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Dec 04, 2024
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2021-2022 Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]
Secondary Education, MAT
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Program Description
The online Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree is 30 credit hour degree designed for undergraduate degree-seeking students focusing on emphasis areas such as English/Language Arts, Social Studies, Mathematics, Modern Languages, and Science, or mid-career professionals who are seeking to change fields who are not currently certified to teach. By allowing acceleration through the program with the goal of placement and retention after completion, the MAT helps address the ongoing teacher shortfall in the state of South Carolina. Most importantly, it places well prepared candidates in the classroom in a timely manner.
The Master of Arts in Teaching in Secondary Education promotes the entrance of content-ready individuals into the South Carolina classroom and provides a rigorous and accelerated route to meet the requirements for teacher certification. The MAT program is a technologically rich program in which students master the fundamentals of teaching and become skilled at motivating and helping students learn. The program addresses content directly related to the secondary classroom, educational foundations, and specific teaching methods that reflect current research in the field. The program also provides the courses required for initial certification to teach grades 9-12 in South Carolina.
Summary of Degree Requirements
The Master of Arts in Teaching in Secondary Education requires completion of 30 credit hours of coursework.
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