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28 School of Education Required Courses: Summer I 6 cr. EDUC 501/Exploring Teaching and EPSY 524/Adolescent Development and Education or EPSY 513/Psychology of Learning Fall I 12 cr. SCED 694/Internship I RDLG 579/Content Area Literacy SCED 510/Curriculum of the Secondary School SCED 590/ Methods in the Content Area (English, Social Studies) Spring I 12 cr. EDUC 614/Creating and Sustaining Classroom Communities SCED 695/Internship II SCED 667/Issues in Secondary Education Summer II 6 cr. EDUC 513/Collaboration, Consultation, and Partnerships EDUC 615/Capstone Experience: The Teaching Professional EDUC 700/Comprehensive Examination EDFN 520/Social Problems and Education or EDFN 521/Cultural Foundations of Education STEM Education Specialization (SECE_MAT03- Mathematics, SECE_MAT04—Science: Biology, Chem- istry or Physics, EDTE_MAT01-Technology Education) Dr. James Beyers, Co-Coordinator, Graduate Program in Secondary Education, STEM Education Specialization (MAT) Dr. Cathy Liebars, Co-Coordinator, Graduate Program in Secondary Education, STEM Education Specialization (MAT) The Master of Arts in Teaching Secondary Education in Science, Technology, Engineering or Mathematics (STEM) is an intensive grad- uate program leading to teacher certification in one of the STEM content areas. Full-time students enter as a cohort in the first summer semester. The 33-credit hour program consists of a core of common courses taken by students in all licensure areas and a set of specialized courses orga- nized by content area. Core courses provide the skills and aptitudes required by all teachers in all STEM areas and lay the foundation for a professional career in teaching.* *For New Jersey certification, candidates must meet the state health/physiology requirement. Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree from an accredited or approved institution Present an undergraduate major or 30 semester-hour credits in a coherent sequence of courses in the subject teaching field Graduate Record Exam (GRE)—For test waiver information, please visit http://graduate.tcnj.edu/apply/. Passing score on a State approved test of basic skills (e.g.) GRE or Praxis Core—not the same as the Praxis exam for certification). For more information visit the certification website here: http://education.tcnj.edu/offices-partnerships/certification/. (Also see page Graduate Opportunities section of Bulletin) Graduation Requirements: Cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in the MAT program Completion of all departmental requirements/prerequisites Required Courses: Summer I 9 cr. TCED 560/Integrative-STEM-I EPSY 524/Adolescent Development and Learning SCED 590/Content Area Methods [TCED 592 for Technology Education] Fall I 9 cr. SCED 694/Pedagogy and Practice I SCED 578/Equity and Diversity in Public Education TCED 591/MATH 590/PHYS 570/BIOL 570/CHEM 570, Curr. Content course Spring I 12 cr. SCED 695/Pedagogy and Practice II SPED 523/Content Literacy and Inclusion of Pupils with Disabilities at the Secondary Level SCED 667/Classroom Inquiry Summer II 3 cr. SCED 667/Classroom Inquiry-Continued TCED 660/Integrative-STEM-II Health and Physical Education Specialization (HPEM_MAT01) Anne Farrell, Coordinator, Graduate Program in Health and Physical Education, MAT The Master of Art in Teaching Health and Physical Education prepares students to become certified teachers in health/physical education in K–12 programs. The program requires all degree candidates to have completed 45 hours of undergraduate content specific course work. Within these 45 credits, 30 (minimum) must be specific to one of two specified content areas (physical education or health) and 15 credits (minimum) must be specific to the other content. Within the 45 credits, 12 credits (minimum) must be composed of upper level courses (300/400 level). The program is designed to allow a cohort of full-time students to complete the MAT in one calendar year beginning and ending with a summer session. Students who are employed full time may also elect to complete the program on a part-time basis. In order to become certified, students successfully completing the Master of Arts in Teaching program must take and pass the PRAXIS Examination in their area of specialization (Health and Physical Education) and must complete the state of New Jersey hygiene-physiological requirement. Admission Requirements: Bachelor's degree from an accredited or approved institution with a grade point average of at least 3.0 (on a 4.0 scale) Graduate Record Exam (GRE)—For test waiver information, please visit http://graduate.tcnj.edu/apply/. Passing score on a State approved test of basic skills (e.g.) GRE or Praxis Core—not the same as the Praxis exam for certification). For more information visit the certification website here: http://education.tcnj.edu/offices-partnerships/certification/. Present an undergraduate major (or 30 semester hours) in a liberal arts and science major or 60 semester-hour credits in liberal arts/ sciences course work Undergraduate program must include: English—two college-level courses minimum Mathematics—two college-level courses minimum Science—two college-level courses minimum Social Studies—two college-level courses minimum (one of the courses must be U.S. history) Graduation Requirements: Must meet undergraduate content area knowledge requirement of 30 credits A cumulative grade point average of 3.0 in the MAT program Completion of all departmental requirements/prerequisites Required content areas of study are: For primary content, five out of the following six areas must be studied and for secondary content, three out of the following six areas must be studied. 218503_001-086_r5ri.indd 28 9/14/15 10:17 AM

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