Northwestern University Master of Science in Education Program

The Master of Science in Education program, or MSEd program, is the teacher preparation graduate school program at Northwestern University

Northwestern University

Northwestern University is a private research university in Evanston and Chicago, Illinois, USA. Northwestern has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees....

. The MSEd program is part of Northwestern's School of Education and Social Policy (SESP). The school is located in Evanston

Evanston

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, Illinois

Illinois

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, about 12 miles north of downtown Chicago

Chicago

Chicago is the largest city in the US state of Illinois. With nearly 2.7 million residents, it is the most populous city in the Midwestern United States and the third most populous in the US, after New York City and Los Angeles...

. SESP consistently ranks among the top graduate schools of education in the nation. The 2010 US News and World Report ranking places Northwestern's SESP as 8th nationwide.

Mission

To understand and improve human learning and development throughout the life span and in multiple contexts — in classrooms and schools as well as within families, in communities, in the workplace, and in elective learning environments.

Concentrations

• Elementary Teaching
• Secondary Teaching
• Advanced Teaching
• Higher Education Administration and Policy

Academics

There are 15 courses required to complete the program. Students can choose to take courses full- or part-time, and students typically finish the program in one to two years. Students are required to complete a Master's Project as part of the program. For the Master's Project, students explore personal questions of interest and concern.