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Earn Your Master of Arts in Education from a Leading Private University – Online!

No longer does pursuing your master’s degree in education mean putting your teaching career on hold or using up your summers away from family. With the ONLINE master’s degree programs from Dominican University, you can achieve your higher education goals when it’s convenient for you.

Top-Tier for More Than a Decade! – Dominican University has been consistently ranked by U.S. News & World Report as a top-tier master’s-level university in the Midwest and as a best value in higher education for more than a decade. Dominican University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a baccalaureate and graduate degree-granting institution.

Dominican University brings you the education you are looking for with a state-of-the-art online program that allows you to earn your degree without sacrificing your teaching career! As an online student, you’ll be taught by the same professors who teach on campus, and you’ll earn the same degree as on-campus students. Yet, you’ll have the flexibility to "attend class" whenever you want. No actual classroom attendance is ever required.

Stop imagining and start today!

About Dominican University

Located in River Forest, Illinois, just west of Chicago, Dominican University has been a pioneer in higher education since 1901. Dominican was one of the first universities in the country to provide women with a complete curriculum and one of the first to establish a study abroad program in 1925. These distance-learning Master of Arts in Education degree programs continue this pioneering tradition by empowering teachers worldwide with the latest advances in education, offered online.

Today Dominican University offers more than 50 undergraduate majors, 18 graduate degrees and nine pre-professional programs through six schools. The university has a current population of approximately 4,000 students, including adult, part-time and graduate students. The professors are known for their excellence in teaching and for the personal attention they give to students. With outstanding online communication tools, students have ample opportunity to ask questions, participate in research and meet with faculty.

Accreditation
Dominican University is accredited by the North Central Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools as a baccalaureate and master’s degree-granting institution. The undergraduate and graduate programs of the School of Education are approved by the Illinois State Board of Education. Both of these accrediting agencies recognize that the curriculum of Dominican University’s School of Education is grounded in a firm theoretical foundation and exhibits the highest standards of scholarship.



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What You'll Learn

MA in Education: Elem. Ed.
Develop a deeper understanding of a child’s developmental process, and discover age- and subject-matter appropriate resources, games and learning models. You’ll examine proven techniques to manage challenging classroom behaviors, and acquire tools to effectively address both the emotional and educational needs of children with various disabilities and more!

MA in Education: ESL
Adapt existing skills and acquire new techniques to help students acquire English proficiency. You’ll develop strategies to better manage the learning environment for non-English-speaking students, create a classroom climate that integrates the needs of diverse learners and supports student learning, gain strategies to develop literacy regardless of existing language skills and more!

MA in Education: Reading
Gain the skills to address physical and emotional factors that impact a student’s ability to read. You’ll develop strategies to help students read to their potential, coach other educators and parents to develop student reading skills in the classroom and at home and more!


What Students Are Saying

“I work 55 hours a week, have 2 small children and a wife who works. While it was not easy, I found the program to be manageable because I could go to class anytime, day or night. I found the program to have more depth because my fellow learners were all as committed as I was.”

Chuck Jaap, University Alliance Student in Florida


Course Schedule
Session Begin End
Spring II 3/8/10 5/2/10
Summer I 5/3/10 6/27/10
Summer II 6/28/10 8/29/10
Fall I 8/30/10 10/24/10
Fall II 10/25/10 12/19/10