Objective
The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree program is designed for
students who have a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline of the
Liberal Arts and who desire professional preparation for teaching. The
MAT program will prepare students for teaching certification including
the elementary, middle school, and high school levels.
Admission
to Program
Students seeking admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching degree
program must meet the admissions criteria of the School of Graduate
Studies. In order to be eligible for admission to the MAT program, students
must have earned a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline of the
Liberal Arts listed as the following: Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics,
English, Foreign Language, History, Mathematics, Music.
Other admission criteria
include:
- Graduation from an
accredited institution with a liberal arts degree.
- An over-all GPA of
3.0 in an undergraduate academic discipline.
- Three letters of recommendation.
- A personal interview.
- A Miller Analogies
Test score.
Program
of Study
The MAT Program requires the completion of 43 graduate credits, including
a full semester of supervised teaching to qualify for the degree. The
program of study consists of the following course requirements:
EDUC-500 Introduction
to Teaching (3 Credits)
EDUC.501 Cognitive Basic for Instruction (3 Credits)
SPED-582 The Exceptional Child (3 Credits)
EDSR.504 Introduction to Educational Research (3 Credits)
EDUC.515 Effective Utilization of Computers (3 Credits)
EDSR-517 Action Research in the Classroom (3 Credits)
REED-518 Teaching Reading in Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC.519 Socio-Cultural Context of Schooling (3 Credits)
Elective (3 Credits)
Electives
EDUC-523 Methods of Teaching/Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC-524 Student Teaching (Internship) (12 Credits)
EDUC.525 Pro-Seminar (1 Credit)
Total
Credits: 43