The online MS in Curriculum and Instruction at Minnesota State Moorhead provides a theoretical base and opportunity for practical application within the areas of educational foundations, curriculum theory, instructional best practices and educational research. The core required courses provide not only a theoretical base, but an opportunity to conduct personalized research and reflection in the classroom with the purpose of providing a solid pedagogical foundation appropriate for the P-12 teacher who seeks a means by which to increase student achievement. In addition to the core, you must select a 15-16 credit emphasis in one of seven areas.
I feel like a different teacher. The Curriculum and Instruction program has taken my teaching career to the next level. It’s given me the confidence to step outside of my comfort zone.
– Sarah Fredricks, 6th grade science teacher at Cheney Middle School, West Fargo
Choose from one of eight emphasis options, covering a wide-range of topics in education: Teacher Leadership, Literacy, Mathematics, Special Education, Biology, Teaching English as a Second Language, Kodály or Content Specialization.
Curriculum in this degree program encompasses both a theoretical base and actionable research in community classrooms.
Apply 18 Online credits to your MS in Curriculum and Instruction degree to help you complete your degree in a shorter time frame while saving money.
Stay in your home country and study the Master of Science in Curriculum & Instruction degree at Minnesota State Unviersity Moorhead online.
Careers & Outcomes
Minnesota State Moorhead Curriculum & Instruction alumni continually find success and satisfaction in the field.
Hear from recent Curriculum & Instruction graduate about what made Moorhead's program perfect for her. Jessalyn Canavan shares how the professors helped her apply what she learned to her classroom in real time.
18 Online provides the 18 credits you’ll need to become a qualified content area concurrent enrollment instructor. It’s the result of Minnesota House of Representatives bill H.F. 3326 and Senate bill S.F. No. 3062, which appropriated $3 million to provide curriculum development for the Northwest Regional Partnership continuing education program.
Leadership & Learning Journal
Minnesota State Moorhead’s Department of Leadership & Learning has published The Interactive Journal of Global Leadership and Learning (IJGLL), a peer-reviewed open-access journal hosted by RED, its institutional repository. The journal’s scope features educational research from the P-12 to the postsecondary level. As an open-access journal, the IJGLL editors and authors agree to provide free access and downloads of all of its contents to the general public.