Master of Arts in Teaching (Non-Certification)
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To be admitted to this program, the prospective
student must meet all requirements for admission to
the School of Graduate Studies. Teacher
certification is not necessary for this degree
program. However, students in this program
must concentrate in the same field as their
undergraduate major. If a student wishes to
change fields, undergraduate course work may be
required to complete an deficiencies that may exist
in the new discipline. |
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Professional Courses |
9 hours |
ED 504, Techniques of Educational Research
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3 |
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ED 506, Educational Statistics |
3 |
EP 500, Advanced Educational Psychology
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EP 506, Life-Span Development and Learning |
3 |
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II. Teaching Field** |
24 hours |
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This work must be in a single field of concentration |
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Biology
History
English
Language Arts
Mathematics
Physical Education
Science
Social Science
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Science students with permission of their advisor, may
tkae BY 508 or en 508 in lieu of EP 500, BY 504 or
en 504 in lieu of ED 506, and 3 hours of BY 599 or
EN 599 in lieu of ED 504. |
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Students may take an approved research course in their
major field in lieu of ED 504. |
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English Language Arts students must include EH 501,
Research in Literary Studies. Students in
English Language Arts must also take EH 580,
Teaching Composition, if they have no previous
credit for the course. Students majoring in
English, Language Arts, Science, or Social Science
must take courses in at least two areas. |
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TOTAL REQUIRED |
33 hours |
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**These programs are also offered online. |
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MAT/GRE Score: Is an admission requirement.
Students can be admitted conditionally without this
score. However, no student will be allowed to
take more than 12 hours of graduate credit prior to
meeting this requirement. |
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GPA: Students must maintain a GPA of 3.0 overall
and no grade less than a "C" can be counted in the
program. |
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Comprehensive Examination: All students are
required to pass a comprehensive examination in
order to successfully complete a master's degree
program. This examination is scheduled each
semester including the Summer semester and is
designed to determine the candidate's ability in
his/her particular academic field of study.
Application to take the examination must be made two
weeks prior to the examinations. Students will
be eligible to take this examination when they are
within six to nine hours of completing all course
work for a master's degree. |
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Application for Degree: Each candidate for a
master's degree must apply for the degree through
the Registrar's Office no later than the semester
prior to the semester in which he/she expects to
meet requirements for the degree. Application
forms are available online or in the Registrar's
Office. It is the responsibility of the
student to file this application. The last day
for filing an application for a degree is shown on
the University's academic calendar. Students
who fail to meet the degree requirements after
filing for the degree or diploma must refile for the
degree when requirements are completed. |
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Transfer Courses: With the approval of the
appropriate academic dean, up to nine hours of
graduate credit may be transferred into this
program. No transfer credit below the grade of
"B" is acceptable. No transfer credit over
nine years old will be accepted. |
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Catalogue: This program sheet is not intended to
replace the Graduate Catalogue. |
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Changes: Information appearing on this program
sheet is subject to change without notice to
individual students. |
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