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If you are a current high school teacher, or are aspiring to become one, the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.) Mathematics may be a good choice for you. The M.A.T. is a flexible program and offers a combination of Mathematics and Education courses. Graduates interested in post-secondary teaching options will be qualified to teach full- or part-time in community colleges and in four-year colleges and universities and to teach dual-credit courses in high schools.
Depending on your interest and preparation, we offer two tracks through the program.
If you have a Bachelor’s degree in Mathematics, and would like to earn a teaching license, Track 1 of our M.A.T. offers a combination of 18 credit hours of Mathematics, followed by a year-long, intense teacher preparation program. This part of the program coincides with the Transition to Teaching program (Elementary or Secondary) at IU East. The first part of the program (18 credits in Mathematics) may be completed online, but the Transition to Teaching program must be completed on-site. This part of the program includes intensive internships.
If you already have a teaching license, you may use the M.A.T. for the purpose of professional development. This track consists of an 18 credit hour core in Mathematics, and 18 credit hours of electives, at least half of which should be in Mathematics. The other half may be in Education.
This program is part of the School of Natural Science & Mathematics.
The curriculum for the program consists of a common core (18 credit hours of graduate course work in Mathematics). These courses must come from five areas in mathematics:
It should be noted that MATH-M 215 (Calculus I), MATH-M 216 (Calculus II), MATH-M 311 (Calculus III), MATH-M 393 (Bridge to Abstract Mathematics), MATH-M 303 (Linear Algebra), MATH-M 403 (Modern Algebra), and MATH-M 413 (Intro to Real Analysis) are prerequisites for most of these classes. Unless the student has taken MATH-M 393 recently or is familiar with standard proof techniques, he or she will be required to take this class prior to enrolling in any of the graduate-level classes. Some of the mathematics courses are also offered in an online format, which would be open to students of the proposed program.
Students who do not have a current teaching license are required to participate in the existing Transition to Teaching program of the Indiana University East School of Education. This program meets as a year-long cohort program, beginning in May of each year and includes an internship during Fall and Spring semesters at secondary schools. This program is separately accredited and is included here only for information purposes.
Students who already have a teaching license may choose the remaining courses in consultation with the Director of Graduate Programs in Mathematics. All elective courses must be at the graduate level, and students are expected to complete at least 50% of the available elective hours in Mathematics, and the remaining courses in Education.
Students will take a capstone seminar MATH-T 590 (Seminar for Mathematics Teachers) in their last year of the program. As part of the seminar, students will describe how they implemented a curricular change as a result of their coursework in mathematics and education.
The application for this program must be submitted by April 1st for summer, August 1st for fall, and January 1st for spring.
The MAT in Mathematics has two tracks with slightly different objectives and admissions requirements:
This track leads to Licensure as a Teacher in Mathematics. Applicant should have a baccalaureate degree in mathematics or a closely related field. Previous coursework should include, at the minimum, the Calculus sequence and Linear Algebra. The M.A.T. is a 36 hour graduate degree. The core consists of 18 credit hours of Mathematics at the graduate level. An additional 18 credit hours in teacher preparation are completed through the Transition to Teaching Program in the School of Education. Students may complete the mathematics core in one or two years, with a majority of the courses being available online. The cohort for the Transition to Teaching Program begins every summer in May. It is an intensive program, and includes a student teaching internship and field placements. During this time, you must be present on campus, and/or in the classroom of your cooperating teacher. Please review the admissions requirements for Track 1 below.
Requirements:
Visit the Graduate How to Apply page for information on how to submit your required documents.
Track two is graduate study for current in-service teachers. This program requires that the educator already hold a valid teaching license. This program consists of a core of 18 credit hours of Mathematics at the graduate level, and 18 additional graduate-level credit hours of electives, which may be in Education or in Math. Most courses in this program are available online.
Requirements:
Visit the Graduate How to Apply page for information on how to submit your required documents.
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