Middle Grades Education (M.A.T.)

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The M.A.T. in Middle Grades Education is an initial certification program designed for candidates who have completed a baccalaureate degree. In addition to all the course requirements, students must pass the Teaching Field Content Exams for academic content area (GACE) prior to placement with a school system to student teach.

§ This course required for admission to Teacher Education.
* This symbol is part of the title of the course as this course is applicable to the Liberal Education curriculum as well.

All coursework MUST be completed the semester before student teaching or final internship semester.

Prerequisite/Placement Information:

EH 101 - Written Communication * For language arts concentration only.
EH 102 - Reading and Research Writing * For language arts concentration only.
MS 101 - College Algebra * For math concentration only.

Professional Development (30 hours)

ED 500 - Introduction to Teacher Education £
ED 501 - Clinical Experiences Seminar £
SE 604 - Introduction to Special Education
ED 605 - Understanding & Managing Learners £
ED 612 - Instructional Planning & Assessment
ED 614 - Content Applications §
ED 630 - Computer Literacy in Education
ED 677 - Teaching and Assessing within a Virtual Environment
ED 688 - School Law & Ethics in Education
ED 700 - Clinical Practice Seminar
ED 702 - Applied Educational Psychology
£ Required for admission to Teacher Education.

§ Contains Field Experience.

Reading and Writing (6 hours)

ED 607 - Literacy Foundations and Assessment ♦ §
ED 609 - Literacy Methods for Middle Grades Education ♦ §
♦ These hours may be applied toward the Reading or Language Arts Concentration.

§ Contains field experience.

Concentration Requirements

The major in middle grades education has two areas of content concentration with up to 16 semester hours of content from each of the two disciplines. The primary and secondary concentrations may be selected from language arts, mathematics, reading, science or social studies. Students may not choose Language Arts and Reading.

Language Arts (15 hours)

ED 609 - Literacy Methods for Middle Grades Education §
ED 631 - Childrens Literature and Language Arts §
§ Contains Field Experience.
Choose three content courses from the list below:
EH 200 - Mythology: Sacred Stories, Human Lives *
EH 201 - Western World Literature *
EH 202 - Asian and African Literature *
EH 203 - Varied Voices in American Literature *
EH 210 - British Literature before 1700 *
EH 211 - British Literature after 1700 *
EH 220 - American Literature before 1865 *
EH 221 - American Literature after 1865 *
EH 230 - World Literature before 1650 *
EH 231 - World Literature after 1650 *
EH 245 - Women’s Literary Studies *

Mathematics (15 hours)

ED 687 - Methods for Teaching Math §
Geometry Credits / Units: 3
Algebra Credits / Units: 3
Statistics Credits / Units: 3
Math Elective Credits / Units: 3
§ Contains Field Experience.

Reading (12 hours)

Science (16-19 hours)

One of the science electives must be a four semester hour lab science.

ED 686 - Methods for Teaching Science §
Earth and Space Science Credits / Units: 3-4
Physical Science Credits / Units: 3-4
Life Science Elective Credits / Units: 3-4
Science Elective Credits / Units: 3-4
§ Contains Field Experience.

Social Studies (15 hours)

ED 632 - Social Studies for Teachers §
HY 201 - History of the United States I *
Choose one economics course:
BA 200 - Survey of Economics *
BA 206 - Microeconomics
BA 207 - Macroeconomics
Choose two content electives from the list below:
ED 213 - History and Politics of Georgia
GY 201 - Introduction to Geography *
HY 202 - History of the United States II *
HY 210 - World Civilization I *
HY 211 - World Civilization II *
HYPO 380 - Area Studies
IS 101 - Current Global Issues *
PO 101 - American Government *
PO 201 - Comparative Politics

Clinical Experience (9 hours)

A total of 9 hours of clinical experience is required. Choose from student teaching or internship.

Field Experience: Will have field experience in each of the following grade levels: 4-5, 6-7 and 8 in designated courses.

Choose one of the following:
ED 698 - Student Teaching MG
ED 799 - Middle Grades Education Internship

Total

Total Graduate Semester Hours Required for Degree: 66 - 76

The difference in hours is dependent on which concentrations and clinical experience the student chooses. Undergraduate courses can be applied toward concentration (content) requirements.