Master of Arts in Teaching with Initial Certification in Elementary Education

This study option is designed for those who seek an initial Maryland teaching certificate at the elementary grade level (grades 1-6, middle) and a graduate degree. This program serves students who did not earn a baccalaureate degree in education and who seek to become elementary school teachers.

The program of study includes the graduate courses listed below plus undergraduate liberal arts credits as mandated by the MSDE. The director of graduate studies in education reviews each applicant’s undergraduate transcript and determines for each the number of credits required.

Required Courses*

MEDUC 501   Current Trends in Education      3 cr.

MEDUC 502   Learning Theory and Human Development        3 cr.

MEDUC 504   Technology for Learning           3 cr.

MEDUC 506   Mathematics in the Integrated Curriculum          3 cr.

MEDUC 507   Science in the Integrated Curriculum      3 cr.

MSPED 508    Students with Special Needs and Diverse Learning Styles          3 cr.

MSPED 510    Reading Assessment and Intervention    3 cr.

MEDUC 512   Instruction of Reading   3 cr.

MEDUC 513   Social Studies in the Integrated Curriculum        3 cr.

MEDUC 523   Teacher Research Seminar (to be taken concurrently with MEDUC 518)          3 cr.

MEDUC 528   Processes and Acquisition of Reading   3 cr.

MEDUC 532   Materials for Teaching Reading             3 cr.

MEDUC 518   Teacher Internship**    10 cr.

Total Credits                46 cr.

* Some of the courses require a field experience component in which students observe or teach in a classroom setting several times during the semester. Students are advised to refer to the Education Courses section of this catalog as they plan their course sequence.

** All 500-level courses can be completed in the evenings except MEDUC 518. MEDUC 518 includes student teaching obligations that can only be completed during the day. This requirement involves full-time classroom work and is completed in the latter stages of the student’s program. Teacher Internships should be completed only in a Professional Development School in Frederick County, Md. An “Application for Teacher Internship” (MEDUC 518) must be submitted to the director of teacher education no later than February 15 for the fall semester or September 15 for the spring semester.