The Master of Arts in Multiple Subject Education is an Educators for Liberation, Justice, and Joy program administered by the Mills College at Northeastern University’s School of Education in Oakland, California. This program aims to meet the urgent need for elementary schoolteachers whose teaching embodies racial and gender justice for educational equity principles, guided by an inquiry stance toward practice. The program offers beginning teachers an opportunity to obtain the skills and meet the requirements for a California Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential while completing classroom research. Students may follow either a preservice or an internship pathway toward the credential and subsequent MA.
Multiple Subject Teaching Credential
All courses in the program (with the exception of EDUT 6210 Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 1, EDUT 6211 Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 2, EDUT 6150 AI in Education, and PHIL 5110 Responsible AI ), along with state-mandated fieldwork and assessments, fulfill the requirements to meet eligibility for the Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in the state of California. The final authority to grant a credential lies with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Coursework
A total of 37 semester hours are required to earn the Master of Arts in Multiple Subject Education. The coursework in the program is designed to satisfy both the requirements of the California teaching credential and lay the foundation for the MA in Multiple Subject Education. With the addition of two inquiry-oriented master's-level courses over the following academic year and the completion of their inquiry project, students will earn their Master of Arts degree.
Fieldwork
All students are paired with a university-appointed coaching supervisor who provides guidance and feedback on their curriculum and pedagogy through a minimum of 12 observations during the school year, which must adhere to the six principles of the Teacher Performance Expectations as outlined by the California Commission on Teacher Credentialing. The successful completion of the ELJJ coursework, fieldwork, standardized exams, portfolio assessment, and all other requirements outlined by the CCTC will result in a recommendation from the ELJJ to the CCTC for a Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential. This will allow the graduate to teach in their discipline-specified area in a public school in the state of California. Through the National Association of State Directors of Teacher Education and Certification Interstate Agreement, credential holders of valid teaching state credentials, licenses, or certificates from a participating state may transfer these to another participating state, under certain conditions that must be confirmed by the receiving state's education department.
Please note: All courses listed below (with the exception of EDUT 6210 Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 1, EDUT 6211 Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 2, EDUT 6150 AI in Education, and PHIL 5110 Responsible AI), along with state-mandated fieldwork and assessments, fulfill the requirements to meet eligibility for the Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential in the state of California. The final authority to grant a credential lies with the Commission on Teacher Credentialing.
Required Courses
Course List | Code | Title | Hours |
| EDUT 6100 | Sociopolitical Foundations 1 | 2 |
| EDUT 6101 | Sociopolitical Foundations 2 | 1 |
| EDUT 6102 | Sociopolitical Foundations 3 | 1 |
| EDUT 6103 | Human and Community Development 1 | 2 |
| EDUT 6104 | Human and Community Development 2 | 1 |
| EDUT 6106 | Multiliteracies 1—Multidiscipline | 2 |
| EDUT 6107 | Multiliteracies 2—Multiple Subjects | 1 |
| EDUT 6108 | Multiliteracies 3—Multiple Subjects | 2 |
| EDUT 6112 | Methodologies of English-Language Development and Content Instruction 1 | 2 |
| EDUT 6113 | Methodologies of English-Language Development and Content Instruction 2 | 1 |
| EDUT 6115 | Curriculum and Instruction 1—Multiple Subjects | 2 |
| EDUT 6116 | Curriculum and Instruction 2—Multiple Subjects | 2 |
| EDUT 6117 | Curriculum and Instruction 3—Multiple Subjects | 2 |
| EDUT 6124 | Pedagogical Content Knowledge Lab 1—Multiple Subjects | 2 |
| EDUT 6125 | Pedagogical Content Knowledge Lab 2—Multiple Subjects | 3 |
| EDUT 6126 | Pedagogical Content Knowledge Lab 3—Multiple Subjects | 3 |
| EDUT 6136 | Perspectives on Diversity, Equity, and Assessment | 2 |
| 6-8 |
| Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 1
and Graduate Seminar: Research in Education 2 | |
| Responsible AI
and AI in Education | |
Program Credit/GPA Requirements
37 minimum semester hours required (total semester hours may vary based on the course options that the student chooses)
Minimum 3.000 GPA required
