MT Program of Study
Total: 38-44 semester hours
Professional Studies — All
9 semester hours. All candidates must complete the following courses.
- Foundations of Education
- Diverse Learners and Human Growth and Development
- Classroom and Behavior Management
Professional Studies — Elementary
18 semester hours. Elementary education candidates only.
- Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Science
- Instruction and Assessment in Elementary Social Studies
- Concepts and Methods in Elementary Math
- Assessment and Differentiation in Elementary Math
- Reading Foundations
- Assessment, Intervention and Literacy Strategies
Professional Studies — Secondary & Comprehensive
18 semester hours. Secondary & comprehensive education candidates only.
- Technology-enhanced 21st Century Teaching and Learning
- Curriculum and Instruction in Secondary and Comprehensive Classrooms
- Assessment and Evaluation in Education
- Advanced Secondary and Comprehensive Methods*
- Content Area Literacy
- Assessment, Intervention, and Literacy Strategies for Adolescents
* Comprehensive foreign language candidates substitute Foreign Language Methods for .
Elective
3 semester hours from department-approved list. All candidates must take one elective graduate course, which may include initial coursework to meet add-on endorsement requirements in Gifted Education, Special Education or ESL.
Clinical Experience
8-14 semester hours
All Candidates
- Pre-Internship Workshop Series (0.25 sem. hrs.)
- Capstone Seminar (1.75 sem. hrs.)
Most Candidates: Traditional Pathway
- Teaching Internship (12 sem. hrs.)
Provisionally Licensed Teachers: Employed Teacher Pathway
- Contracted Teacher Internship (6 sem. hrs. generally completed over 2 semesters)
STEP Program Participants: STEP Residency Pathway
- Contracted Teaching Internship (6 sem. hrs. over 2 semesters)
