MAT: Primary Education — PreK-5
Earn your initial license and Master's Degree concurrently.
Primary Education — PreK-5 (53 credit hours)
Professional Education Courses (30 credit hours)
EDUC 500* Social Foundations of Education (3)
EDUC 528* Learning Differences and Exceptionalities (3)
EDUC 550 Educational Psychology (3)
EDUC 555 Proactive Approaches to Classroom Management (3)
EDUC 568 Assessment in Education (3)
EDUC 586* Social Studies Methods for Primary (Grades Pre-K-5) (3)
EDUC 588* Science Methods for Primary (Grades PreK-5) (3)
EDUC 593* Early Childhood Education (3)
EDUC 594* Creative Classroom: Arts in Primary Education (3)
EDUC 599* Math Methods for Primary (Grades PreK-5)
Reading Courses (12 credit hours)
previous reading coursework may satisfy reading course requirements
EDUC 520* Language, Literacy and Communication (3)
EDUC 521 Phonics and the Reading Process (3)
EDUC 523* Content Area Literacy (3)
EDUC 524* Literacy Assessment and Intervention (3)
Clinical Practice Courses (11 Credit Hours)
EDUC 623 Early Childhood Clinical Practice (8)
EDUC 627 Early Childhood Advanced Methods and Seminar (3)
*Additional field hours are required
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For a complete listing of MAT requirements, policies and procedures please refer to the Graduate Catalog (pdf).