AM 870-3	Fundamentals of Curriculum in Allied Health Education
AEE 770-3	Program Evaluation in Agricultural and Extension Education
ED P & L 671-4	Fundamentals of Computer Applications in Education and Training
ED P & L 678-3	Instruction To Instructional Systems Development
ED P & L 680-4	Educational Videography
ED P & L 702-3	Modern Trends in Educational Philosophy
ED P & L 705-3	Education and Spirituality:  Holistic Perspectives
ED P & L 726-3	Educational Change
ED P & L 744-2-4	Assessment for Classroom Teachers
ED P & L 765-3	Introduction to Education Evaluation
ED P & L 778-3	Formative Evaluation of Instructional Systems
ED P & L 781-?	Academic Advising Process
ED P & L 785-3	Introduction to Inquiry, Principles, Strategies and Techniques
ED P & L 786-5	Introduction to Inquiry: Quantitative Methods
ED P & L 791-4	Media and Technology in Education-Language and Literacy
ED P & L 796-3	Classroom Test Construction
ED P & L 798-3	Qualitative Research for Educators
ED P & L 806-3	Administration of Higher Education
ED P & L 841-3	Curriculum in Higher Education
ED P & L 815-3	The Community College
ED P & L 851-3 S/U	College Teaching
ED P & L 857-3	Individualizing Instruction
ED P & L 860-3	Fundamentals of Curriculum; K-12
ED P & L 864-3	Fundamentals of Instruction
ED PAES 605-	Health Counseling
ED PAES 649-3	General Methods in Adult Education
ED PAES 651-3	Health Program Planning
ED PAES 655-3	Class and Laboratory Organization and Management in Career and Technical Education
ED PAES 672-3	Adult Learning in Society