Studying the Educational Sciences Master's Degree Program updates knowledge and generates innovative actions intended to promote change and educational innovation in educational organizations.

The graduates design and execute quality programs in educational, cultural, social and service institutions. Their goal is to contribute innovations that will improve the performance and education of the students.

Objective

To train professionals who analysis and research educational activities in a systematic manner and generate innovative procedures that can be incorporated into their professional practice.Formar profesionales que, a través del conocimiento, análisis e investigación del hecho educativo, participen en la generación de acciones innovadoras que sean incorporadas en su práctica profesional.

The Graduates from the Educational Sciences Master's Degree Program:

• Master the fundamental of educational theory and practice and their relation to new social paradigms.
• Have detailed knowledge of educational systems and their management in order to respond to the formational needs of society.
• Conduct educational research and innovative projects based on a solid specialized scientific education.

Enrollment Profile

• Is committed to the permanent search for quality and excellence in education
• Is interested in acquiring knowledge and skills to design, develop, implement, and evaluate formation programs and educational human resources training.
• Is highly motivated participate in, and contribute to, a formation system supported by the use of new Communication and IT technologies.

Graduate Profile

Knowledge:

• Fundamentals in educational science and its relation to new social paradigms. 
• Specific to their field of educational specialization that allows them to participate in projects of educational improvement.
• Of the most resent scientific research and the ability to apply it to educational work in diverse socio-cultural contexts.

Skills

• Leadership 
• Problem solving
• Negotiation
• Teamwork
• Effective oral and written communication
• Creativity

Attitudes 

• Positive decision making
• Respect and tolerance
• Continuous professional updating
• Heightened sense of social responsibility
• Constructive criticism and proposal of improvements

Educational Sciences Master's Degree Program

1st trimester	2nd trimester	3rd trimester	4th trimester	5th trimester	6th trimester
Learning Didactics Based on Neuroscience and Modern Psychology	Philosophy, Education and Ethics	Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture	Elective Course	Elective Course	Elective Course
Curriculum Assessment and Design	Rationality and its Scientific Approach on the Didactic and Learning Process	Elective Course	Elective Course
Professional Skills Workshop I	Professional Skills Workshop II	Professional Skills Workshop III	Research Methodology	Project I	Project II

Learning Didactics Based on Neuroscience and Modern Psychology
Provide an approach to the fundamental paradigms of education by applying neuroscience and educational psychology theories and their findings.

Philosophy, Education and Ethics
Understand and analyze the fundamental dimensions of the human being. Specify and develop the most significant aspects of humanity, so as to empower their fulfillment and growth.

Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture
Identify and analyze the socio-cultural contexts in which educational activities are performed. 

Curriculum Assessment and Design
Provide the fundamentals of educational assessment and understand the requirements for the curricular design and assessment of the program

Rationality and its Scientific Approach in the Didactic and Learning Process
Provide an approach to the fundamental paradigms of education by means of the behavioral, cognitive and socio-cultural theories, as well as the role of research in the formational process. 

The Professional Skills Workshops seek to complement the students' academic training by developing practical applications to promote efficiency in competitiveness and innovation. 

Students must complete all four mandatory workshops and two optional workshops.

MANDATORY PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP

Structured Problem-Solving:  Objective: Understand the tools for problem¿solving, with an emphasis on analyzing the problem, isolating key issues, and generating solutions through structured planning.

Logical Reasoning and Communication: Objective: Develop skills to structure and communicate arguments effectively. These include such skills as organizing ideas hierarchically, avoiding stylistic weaknesses, and using simple, direct phrasing and an audience specific vocabulary.

Effective Negotiating: Objective: Learn to succeed in negotiations by focusing on identifying diverse interests, creating mutually profitable solutions, and promoting fairness. This workshop is based on the Harvard Negotiation Project, which identifies the basic elements that enable negotiators to reach mutually suitable agreements.

Making Ethical Decisions: Objective: Develop skills to evaluate the ethical implications of professional and personal decisions in a disciplined manner. Learn paradigm-questioning skills, how to detect potential ethical risks, and how to use Kohlberg's moral development model as a tool for assessing ethical arguments.

OPTIONAL PROFESSIONAL SKILLS WORKSHOP

Effective Presentations: Objective: Learn to perform well in front of an audience by improving your presentation preparation and your mastery of the available equipment, and by clearly defining your message and effectively using your voice and body language to convey it.

Effective Leadership: Strengthen your leadership skills by learning how to manage people and situations so as to bring professional and personal projects to a successful outcome.

Understanding Global Settings: Objective: Study the current trends towards globalization by identifying the world wide effects of the industrial, commercial, financial, and political globalization of the world¿s most important organizations. Become familiar with concepts created by globalization: the right to development, the right to peace, the rights of future generations, the right to the common human heritage, among others.

Project management. Objective: Learn to formally manage projects using the Project Management Institute (PMI) methodology, which focuses on basic processes, terminology, techniques, and tools. Develop the skills to structure the objectives and scope of a project, to negotiate expectations, and to estimate the duration, costs, risks, and necessary human resources.

Methodology of Research
Provide the methodological and theoretical tools to develop a project for innovation and change. 

Innovation Project I
Develop an educational project related to the student's professional work. 

Innovation Project II
Publicize the innovation projects developed by the student so it can be applied in the corresponding professional fields.

SPECIALIZATION ELECTIVE COURSES

Education's Cognitive Processes Understand and delve into the cognitive theories from J. Bruner and D. Ausubel's perspective up to the more contemporary theories and their linkage with the learn-to-think and learn-to-teach processes.

Cognitive Development: Didactics and Assessment Design, implement and assess didactic strategies in the professors¿ areas of knowledge

Diagnosis and Understanding of Learning Problems Understand the main theoretical assumptions and learning problems in educational institutions.

Pedagogical Intervening Actions for Learning Problems Provide skills for critical analysis of the biological, psychological, economic and social conditions surrounding educational problems.

Emotional and Interpersonal Relationship Factors in the Educational Process Emotional and Interpersonal Relationship Factors in the Educational Process. Understand group-theory principles applied to education and delve into the affective and motivational contents in educational work. Understand group-theory principles applied to education and delve into the affective and motivational contents in educational work.

Didactics and Creativity in Teaching Projects Understand and master theoretical and didactic contents of games as they relate to psychic development and its interrelation with the creative processes in school environments.

Evolutional Bases of Early and Preschool Education Understand the integral development of children during the early stages of their lives, and the relationships they establish in their family and school environments in order to facilitate their development.

Teaching Strategies of Early and Preschool Education Prepare, implement and assess teaching strategies for the early and preschool levels in accordance with the various contemporary educational theories.

Organizational Perspectives and their Implications in Educational Administration Differentiate, analyze and assess the existing concepts of school organization and discover the implications of the director's tasks and his/her personal leadership style in educational institutions.

Organizational Culture and Learning Develop a diagnosis on the organizational culture of educational institutions. Submit the outcome and implications in order to develop a strategy of change towards a better institutional performance.

Innovation and Technology Applied to Education Analyze different technologies and their application in educational training and programs. Provide solid fundamentals for the implementation of the technology of education.

Human Resources Education and Training Strategies Understand the paradigms and elements of the training process. Acquire the skills to design, implement and assess a proposal that will improve the quality and productivity of organizations by educating and training its human resources.

Bilingual Education Analyze the theory, methodology and assessment of teaching the first and second language, from preschool level to pre-university education.

Multiculturalism and the School Analyze the socio-cultural components of immigrants in the United States and understand their influence on the personal, professional and academic dimensions of students

United States School System Study and analyze the guiding philosophical, historical, political and sociological factors which are being used in North American education.

Learning Contents and Instruments in the United States Define essential elements of bilingual education and analyze the acquisition process, both of the first and of the second language.

Educational Problems of International Migrants Understand the educational problems related to Mexico¿s migration to the United States and analyze the adequate institutional responses.

The courses offered in this program meet weekly from 18:30 to 20:00 hours.

A student with a full course load will have a schedule similar to following:

	M	T	W	TH	F
May		Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture		Philosophy, Education and Ethics
June		Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture		Philosophy, Education and Ethics
July		Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture		Philosophy, Education and Ethics
August		Sociology and Anthropology of Education and Culture		Philosophy, Education and Ethics

A student with a half course load will have a schedule similar to the following:

	M	T	W	TH	F
May				Philosophy, Education and Ethics
June				Philosophy, Education and Ethics
July				Philosophy, Education and Ethics
August				Philosophy, Education and Ethics

The following requirements must be fulfilled in order to enroll in the Educational Sciences Master's Degree Program:

• Hold a corresponding Undergraduate Degree
• Have professional experience in the field of education
• Attend an interview with the Education and Humanities Master's Degree Programs Director
• Submit your résumé and an essay on a subject that concerns education
• Submit an Application for Admission to the Graduate Program along with the required documentation
  [See the application in PDF format: admision_posgrado {admission_graduateprogram}]
• Pass the Graduate Studies Admission Test ¿ [Prueba de Admisión para Estudios de Posgrado (PAEP)] and take an English diagnostic exam

Establishing projects that connect the academic world to productive and social organizations is a fundamental objective of the UDEM. To meet this goal, research or applied innovation agreements have been signed with renowned national and international institutions.

Some of the research projects supported by this process are listed below:

1. The Impact of Mind Maps on the Academic Performance of Pre-University School First-Year Students.
   Student: Ma. Estela Contreras-Martinez
   Advisors: Benito Flores and María de Lourdes Polita León
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
2. Intervention Program for the Improvement of Self-Esteem at "Colegio Excelsior", a Secondary School for Teenage Students.
   Student: Ma. Antonieta Canseco Rivera
   Advisors: José Barragán Codina and Benito Flores Juárez
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
3. Traits of an Effective Science Teacher.
   Student: Silvia Norma Ortega Pirayno.
   Advisors: Benito Flores Juárez and Diana G. Baez O.
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
4. Approach to the Study of Autonomy and Self-Control During the Preschool Stage.
   Student: Diana Ma. Watts Villarreal
   Advisors: Lilian Montesinos Menendez and Claudia Galván Martínez
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
5. How to Awaken An Interest for Reading in Preschool Children?
   Student: Claudia Cortinas del Río
   Advisors: Lilian Montesino Menendez and Verónica A. Buenrostro
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
6. Using Games as a Learning Tool. Training Program for Preschool Teachers.
   Student: Julia Delgadillo Flores
   Advisors: Luis Fernando Márquez and Diana Guadalupe Baez
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
7. Games as a Learning Tool. Training Program for Preschool Teachers.
   Student: Julia Delgadillo Flores
   Advisors: Luis Fernando Márquez and Diana Guadalupe Baez
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
8. Teenager's Contact with Nature as a Fundamental Element from the Philosophy of Montessori
   Student: Lucía María Guzman de León
   Advisors: Nancy Westrup Villarreal and Jesús Amaya Guerra
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
9. Development of English Oral Communication Skills.
   Student: Gladis Idalia Deandar Guajardo
   Advisors: Pedro Valdois Domínguez and Luisa Margartia Muñoz Cantú
   Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008
10. Attitudes of 7 to 8 Years Old Children Regarding the Integration of Down-Syndrome Children into schools
    Student: Lucia Berenice Álvarez Martínez
    Advisors: Jesús Amaya Guerra and Lina Berenice Alor Dávila
    Monterrey, Nuevo León, 2008

José Humberto Alanís Alanís MHU Academic Program Director jalanis11@udem.edu.mx Building 6, office 6127 T. (81) 8215-1000, ext. 1562 01 800-801-UDEM, ext. 1562