Maximize your teaching effectiveness for students
The online Curriculum and Instruction master’s degree is designed for PK-12 teachers in all areas and grade levels who are interested in expanding their knowledge and skills. The field of curriculum and instruction can advance your professional growth as an educator, whether to expand within your discipline or address specific instructional concerns.
Choose from concentration areas in:
Career Opportunities with a Master's in Curriculum and Instruction
- Teacher
- Preschool coordinator
- Head Start director
- Early childhood educator
- Curriculum developer
- Program director
- Instructional designer
- Consultant
- Educational analyst
- Reading specialist
- Literacy coach
- School librarian
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"I always want to keep going with my profession and more so I can apply it with the kids that I'm teaching right now. A lot of the stuff that I'm doing with Curriculum & Instruction, I use it in the classroom with my kids, learn as I go, just as they are learning. So it's a lot of just using my information and bringing it back to my kids and using that as I go."
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"The professors at UNK, they're just so personable and they work hard to help us with anything we need, any questions. I feel like the professors here really try to get to know you, even though online classes. They'll post videos, they want you to post videos, sometimes they do Zoom, so it feels better than other online classes where you don't even know what your professor looks like or sounds like."
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"The classes at UNK are great. They're pretty flexible, which is great because I am a full-time teacher, so allowing me to be able to take the classes on my own time at my own pace has been great. The content that each class has covered has also been very effective. There's a lot of classes where I've had to do research and apply the research in my classroom, so having the ability to look up things that other teachers have been doing and put it into practice has been great for not just lesson planning but classroom management and other materials."
Benefits of a Master's Degree
A graduate degree helps you advance your career by qualifying for higher positions with additional leadership opportunities. The median salary for those with master’s degrees is 16% higher than for those with an undergraduate degree, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
