Master of Art in Teaching Required Program

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Master of Arts in Teaching

Required Program		Semester Hours
EDUC 600	Teaching in a Democracy	3
EDUC 601	Psychology Applied to Teaching	3
EDUC 602	Technology for the 21st Century Classroom	2
EDUC 605	Educational Assessment	3
EDUC 660	Effective Teaching Strategies*	3
READ 645	Teaching Content Area Reading**	3
SPED 610	Teaching Exceptional Learners in Inclusive Settings	3
EDUC 690	School Internship	8
EDUC 695	Capstone	1
500-600 level AREA Content Courses***		12
500-600 level AREA Teaching Methods		3
500-600 level AREA Field Experience		1
Total Semester Hours		45

*Competencies in this course may be covered in content area courses, graduate candidates should confer with their advisor before enrolling in this course.

**Competencies in this course may be covered in Art, Music or Physical Education courses; graduate candidates should confer with their advisor before enrolling for this course.

***Because content studies are a major component of this degree, graduate candidates are expected to complete all pedagogical courses, all required prerequisites and no fewer than 9 semester hours of content study prior to supervised teaching. A course in methodology specific to the content area must be included.

Content area courses must be completed in the area in which the graduate candidate is seeking certification. In some cases, this requirement may result in additional undergraduate course work.