Career Outlook
STEM careers have the potential to engage students in critical thinking, problem solving, practical literacy, creativity, and much more, every day. This engagement in turn helps students find careers that are interesting, challenging, and productive.
STEM education includes the fields of science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. Teachers deliver STEM education across all grade levels, from preschools to post-doctorate, in a wide range of settings that include traditional classrooms, distance learning, and informal non-credit programs.
Job Titles
- K-12 STEM Teacher
- Technology Teacher
- Computer Science Teacher
- High School Pre-engineering Teacher
- Math Teacher
- Algebra Teacher
- Geometry Teacher
- Science Teacher
- Biology Teacher
- Physics Teacher
- Life Science Teacher
- Chemistry Teacher
- High School Teacher
Let this program give you the credentials and the experience to make your own future bright.
Courses
Online courses have the same rigor and quality of our face-to-face courses. All courses have been designed by Purdue Faculty. If faculty do not teach the course our Online Lecturers have been selected by our faculty and will teach the courses designed by Purdue faculty. Faculty have done research in the area of STEM Education and offer the most up to date pedagogy and methodology for today’s teachers.
Students spend an average of 15 hours a week on homework.
The online program offers:
- 100% online
- 8 week courses
Current online MEd students in Curriculum and Instruction with STEM focus can earn the online K-12 Integrated STEM Graduate Certificate that can be earned as a stand-alone certificate.
EDCI 53900: Introduction to K-12 Integrated STEM Education (3 credits)
This foundational course will provide students with a conceptual understanding of integrated K-12 Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education and the philosophical underpinnings/nature of the disciplines of STEM. Students will explore implications for teaching, learning, and teacher education through an evaluation of integrated approaches to STEM, national teaching standards and current research. This course also introduces integrated STEM pedagogies including project/problem-based (PBL), design-based, and inquiry-based approaches to teaching. Students learn to plan and create integrated STEM instruction for K-12 classrooms.
EDCI 54900: Assessment in STEM Education (3 credits)
Teachers of STEM will recognize the link between productive assessment and productive instruction, using STEM education standards for teacher competence in educational assessment. This course also helps STEM teachers meet professional standards and understand the public pressure as well as instructional need for effective formative and summative assessment.
EDCI 55800: Integrated STEM Education Methods – Secondary (3 credits)
This methods course will focus on operationalizing the theoretical pedagogical approaches to integrated Science, Technology, Engineering, Mathematics and Agriculture (STEM) education. Students will collaboratively and cooperatively investigate, plan and deliver integrated learning experiences appropriate for secondary education. Course content will blend philosophical considerations with practical application. Undergraduate and graduate students in these areas are encouraged. Currently practicing teachers interested in integrated pedagogies are encouraged to participate and should contact the instructor.
Requisite: Must be taken after or concurrently with EDCI 53900 and a disciplinary methods course, or with instructor approval.
EDCI 55850: Introduction to Teaching Engineering and Technology Design in the Context of Integrated STEM (3 credits)
In this course, students are introduced to engineering and technology design and examination of where and how best fits in the K-12 curriculum. Students learn how to use engineering and technology tools to design, develop, prototype, deliver and assess authentic integrated STEM artifacts and lessons utilizing engineering and technology design principles.
EDCI 55950: Engineering Design Practicum (3 credits)
This practicum is an EDCI version of EPICS–a course in which graduate students will participate in the traditional EPICS course with an additional research component. EPICS is a service-learning design course in which teams of students from across campus work together on long-term projects that benefit the community. The students will engage in a small-scale research project with their project team. The students will study one aspect of design such as teamwork, problem identification, client communication, ideation, decision making, or a variety of other topics. The student will have 2 roles on their project team. They will be a researcher of their team and they also will have a role as a team member on the project. This will allow the student to learn about engineering design as well as understand one aspect of design from a research perspective.
Cost
The Graduate Certificate in K-12 Integrated STEM Education is affordable and competitive in cost.
|
In-State |
Out-of-State |
| Total Cost Per Credit |
$425 |
$450 |
| Credit Hours |
15 |
15 |
| Total Costs |
$6,375 |
$6,750 |
*Tuition and fees are charges on a per credit hour basis and are subject to annual increase. Annual increases may change the total program costs.
*Textbooks and course materials are not included
**The cost of attending Purdue varies depending on where you choose to live, enrollment in a specific program or college, food and travel expenses, and other variables. The Office of the Bursar website shows estimated costs for the current aid year for students by semester and academic year. These amounts are used in determining a student’s estimated eligibility for financial aid. You can also use our tuition calculator to estimate tuition costs.
Admissions
Students can apply to the program throughout the year but start classes in either the summer or fall terms.
Deadline for completed applications:
Fall: August 1
Summer: May 1
Application Checklist
During the process, be sure to reach out to the admissions counselor to help you through the process. The following checklist will assist you in completing your Graduate School application.
- Create an application account to start your Graduate School application.
- Login to the Graduate School application using your account credentials.
- Complete the following sections of the application based upon your enrollment objective: Degree Seeking (K-12 Integrated STEM Education Graduate Certificate) –
- Applicant Information – Personal Background, Emergency Contact, Residency
- Campus and Program
- Campus: Select “West Lafayette”
- Proposed Graduate Major: Select “Curriculum and Instruction”
- Area of Interest: Select “STEM”
- Degree Objective: Select “K-12 Integrated STEM Education Graduate Certificate)”
- Course Delivery: Select “Distance (online or off-campus location)”
- Education Background
- Supplemental Form (not required)
- Employment & Other History
- Resume Upload (not required)
- Personal History Statement (not required)
- Academic Statement of Purpose (not required)
- Fellowship Applicant Essay Upload (not required)
- Recommendations (not required)
- Acknowledgments
- Faculty Selections (not required)
- Pay the nonrefundable application fee by credit card. The Graduate School degree application fee is $60 (U.S. dollars) for domestic applicants and $75 (U.S. dollars).
- Contact the admissions representative at edgrad@purdue.edu if you need assistance.
- Submit an official transcript for every college or university attended. Official transcripts should be requested to be sent directly from the issuing institution to the Purdue Graduate School or gradadm@purdue.edu. If possible, please select Attn: “Grad School.”
- Social Security numbers must be marked out before any document is uploaded.
- If degree/date awarded not listed on transcript, a copy of the original diploma must be made and verified by one of the following: the institution that issued the diploma, the employer, an official such as a lawyer (notarized), or an upper-level financial institution employee (notarized). The verifier must write “This is a true original copy of the diploma for (applicant’s full name)” on the copy, and include their name, title, phone, and email address on the copy. The copy cannot be faxed or sent over email; it must be mailed to the graduate program.
- International degree-seeking applicants whose native language is not English are required to submit proof of English proficiency. The Graduate School accepts the Test of English as a Foreign Language (TOEFL) or International English Language Testing System (IELTS) scores for admission. View the Graduate School’s minimum score requirements.
- The Graduate School will routinely waive the English proficiency requirement for applicants who have received a degree within the last 3 years from a school where English is the primary language of instruction in one of the recognized English-speaking countries. Note: If you have not done so already, request that ETS send your scores electronically to the Purdue University West Lafayette campus using code 1631.
- You may check the status of your submitted application by logging into your online application. We will keep you updated as any items arrive.
