Master of Science in Education

Prepare the Next Generation of Learners

The need for skilled, dedicated educators has never been greater. With a graduate degree or teaching certification from Albright, you'll develop the knowledge, skills, and confidence needed to engage, instruct, and mentor learners of all ages while making a meaningful impact in your community and beyond.

All graduate education courses qualify for ACT 48 credit, and with fully online classes, it's easier than ever to balance your studies with work, family, and other commitments.

$975

tuition
per course

15 months

to completion

30–33

credit hours
total

7.5-week

accelerated
classes

start terms
per year

available
degree options

Find the Program That Works for You

Graduate Education Degree Options
Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certifications

Graduate Education Degree Options

At Albright College, you can pursue a Master of Science in Education or choose the degree with a teacher certification in a specific area.

Master's Degree

Master of Science in Education

Master's Degree + Certification

Master of Science with PreK-4 Teacher Certification
Master of Science with K-12 Special Education Teacher Certification
Master of Science with K-12 Art Teacher Certification
Master of Science with K-12 Language Teacher Certification (French, Latin, Spanish)
Master of Science with 7-12 Teacher Certification in Biology
Master of Science with 7-12 Teacher Certification in Chemistry
Master of Science with 7-12 Teacher Certification in English
Master of Science with 7-12 Teacher Certification in History or Social Studies
Master of Science with 7-12 Teacher Certification in Mathematics

Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certifications

Teacher certification courses are graduate level and credited to the master’s degree. This empowers you to choose to a teaching certificate alone or to apply one to a master’s degree.

Program Details

Learning Outcomes

Demonstrate a deep understanding of the subject area(s) they are certified to teach, as well as the foundational theories of learning, curriculum design, and instructional strategies, and apply that knowledge in classroom planning and instruction.

Demonstrate the ability to develop lesson plans that are differentiated, culturally responsive, and grounded in research. They will use formative and summative assessments to monitor student progress, interpret results, and adapt instruction accordingly.

Demonstrate the ability to cultivate safe, respectful, and inclusive learning communities by applying positive classroom management, culturally responsive practices, and strategies to support diverse learners (including those with varied linguistic, cultural, socioeconomic, and ability backgrounds).

Demonstrate that they can reflect on their teaching practice, use data and research to guide improvements, and engage in continuous professional learning to refine their instructional effectiveness.

Exhibit the professional attitudes, ethics, and dispositions expected of certified teachers and will actively partner with families, schools, and communities to support student success and educational equity.

Program Requirements

Full Course Catalogue Course Descriptions

General requirements of all Master Degree programs in Education

Students must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours
Credits related to teacher certification are not included in the required 33 credit hour minimum
Students must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA.
Students must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 655 Special Topics: Closing the Gap
EDU 622 Prek-4 PK-4 Math & Science Instruction & Assessment
EDU 623 PreK-K Emergent/Early Literacy & Language Development
EDU 626 Prek-4 PK-4 Social Studies, Arts & Humanities
EDU 627 Gr.1-4 Developing and Sustaining Literacy Development
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Art Teacher Certification

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Student Teaching - Certification Requirement

EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 704 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours plus 1 practicum course, 1 professional seminar course and 2 student teaching/internship courses.
Candidates must complete all coursework prior to starting the student teaching or internship.
Candidates must successfully complete all state certification exams prior to the start of the student teaching or internship. More information on these exams can be found here.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

K-12 Art/Foreign Languages

https://praxis.ets.org/

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Language Teacher Certification

One of the following certification areas: Spanish, Latin, German, and/or French

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Student Teaching - Certification Requirement

EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 704 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours plus 1 practicum course, 1 professional seminar course and 2 student teaching/internship courses.
Candidates must complete all coursework prior to starting the student teaching or internship.
Candidates must successfully complete all state certification exams prior to the start of the student teaching or internship. More information on these exams can be found here.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

K-12 Art/Foreign Languages

https://praxis.ets.org/

Master of Science in Education with Pre-K-4 Teacher Certification

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 622 Pre-k-4 PK-4 Math & Science Instruction & Assessment
EDU 623 Pre-k-4 Emergent/Early Literacy & Language Development
EDU 626 Prek-4 PK-4 Social Studies, Arts & Humanities
EDU 627 Gr. 1-4 Developing and Sustaining Literacy Development

Student Teaching - Certification Requirement

EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 704 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours plus 1 practicum course, 1 professional seminar course and 2 student teaching/internship courses.
Candidates must complete all coursework prior to starting the student teaching or internship.
Candidates must successfully complete all state certification exams prior to the start of the student teaching or internship. More information on these exams can be found here.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

PreK-4 Pearson PECT

https://www.pa.nesinc.com/

Master of Science in Education with 7-12 Teacher Certification

Certification available in one of the following areas:

7-12 History
7-12 Mathematics
7-12 Biology
7-12 Chemistry
7-12 English
7-12 Social Studies

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Student Teaching - Certification Requirement

EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 704 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours plus 1 practicum course, 1 professional seminar course and 2 student teaching/internship courses.
Candidates must complete all coursework prior to starting the student teaching or internship.
Candidates must successfully complete all state certification exams prior to the start of the student teaching or internship. More information on these exams can be found here.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

7-12

https://praxis.ets.org/

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Special Education Teacher Certification

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 2 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 622 Pre-k-4 PK-4 Math & Science Instruction & Assessment
EDU 623 Pre-k-4 Emergent/Early Literacy & Language Development
EDU 626 Prek-4 PK-4 Social Studies, Arts & Humanities
EDU 627 Gr. 1-4 Developing and Sustaining Literacy Development

Student Education Certification Requirements - Choose two electives in addition to required SPEC coursework

SPE 600 High Incidence
SPE 601 Low Incidence
SPE 672 Special Education Methodology Adaptions and Assessment

Student Teaching - Certification Requirement

EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 704 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Capstone Research Project

EDU 510 Research Design
EDU 700 Research Project

Master’s Degree Graduation Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours plus 1 practicum course, 1 professional seminar course and 2 student teaching/internship courses.
Candidates must complete all coursework prior to starting the student teaching or internship.
Candidates must successfully complete all state certification exams prior to the start of the student teaching or internship. More information on these exams can be found here.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

K-12 Special Education (extra coursework required

https://praxis.ets.org/

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 5 Electives)

EDU 520 Curriculum Design
EDU 525 Current Trends and Issues
EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 616 Educational Philosophy
EDU 655 Special Topics: Closing the Gap
EDU 622 Prek-4 PK-4 Math & Science Instruction & Assessment
EDU 623 PreK-K Emergent/Early Literacy & Language Development
EDU 626 Prek-4 PK-4 Social Studies, Arts & Humanities
EDU 627 Gr.1-4 Developing and Sustaining Literacy Development
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Special Education Certification Requirements

SPE 600 High Incidence
SPE 601 Low Incidence
SPE 672 Special Education Methodology Adaptations and Assessment
EDU 633 Practicum
EDU 702 Student Teaching
EDU 307 Student Teaching
EDU 707 Professional Seminar

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Required Certification Test

PreK-4 Pearson PECT

https://www.pa.nesinc.com/

7-12, K-12 Art/Foreign Language, K-12 Special Education (extra coursework required)

https://praxis.ets.org/

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification and Teacher Internship

Required Certification Test

Students must pass the PECT/PRAXIS exam prior to Student Teaching Internship

PreK-4 Pearson PECT

https://www.pa.nesinc.com/

7-12, K-12 Art/Foreign Language, K-12 Special Education (extra coursework required)

https://praxis.ets.org/

Requirements

EDU 515 Advanced Human Development
EDU 547 ELL & Culturally Diverse Learning
SPE 540 Inclusive Classroom/Assessment/Adaptations
EDU 550 Classroom Management Strategies
EDU 633 Practicum

Discipline Specific Courses (Choose 2)

EDU 610 Instructional Technology
EDU 612 School Law
EDU 622 Prek-4 PK-4 Math & Science Instruction & Assessment
EDU 623 PreK-K Emergent/Early Literacy & Language Development
EDU 626 Prek-4 PK-4 Social Studies, Arts & Humanities
EDU 627 Gr.1-4 Developing and Sustaining Literacy Development
EDU 646 (7-12) Secondary Methods

Special Education Certification Requirements

EDU 707 Professional Seminar
EDU 711 Internship
EDU 712 Internship

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification Requirements:

Candidates must maintain at least a 3.0 GPA
Candidates must repeat all courses in which a grade lower than a B- is earned in order to fulfill the requirements.
Candidates may apply all coursework credit to the MS in Education at Albright College.
Candidates must complete a minimum of 33 credit hours.
Students are required to obtain and annually renew their clearances: Child Welfare, FBI Fingerprinting, and PA State Police. More information on this process can be found here.

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Educators Endorsement Preparation Certification

Internship

Admission Requirements

Bachelor's Degree

GPA

Letters of Recommendation

Credit Transfer

Advance Your Impact as an Educator

Request Information

Apply Now

If you’re interested in learning more about Albright's Graduate Education opportunities, complete the form below:

What happens when the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania makes changes to Master of Education programs?
The Education Department is aware of programmatic changes by the Commonwealth and is prepared to incorporate these changes into our program. We are committed to working with each student individually to complete their degree.

Explore Other Graduate Programs

Albright offers graduate programs designed to support career advancement, professional growth, and lifelong learning.

Master of Business Administration (M.B.A.)

Graduate Certificate in Athletic Leadership

Graduate Certificate in Marketing Strategy

Master of Science in Organizational Leadership

Graduate Certificate in Human Resource Management

Graduate Certificate in Organizational Strategy

In This Section

Master of Science in Education

Prepare the Next Generation of Learners

Find the Program That Works for You

Graduate Education Degree Options

Post-Baccalaureate Teaching Certifications

Program Details

Learning Outcomes

Program Requirements

General requirements of all Master Degree programs in Education

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Art Teacher Certification

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Language Teacher Certification

Master of Science in Education with Pre-K-4 Teacher Certification

Master of Science in Education with 7-12 Teacher Certification

Master of Science in Education with K-12 Special Education Teacher Certification

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification

Post Baccalaureate with Teacher Certification and Teacher Internship

Artificial Intelligence (AI) for Educators Endorsement Preparation Certification

Internship

Admission Requirements

Bachelor's Degree

GPA

Letters of Recommendation

Credit Transfer

Advance Your Impact as an Educator

Explore Other Graduate Programs

Questions? We’re here to help.