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MAT with Secondary State Certification

M.A.T. With Secondary State Certification

Required Courses

Students seeking certification to teach at the secondary level (grades 7-12) will be required to complete the following additional courses before the fifth year:

Required Courses

EDU 3111Education Field Based Experience (Middle School)

1
EDU 3112Education Field Based Experience (High School)

1
EDU 4346Principles of Secondary Education

3

EDU 3147Reflective Teaching

1
Or
EDU 3148Reflective Teaching

1

EDU 3305Computer Problem Solving

3
EDU 5323Reading in the Secondary Schools

3
EDU 5351History of American Education

3
EDU 5352Education Evaluation

3

EDU 5377Human Growth and Development

3
Or
EDU 3327Child Growth and Development

3

PHI 3335Philosophy of Education

3

During the fifth year of the 4+1 M.A.T. program, students will be required to complete the following additional graduate coursework:

Required Courses

EDU 5355Foundations of ESL Instruction

3
EDU 6147Graduate Clinical Teaching Seminar

1
EDU 6148Graduate Clinical Teaching Seminar

1
EDU 6808Middle School Clinical Teaching

8
EDU 6812High School Clinical Teaching

8
Education Elective

3
EDU 5000Pre Clinical Teaching Test

0
EDU 5001Clinical Teaching Test

0
EDU 5002The Science of Teaching, Reading (STR) Exam

0

The following courses are required in Year 5 of the M.A.T. program:

Fall Semester
EDU 6808Middle School Clinical Teaching

8
EDU 6147Graduate Clinical Teaching Seminar

1
EDU
Elective

3
Spring Semester
EDU 6812High School Clinical Teaching

8
EDU 6148Graduate Clinical Teaching Seminar

1
EDU 5355Foundations of ESL Instruction

3

*Or 9 credit hours of approved EDU electives, if you completed one semester of Clinical Teaching as an undergraduate.