Online Education Degrees

Hood College offers several online graduate programs for educators:

• Curriculum and Instruction, 36 credit master’s
  • Enriches the certified teacher’s knowledge of research-based teaching and learning in the context of the profession’s shifting landscape.  
• Educational Leadership, 36 credit master’s or 18 credit certificate
  • Permits teachers to earn the State of Maryland Administrator I license that enables a teacher to apply for school-based assistant principal and central office supervisor positions.
• Elementary STEM, 15 credit certificate
  • Prepares elementary teachers to engage and motivate students in meaningful STEM learning from their earliest school years.
• Mathematics Education, 30 credit master’s or 15 credit certificate
  • Combines courses from both mathematics and education and to help teachers become more effective teachers of mathematics. 
• Mathematics Instructional Leadership, 30 credit master’s
  • Offers a pathway for currently certified teachers to meet the requirements of the Maryland State Department of Education Mathematics Instructional Leadership endorsement in either grades PreK-6 or grades 4-9.
• Multidisciplinary Studies in Education, 36 credit master’s
  • Allows graduate students to take courses across three educational programs (Curriculum and Instruction, Reading Specialization, and Educational Leadership). 
• Reading Specialization, 36 credit master’s
  • Satisfies the Maryland State Department of Education’s requirements for licensure as a reading specialist.

All programs:

• Are designed for current teachers, with teachers’ schedules and needs in mind.
• Welcome non-degree seeking students to enroll in coursework. 
• Include a balance of online synchronous and online asynchronous coursework. 
• Have rolling admissions.  Courses begin in August, January, May, and July.

For more information:

• See https://www.hood.edu/graduate
• Email gofurther@hood.edu
• Call 301-696-3131
• Apply at https://www.hood.edu/graduate/admission/how-apply
• Tuition information can be found at https://www.hood.edu/graduate/admission/tuition-fees
• Course descriptions/schedules can be found at  https://selfservice.hood.edu/SelfService/Search/Section