Dear Editor,
We are very grateful for the coverage that the Education Studies Program received in the Jan. 5 article titled, ‘EDS Minor Turns Students into Educators,’ by Jasmine Ta. We are delighted that the Education Studies Minor and Partners at Learning programs were highlighted.
However, we wish to provide a clarification to the statements that appear in the last paragraph. Ta states, ‘not all EDS minor students choose to go to the graduate program because of its limited options. The EDS graduate program only offers credentials for single-subject teachers in biology, chemistry, geosciences, physics, English and mathematics.’
In fact, we do offer single subject credential programs in all of these areas for students wishing to become secondary school teachers. However, we also have a large multiple subjects credential program (which is mentioned earlier in the article) for students wishing to become elementary school teachers. Moreover, both the single and multiple subjects programs provide students with a Master of Education degree as well as a teaching credential. It is important to note that both programs also offer a Bilingual Crosscultural, Language and Academic Development Certificates (BCLAD-Spanish) option for students wishing to become bilingual education teachers in California.
We also offer a two-year Master of Arts/Credential Program in American Sign Language-English Bilingual Education. Students, upon completing the program, have a Master of Arts degree (ASL-English Bilingual Education), and a California Deaf and Hard of Hearing Specialist Teaching Credential, and a Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential with bilingual preparation in ASL. This is a nationally recognized program that places graduates in schools throughout the United States.
Apart from the credential programs, we also offer a Master of Art and Doctor of Education degree in teaching and learning and a Doctor of Education degree in educational leadership, which is a joint degree with Cal State San Marcos. Many of the students who complete our credential programs, as well as those who complete credentials elsewhere, enroll in these graduate programs after they have had experience working as practitioners in the field of education.
Thank you again for the opportunity to provide these clarifications and for showcasing our work in education studies. For more information, please visit our Web site at http://eds.ucsd.edu.