The Master of Education in Curriculum and Instruction degree is a thirty-six hour, non-thesis program. The program consists of nine credit hours in curriculum, twelve credit hours in instruction, six credit hours in assessment and/or leadership development, and the Research in Education class (which meets the Service-Learning requirement for this degree). The student must take eighteen semester hours of graduate-level only (6000 level) courses. In areas where the student demonstrates sufficient proficiency, course substitutions may be approved by the Master of Education Program Director.