Application and admission to the Secondary/Multi-age MAT program involves two complementary but distinct phases.
The first phase involves admission as a post-undergraduate non-degree student. A content evaluation (transcript review) completed by the Graduate Academic Advisor in EHHS (unless noted) determines what prior coursework, if any, can be applied to the intended content area/licensure. The remaining undergraduate content area coursework required for licensure is taken prior to beginning the coursework in the MAT program at your own pace. Almost all potential MAT candidates can expect that they will need additional prerequisite undergraduate courses prior to the MAT. It is a matter of how many hours are required, and this is dependent upon coursework taken in your prior degree program and how closely these courses align with the content courses required in your intended content area/licensure concentration. Most candidates can expect 2-4 semesters of content coursework prior to admission to the 11-month MAT program. In part, this is because the licensure requirements for most degrees prepare educators to teach more than one subject in a discipline - for example, integrated social studies teachers are licensed to teach geography, economics, government, psychology, political science, sociology and history. There is coursework related to each of these disciplines to fulfill the licensure requirements. This is true in the other integrated and multiage licenses, as well.
The second phase of admission is the formal application to the master鈥檚 degree program. A detailed description of the steps needed for completion of the application can be found on the page MAT Program: Application Process and Admission Requirements.