Each student will complete 36 semester hours of MAT course work with a minimum grade point average of 3.0. At least 27 of these credits must be taken at Clayton State University. The curriculum will be delivered over four semesters beginning with summer I, following with fall semester and spring semester, and ending with summer II. The M.A.T. program is designed to provide courses and field experiences to support candidates’ educational foundation theory and knowledge during the first summer, and content and pedagogical knowledge, skills, and dispositions with practica and internship experiences during fall and spring semesters. The last summer session will consist of completing an action research project and finishing content courses. Faculty in the Departments of Language and Literature and Mathematics will teach content courses. All professional education courses and clinical and internship experiences will be taught and supervised by education faculty and public school mentor teachers. Content specialists in mathematics and English will teach the curriculum and methods for the respective disciplines. Our partnership school districts will serve as collaborative sites for field experiences and internships.
Summary Degree Requirements:
| Four-Semester Schedule of Coursework | |||
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SUMMER I Foundational Studies |
FALL Pedagogical & Content Studies & Practicum |
SPRING Content Studies & Clinical Experiences |
SUMMER II Content Studies and Applied Research |
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EDUC 5100 Social and Cultural Awareness in Am Ed (3 hrs) EDUC 5101 Except & Cog Dev of Learners (3 hrs) |
EDUC 5200 Curr & Inst for Teaching Sec Sch Learners (3 hrs) |
EDUC 5300 Internship Sem (1 hr) EDUC 5301 Intern- ship (4 hrs) |
EDUC 5400 Action Research Project Supervision(2 hrs) |
| Practicum I (1 hr) | Practicum II (1 hr) | ENGL 5030 Meth Teach Eng II (3 hrs) | |
| Eng Content I (3 hrs) | ENGL 5020 Meth Teach (3 hrs) | Eng Content IV (3 hrs) | |
| Eng Content II (3 hrs) | Eng Content III (3 hrs) | ||
| 10 hours | 10 hours | 11 hrs | 5 hrs |
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Total = 36 hours | ||
Candidates will take the following 18 hours of courses, practica, seminar and internship:
Candidates will take both of the following:
Candidates will choose two from the following list of Studies in American Literature and Culture courses:
Candidates will choose two from the following list of Studies in British Literature and Culture courses: