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Preparing English Teachers (Current)

PROGRAM (PE2):(NYS program code: 25033B; HEGIS #: 0829.00; ISIS code: PE2)  
M.A.T. in Professional Study in Adolescence Education (English)
(for teachers with initial certification in that area(s))

Leads to the following NYS certification(s):

  • Adolescence Education (Grades 7-12) as specialist in English (Professional) AND/OR:
  • Middle Childhood Education (Grades 5-9) as specialist in English (Professional)

(30 credits of coursework)

Program of study
View Sample Programs
(paths to degree depending on start date and full-time or part-time status)
Sample A -- full-time student (begin Summer)
Sample B -- part-time student (begin Summer, taking 2 courses per semester)
Sample C -- part-time student (begin Summer, taking 1 course per semester)

Course # Course Title
Credits
Semester(s) Offered To be taken in (fill in)
    Masters' Core:
   
       
ED 406 Masters' Research Methods
3
Su, F, Sp  
ED 404 OR: EDU 442 Teaching, Curriculum and Change OR: Race, Class, Gender & Disability in American Education
3
Su, F, Sp
Su, Sp
 
    Courses Linking Content & Pedagogy:
   
       
EDU 431 Theory & Practice in Teaching & Learning English
3
F  
EDU 443 Implementing Innovation in English Education
3
Sp  
2 other electives among approved courses linking content and pedagogy in English, which include:
6
         
 
  • EDU481 -- Integrating English and Technology (Su/odd)
  • ED 409 - Language and Literacy in Education (F)
  • EDU440 - Children's Literature & Learning Literacy (Su)
  • ENG 245 - Hypertext Writing/Theory (Sp)
  • ENG xxx - Approaches to Teaching African-American Literature (still to be approved by CAS) (F)
     
     English Courses:
         
  LIST the English courses you will be taking:
12 total
   
         
         
         
         
    Master's Essay
0
       

Some recommended English courses (list NOT comprehensive):

ENG 426 - African American Writers (Fall)
ENG 457 - Media Studies (Fall)
ENG 424 - American Contemporaries (Spring)
ENG 427 - Native American Literature (Spring)
ENG 445 - Literary Criticism (Spring)
ENG 428 - Rise of the Woman Writer

NOTE: Graduate students taking 200-level courses receive 3 graduate credits (instead of 4 undergraduate credits). Most English courses are offered during the school day during the Fall and Spring semesters; students should consider their availability during the day before committing to this program on a part-time basis.        


Sample program A -- full-time student starting in Fall

Fall 1:

  • Masters' Research Method (3 credits)
  • Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning English (3 credits)
  • English course 1 (3 credits)
  • English course 2 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in English Education (3 credits)
  • Content-pedagogy course from English Department (3 credits)
  • English course 3 (3 credits)
  • English course 4 (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum & Change (3 credits)
  • Integrating English and Technology (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Sample program B -- part-time student starting in Summer and taking 2 courses per semester

Summer 1:

  • Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education OR: Teaching, Curriculum & Change (3 credits)
  • Masters' Research Methods OR: Integrating English and Technology (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning English (3 credits)
  • English course 1 (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in English Education (3 credits)
  • English course 2 (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Integrating English and Technology (Summer/odd) OR: Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • Language & Literacy in Education (3 credits)
  • English course 3 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • English course 4 (3 credits)

Sample program C -- part-time student starting in Summer and taking 1 course per semester

Summer 1:

  • Teaching, Curriculum and Change OR: Race, Class, Gender and Disability in American Education (3 credits)

Fall 1:

  • Theory & Practice in Teaching and Learning English (3 credits)

Spring 1:

  • Implementing Innovation in English Education (3 credits)

Summer 2:

  • Integrating English and Technology (Summer/odd) OR: Masters' Research Methods (3 credits)

Fall 2:

  • English course 1 (3 credits)

Spring 2:

  • English course 2 (3 credits)

Summer 3:

  • Masters' Research Methods OR: Integrating English and Technology (Summer/odd) (3 credits)

Fall 3:

  • English course 3 (3 credits)

Spring 3:

  • English course 4 (3 credits)

Summer 4:

  • Children's Literature & Literacy Learning (3 credits)