MAT-TRAD - Master of Arts in Teaching-Traditional
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Required Program | Semester Hours | ||
Core Coursework | 20-29 | ||
EDCO 600 or SPED 681 | Teaching in a Democracy; Educational Implications for the Exceptional Child | 3 | |
EDCO 601* or ECED 636 | Psychology Applied to Teaching or Foundations of Early Childhood Education | 0-3 | |
EDCO 602 | Technology for the 21st Century Classroom | 2 | |
EDCO 605 or PETE 590 or SPED 591 MLED 630 | Educational Assessment; Assessment in Physical Education; Assessment in Special Education; Pedagogy and Assessment in the Middle School |
3 | |
EDCO 660 or SPED 510 | Effective Teaching and Management Strategies; PBIS for the Classroom Teacher | 3 | |
READ 645* | Content Area Reading and Writing | 0-3 | |
EDCO 610* or SPED 585 | Effective Teaching Practices for Exceptional and Diverse Learners; Methods of Teaching LD, ED, ID, and AS | 0-3 | |
EDCO 685 | Internship I | 1 | |
EDCO 690# | School Internship | 7 | |
EDCO 695 | Education Capstone | 1 | |
Content Pedagogy Coursework | 4-6 | ||
AREA 5xx/6xx | Content Specific Teaching Methods/ Field | 3 | |
AREA 593 or 693 Area Capstone/ Seminar | 1 | ||
Additional Electives or Content Courses | 0-6** | ||
Minimum Hours for Graduation | 30 - 40 |
*Courses for which the candidate has appropriate undergraduate experience can be waved with prior approval and a minimum of 30 credits at the graduate level.
#Many courses require field-based experiences, but some require students to follow P-12 district calendar that begin before and extend beyond the Winthrop Calendar.
**Additional hours maybe required to meet AREA-specific requirements based on experience and coursework. Content area courses must be completed in the area in which the graduate candidate is seeking certification. Each area of specialization has completely different content area preparation. Each individual teacher candidate will have different required content area preparation based on what requirements have been satisfied at the undergraduate or graduate level prior to acceptance into the MAT program. Transcripts will be reviewed by the program areas and content area course deficiencies will be addressed by requiring students to take content are courses at the graduate or undergraduate level.