Students enrolled in the Master of Arts in Teaching program complete 33 units of credential coursework and 12 units of advanced coursework. For the advanced courses, students may choose from a menu of options depending on their professional interests and career goals.
Option 1 Teaching and Learning
Emphasizes current issues in education and skills for action research
Culminates in a project or paper focused on improving instructional and leadership abilities
Option 2 Educational Technology
Emphasizes teaching, pedagogy, theory, tools, resources, and applications used in traditional and flipped instruction classrooms
Culminates in a project structured to help teachers implement technology in meaningful ways
Option 3 Teacher Leadership
Emphasizes teaching, coaching, and collaboration with colleagues to implement research supported practices that enhance student success
Culminates in a faculty panel review of the student’s ePortfolio compiled throughout the course sequence
Option 4 Special Education
Emphasizes working with learners with mild to moderate special education needs and the structures utilized to support them
Culminates in a faculty panel review of the student’s ePortfolio compiled throughout the course sequence
Option 5 Child Development
Emphasizes understanding the physical, intellectual, social, and emotional development of children
Culminates with a capstone research project
Option 6 Teaching and Learning: Bilingual Emphasis
Emphasizes current issues and methodologies in bilingual/multilingual education.
Culminates in a project or paper structured to help teachers improve their instructional and leadership abilities.