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May 17, 2025
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Fall 2025 Graduate Catalog
Spanish, MAT
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School of Professional Development
Degrees Awarded
Master of Arts in Teaching in Spanish
Bachelor of Arts in Italian with Teacher Preparation Option/ Master of Arts in Teaching in Spanish
Bachelor of Arts in Italian and Linguistics with Teacher Preparation Option/ Master of Arts in Teaching in Spanish
Director of the Foreign Language Teacher Preparation Program
Faculty Advisor for the MAT in Spanish
This program is designed as a course of study leading to New York State certification for teaching Spanish in secondary schools (grades 7-12), with an extension option for grades 5-6. This program, which is offered in collaboration with the University’s Department of Hispanic Languages & Literature, the School of Professional Development, and D-TALE, is designed for those who have little or no previous coursework in education or formal classroom teaching experience.
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Admission Requirements
Application Website - Application essay.
- A bachelor’s degree with an academic major (or a minimum of 36 credits) in the program language. Transcript must reflect a 3.0 minimum cumulative GPA as well as a 3.0 minimum GPA in language studies.
- Three letters of recommendation. Two of the three recommendations must be from faculty with whom you have completed a course of study at the college level. It would be preferable that these faculty be in the area of your major.
- In those cases where the departmental admissions committee deems it desirable, personal interviews with departmental representatives may be necessary.
MAT Program Requirements
The degree program consists of 47 credits, distributed among the areas listed below. Unless otherwise noted, each course is three credits. All degree requirements must be completed within five (5) years from the semester date of admission as a matriculated student. Language, Literature and Culture - 15 credits
Students choose from the courses listed below; those not listed are selected with the approval of a departmental advisor. Courses not listed are selected with the approval of a departmental advisor Professional Studies in Education - 26 credits
Note
At the program director’s discretion, an undergraduate course from a registered and approved program may be approved as a substitution for any of the courses listed below. In all cases the undergraduate course must have been completed with a B or higher and the student must then take a different graduate pedagogy course to fulfill the graduate credits required for the graduate degree. - CEE 505: Education: Theory and Practice
- CEF 547: Principles and Practices of Special Education
- CEE 594 OR LIN 544: Language Acquisition and Literacy Development
- CEE 565 OR PSY 595: Human Development
Speak to your graduate program director for more information and approval. Supervised Student Teaching - 6 credits
Prior to student teaching, students must participate in an official ACTFL OPI (Oral Proficiency Interview) and receive a minimum spoken proficiency rating of Advanced-Low as defined in the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines-Speaking (1999). Students must contact Language Testing International (LTI) and arrange for either a face-to-face OPI or a phone interview. Student Teaching Courses:
Field Experience and Clinical Practice
Students will be required to complete 100 clock hours of field experience related to coursework prior to student teaching or practica. These experiences include practicing skills for interacting with parents, experiences in high-need schools, and experiences with each of the following student populations: socio-economically disadvantaged students, students who are English Language Learners, and students with disabilities. Written Project
Students in all degree programs will be required to complete a four-week foreign language teaching module specifically designed for the Supervised Student Teaching project. |
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