Modality: Online
The Master of Arts in Teaching: Secondary Education is designed to deliver outstanding teacher preparation.
Licensure: Upon successful completion of Secondary Education: Licensure degree requirements, candidates are eligible to apply for a Professional Educator License (PEL) with a secondary endorsement from the state of Illinois for grades 9 through 12.
Non-Licensure: Upon successful completion of Secondary Education: Non-Licensure degree requirements, candidates are not eligible to apply for any state of Illinois endorsement.
Pathway 1: Upon successful completion of Pathway 1 degree requirements, candidates are eligible to apply for a Professional Educator License (PEL) with a secondary education endorsement and a content area endorsement from the state of Illinois for grades 9-12.
Degree Requirements - Licensure
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisites to Professional Courses | ||
| EDUC-6045 | Introduction to Theories of Learning and Cognition | 3 |
| EDUC-6435 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| Professional Courses: Students must be admitted to Teacher Candidacy to continue | ||
| EDSC-6230 | Literacy Instruction for Content Area Classrooms: Middle and Secondary | 3 |
| EDSC-6570 | Teaching Diverse Learners at the Secondary Level | 3 |
| EDUC-6040 | Introduction to Classroom Teaching and Technology for Learning | 3 |
| EDUC-6060 | Classroom Management and Assessment | 3 |
| EDUC-6290 | Characteristics and Instruction of Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| EDUC-6415 | Professional Responsibility and Ethics for Teachers | 3 |
| EDUC-6445 | Introduction to Research: Pre-Service Teachers | 3 |
| Select one of the following courses per chosen major: | ||
| EDSC-6602 | Content and Methods for Teaching English at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6606 | Content and Methods for Teaching Mathematics at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6618 | Content and Methods for Teaching Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6619 | Content and Methods for Teaching Social Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| Student Teaching Internship | ||
| EDUC-6985 | Student Teaching Seminar 2 | 0 |
| Select one of the following courses per chosen major (3-6 hours): | ||
| EDUC-6925 | MAT Capstone 1 | 3 |
| EDSC-6932 | Student Teaching Internship: English Language Arts Middle Grades/Secondary Education | 6 |
| EDSC-6933 | Student Teaching Internship: Math Middle Grades/Secondary Education | 6 |
| EDSC-6935 | Student Teaching Internship: Science Middle Grades/Secondary Education | 6 |
| EDSC-6936 | Student Teaching Internship: Social Science Middle Grades/Secondary Education | 6 |
| Total Hours | 33-36 | |
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This course may only be taken with special approval of the Director of Field Experience and the Division Chair.
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To be taken concurrently with student teaching or capstone.
Students must have a grade of C or higher in all master's courses and content coursework for successful program completion.
Required Content Coursework (18 semester hours from one area below):
- Requires grades of C or higher in college-level coursework (not remedial) to fulfill content coursework requirements.
- Must be completed at regionally accredited institution(s) of higher education and be documented on official transcript(s).
English Language Arts
- 3 semester hours: American Literature
- 3 semester hours: Additional literature course
- 3 semester hours: Compostion or writing
- 3 semester hours: Communication or speech
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or journalism, grammar, non-print media, literacy, linguistics, or rhetoric.
Mathematics
- 3 semester hours: Calculus II
- 3 semester hours: Calculus III
- 3 semester hours: Linear Algebra
- 3 semester hours: College Geometry (beyond analytical geometry)
- 3 semester hours: Statistics/Probability
- 3 additional semester hours in abstract algebra, history of math, group/ring/number theory or proof, probability, real/complex analysis, or discrete math/computer science (mathematical aspects)
Science - Biology
- 9-12 semester hours: Biology (anatomy, bacteriology, biochemistry, biology, botany, embryology, endocrinology, ethology, evolution, genetics, herpetology, microbiology, mycology, ornithology, paleontology, physiology, plant taxonomy, synecology, zoology)
- Additional 6-9 semester hours of science courses (may include chemistry, physics and/or earth and space science) to reach 18 hours
Social Science
- 3 semester hours: U.S. History
- 3 semester hours: World History
- 6 semester hours: Additional history coursework
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or geography, civics and government, or economics.
Clinical Experience (Pre-Professional Hours)
- Minimum of 100 hours (all pre-professional hours are embedded in the MAT coursework).
- Each course will describe the number of hours required to be completed in classrooms and the nature of the experience that a candidate must complete.
Pathway 2: Pathway 2 graduates are not eligible to apply for any state of Illinois endorsement upon completion of this program.
Degree Requirements - Non-Licensure
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Prerequisites to Professional Courses | ||
| EDUC-6045 | Introduction to Theories of Learning and Cognition | 3 |
| EDUC-6435 | Introduction to Education | 3 |
| Professional Courses | ||
| EDSC-6230 | Literacy Instruction for Content Area Classrooms: Middle and Secondary | 3 |
| EDSC-6570 | Teaching Diverse Learners at the Secondary Level | 3 |
| EDUC-6040 | Introduction to Classroom Teaching and Technology for Learning | 3 |
| EDUC-6060 | Classroom Management and Assessment | 3 |
| EDUC-6290 | Characteristics and Instruction of Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| EDUC-6415 | Professional Responsibility and Ethics for Teachers | 3 |
| EDUC-6445 | Introduction to Research: Pre-Service Teachers | 3 |
| Select one of the following courses per chosen major: | ||
| EDSC-6602 | Content and Methods for Teaching English at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6606 | Content and Methods for Teaching Mathematics at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6618 | Content and Methods for Teaching Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| EDSC-6619 | Content and Methods for Teaching Social Science at the Middle and Secondary Levels | 3 |
| Total Hours | 30 | |
Students must have a grade of C or higher in all master's courses and content coursework for successful program completion.
Required Content Coursework (18 semester hours from one area below):
- Requires grades of C or higher in college-level coursework (not remedial) to fulfill content coursework requirements.
- Must be completed at regionally accredited institution(s) of higher education and be documented on official transcript(s).
English Language Arts
- 3 semester hours: American Literature
- 3 semester hours: Additional literature course
- 3 semester hours: Compostion or writing
- 3 semester hours: Communication or speech
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or journalism, grammar, non-print media, literacy, linguistics, or rhetoric.
Mathematics
- 3 semester hours: Calculus II
- 3 semester hours: Calculus III
- 3 semester hours: Linear Algebra
- 3 semester hours: College Geometry (beyond analytical geometry)
- 3 semester hours: Statistics/Probability
- 3 additional semester hours in abstract algebra, history of math, group/ring/number theory or proof, probability, real/complex analysis, or discrete math/computer science (mathematical aspects)
Science - Biology
- 9-12 semester hours: Biology (anatomy, bacteriology, biochemistry, biology, botany, embryology, endocrinology, ethology, evolution, genetics, herpetology, microbiology, mycology, ornithology, paleontology, physiology, plant taxonomy, synecology, zoology)
- Additional 6-9 semester hours of science courses (may include chemistry, physics and/or earth and space science) to reach 18 hours
Social Science
- 3 semester hours: U.S. History
- 3 semester hours: World History
- 6 semester hours: Additional history coursework
- 6 additional semester hours from required categories above or geography, civics and government, or economics.
Clinical Experience (Pre-Professional Hours)
- Minimum of 100 hours (all pre-professional hours are embedded in the MAT coursework).
- Each course will describe the number of hours required to be completed in classrooms and the nature of the experience that a candidate must complete.