Secondary School Certification Preparation MA

Grades 9-12

Students wishing to be certified in secondary education must select one of the following content areas in which to specialize: math, biology, chemistry, unified science-biology, unified science-chemistry, speech-theatre, English, history (social science), engineering and technology, business education, or business education with marketing emphasis.

The Master of Arts in Teaching with secondary school certification preparation program includes 45 credit hours of graduate course work.

Requirements

Core MAT Curriculum

EDU 50500Analysis of Teaching and Learning Behavior

3

EDU 57000Educational Research

3

One of the following:

EDU 52000Curriculum Analysis and Design

3

EDU 60000Master's Project

3

Core Secondary Certification Curriculum

EDU 50000Foundations of K-12 Education

3

EDU 50200Psychology of Teaching and Learning

3

EDU 50700Teaching Reading in the Content Areas

3

EDU 51500-51503Teacher Education Seminar I

0- 3

EDU 52100Classroom Teaching/Management

3

EDU 53500-53599Secondary Methods of Teaching

3

EDU 54100Education of the Exceptional Child

3

EDU 58404Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning

3

EDU 60599Field Experience (Student Teaching)

12

One of the following:

EDU 51000Conceptualization of Education

3

EDU 51010Conceptualization of Education for Beginning Teachers

3

Notes: (1) Courses are three credit hours unless otherwise indicated.

(2) EDU 60599 will only count toward hours in the MAT program.

(3) Content area coursework required by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education must also be met for middle and secondary education.