Master Educator Course

Program Overview

The Master Educator Course (MEC) is a collaboration between the University of Louisville's College of Education & Human Development and U.S. Army Cadet Command. MEC is an educational experience designed to educate Army ROTC Cadre, as well as other military instructors and trainers. Undergraduate and graduate courses are in pedagogy and instructional strategies, learning sciences and facilitation of learning, curriculum development, effects of college on students, and organizational analysis in higher education.

This program also offers other qualifications. The MEC courses at UofL qualify soldiers for a certificate of training and meet certain requirements for the badging system from the U.S. Army. For more information about the Army recognition process, please contact the U.S. Army School of Cadet Command. In addition, these courses qualify toward most of the U.S. Office of Personnel Management Instructional Systems Series 1750 occupational requirements.

Graduate MEC Program

Graduate MEC is an 18-credit-hour program delivered across two components: the face-to-face residential components at University of Louisville’s campus and the clinical component delivered online through instructor coaching and mentoring. Graduate students who participate in MEC are also fully admitted into the Master of Arts in Higher Education and Student Affairs at the University of Louisville. Upon completion of MEC requirements, MEC participants will have earned 18 graduate credit hours and will have the opportunity to continue their academic work and earn the degree.

Undergraduate MEC Program

Undergraduate MEC is an 21-credit-hour program delivered across two components: the face-to-face residential components at University of Louisville’s campus and the clinical component delivered online through instructor coaching and mentoring. Undergraduate students who participate in MEC are also fully admitted into the Bachelor of Science in Organizational Leadership and Learning at the University of Louisville. Upon completion of MEC requirements, MEC participants will have earned 21 undergraduate credit hours and will have the opportunity to continue their academic work and earn the degree. Additionally, students may be eligible to earn up to 48 credits the Prior Learning Assessment course that is included in the MEC clinical component for undergraduate students.