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Union Graduate College Master of Arts Degree in Teaching
MAT Program Requirements and Curriculum
The Union Graduate College MAT program requires at least 16 courses: 10-13 in pedagogy and 3-5 in the subject area for which certification is sought. This study program can be completed full-time in one calendar year (June – June). Teaching students may also complete the program on a part-time basis over a period of two to three years.
Pre-requisites:
- PSY-PRE 1 (Educational Psychology),
- One year of a college level foreign language or its equivalent,
- EDS 500 A, B, C (two weeks of structured field experiences).
Core requirements:
- EDS 540 (Psychology of Teaching),
- EDS 540L (Psychology of Teaching Laboratory);
- one of the EDS 511-516 courses (Curriculum and Methods of Teaching English, languages, mathematics, science, or social studies);
- EDS 541 (Essential Reading literacy),
- EDS 544 (Writing in the Content Classroom);
- EDS 550A (Seminar on Special Needs Populations), 550B (Assessment) and 550C (School Reform).
Additional requirements:
- One-year teaching internship (EDS 551, 552, 553),
- Master’s research (either a two-term thesis in the discipline (EDS 598-99), or a one-term classroom-based project (EDS 580),
- Three to five electives.
The Teaching Internship
Most MAT graduate candidates will complete a half-day, year-long internship in a secondary school, taking full responsibility for at least two classes. Students will be interviewed at the site(s) where they expect to intern. Entrance into the teaching internship portion of the program is contingent upon completion of Psychology of Teaching and the appropriate Curriculum and Methods course with minimum grades of “B.”
Master’s Research and Thesis
The master's degree in teaching thesis generally comprises two of the 3-5 courses in the discipline. For students attempting to complete this graduate program in one calendar year, the thesis is generally undertaken in the fall and winter terms. The thesis advisor is normally a faculty member in an academic discipline directly related to the student’s area of certification. The thesis and all the required paperwork must be on file in the Registrar’s Office two weeks prior to graduation.
The MAT Project
In lieu of a thesis, MAT candidates may enroll in EDS 580, which involves carrying out classroom-based research in pedagogy as it relates to an academic discipline. Students who write an MAT Project normally undertake it during the winter term with School of Education faculty. Opting to complete a project usually means enrolling in one more elective course in the discipline than graduate students who undertake an MAT thesis.
Computer Literacy
Each graduate student in the MAT program is expected to leave the program with a greater degree of computer literacy than the degree of literacy with which s/he entered. School of Education students who enter with less than basic computer knowledge are expected to include as an elective at least one of the following: CST 565, 570 or 571, or demonstrate competence in one of those areas.
Elective Course Work
Graduate students in the MAT program are normally required to take at least three elective courses in their academic discipline selected with the approval of their advisor. If the student chooses to undertake an MAT Project in lieu of an MAT Thesis, then the student must select an additional elective for a total of four graduate electives related to the area of certification. Courses are offered in the late afternoons and evenings during the academic year. With the approval of an advisor, up to two graduate-level courses may be transferred into a Masters Degree in Teaching.
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