Master of Arts in teaching with Initial Certification in Secondary Education (Grades 7-12)

This study option is designed for those who hold a bachelor’s degree and are seeking an initial Maryland teaching certificate at the secondary level and a graduate degree.

The content areas include business education, English, French, Latin, mathematics, social studies and Spanish.

Certification requirements include the following professional sequence of classes:
(Additional credits in the student’s certificate “content” area may be required to meet state of Maryland requirements. These credits are determined in consultation with the director of graduate studies.)

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 505   Management of the Curriculum  3 cr.

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

MEDUC 514   Secondary Educational Assessment and Measurement* 3 cr.

MEDUC 536   Content Area Pedagogy*          3 cr.

MEDUC 523   Teacher Research Seminar (to be taken concurrently with MEDUC 521)** 3 cr.

MEDUC 526   Reading in the Secondary Content Areas I*      3 cr.

MEDUC 527   Reading in the Secondary Content Areas II       3 cr.

MEDUC 521   Teacher Internship**    10 cr.

Total number of credits in the professional course sequence:      40 cr.

* Internship I consists of MEDUC 514, 536 and 526. Two full days are required for field placements. These courses should be taken concurrently in the spring prior to Internship II.

**Internship II consists of MEDUC 521 and MEDUC 523.

Teacher Internships should be completed in a Professional Development School in Frederick County, Md., during normal public school hours. An “Application for Teacher Internship” (MEDUC 521) must be submitted to the secondary education coordinator by October 30 of the semester prior to registering for Internship I.

Please see Field Experiences for more details.