BA & MA/T Dual Degree

If you know you want to make a difference in the lives of students and want to get a jumpstart on becoming a teacher, the Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching dual degree program may be just what you're looking for. Today's schools are hungry for highly qualified teachers and in many cases expect teaching candidates to have a Master's degree.

With the MA/T dual degree students can cut their time in school by up to one year and even start working full time after earning their Bachelor's. The program currently offers secondary education options in: Biology, History, Mathematics and English.

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Earn your Bachelor of Arts and Master of Arts in Teaching at the same time
Designed to save you time and money
Study what you're interested in with more room for electives during undergrad

This is an exciting, accelerated dual degree program. Check out this sample semester schedule:

SAMPLE: English/MA/T Path (for illustrative purposes only)

Freshman Fall	Freshman Spring	Sophomore Fall	Sophomore Spring
ENG 111 – Crit. Thinking Writing ED 100 – Intro Teaching ID 1XX - Foundations . . . PH 180 – Philosophy HPW 180 – Intro Health, Well 15 credits	ENG 220 – Studies in Poetry ENG 222 – Studies in Fiction ENG 230 - Survey of Contemp. Critical Theory BIO 103 (4 cr.) BIO 101 or 111 – Old or New Test. 16 credits	ENG 224 – Studies in Drama ENG 210x, 240x, or 336 – Skill course CH 101 – Chemistry (4 cr.) POL 250 – Am. Govt. COM 112 - Speech 16 credits	ENG 306 – Ren. Lit. ENG 318 or 320 – American Lit HI 201 or 202 – World Civ. MA 118 – Finite Math (4 cr.) Fine Arts Elective 16 credits
Junior Fall	Junior Spring	Senior Fall	Senior Spring
ENG 310 – Romantic Lit. ENG XXX – period course BI 101, 111 or 210 HI 121 or 122 – US Hist Elective (6) 18 credit	ID 5001 – Found Integ Thought ID 5002 – Found Cult Engage ED 375 – Topics in Education ENG XXX – period course ENG 414 – History & Structure of Engl. Lang. Elective 18 credits	ED 5200: Foundations Ed. ENG XXX – period course ENG XXX – period course Elective (9) 18 credits	ED 6911 - Rsrch Meth. 1 (1 cr.) ED 5210 – Ed. Tech (2 cr.) ED 5551 – Teaching Culturally Diverse Settings I (1 cr.) ENG 420 – Capstone Seminar in British Novel Electives (6) 15 credits
MA/T Summer	MA/T Fall	MA/T Spring	MA/T Summer/Fall
ED 5350: Adv. Ed. Psy. ED 5400: Found. Spec. Ed. ED 6912: Resrch Meth II (1 cr.) ED 6260: Read/Write Across Curr.	ED 6800: Integrated Methods ED 6810/20/30/40: Subj-Specific Methods (2 cr.) ED 5522: Teaching Culturally Diverse Settings II (1 cr.)	Clinical Practice (student teaching)	Assuming successful completion of clinical practice & certification requirements, could begin teaching. Complete capstone project. Could theoretically be completed in prior semesters but most candidates complete it following student teaching

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BA & MA/T Dual Degree

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