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Master of Arts in Teaching History (Professional Licensure)
Degree Overview
The Maters of Arts in Teaching History (Professional Licensure) provides teachers with the opportunity to pursue advanced studies in history and education. Graduates of the program are endorsed for Professional certification.
The curriculum for the MAT programs aims to:
- Promote graduate-level historical scholarship
- Support and encourage the development of a wide range of historical knowledge, including a global perspective
- Expand the scholar/teacher's skills in the complex process of teaching history
- Enable practicing teachers to expand their strategies for teaching history from a multicultural, gender-balanced perspective.
Requirements and Curriculum
Program Prerequisites
- Initial Licensure
Required Courses |
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| Content Core in History | |
| HIST 7450 Historiography (must be taken first-offered Fall only) | 3 S.H. |
| History Electives (2 courses) | 6 S.H. |
| One course in each of 3 areas: | |
| World History | 3 S.H. |
| European History | 3 S.H. |
| U.S. History | 3 S.H. |
| Subtotal | 18 S.H. |
| *Education Core for Professional Licensure: | |
| HIST 8000 Advanced Methods of Teaching at the Secondary Level | 3 S.H. |
| HIST 8250 Curriculum and Technology | 3 S.H. |
| HIST 8260 Curriculum Design and Development | 3 S.H. |
| EDUC 8300 Research in Education | 3 S.H. |
| HIST 9550 Action Research Internship | 6 S.H. |
| Subtotal | 18 S.H |
Total for Degree
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36 S.H. |
*The education core must include a research project. The proposal is developed in the Research in Education course and conducted during the Action Research Internship.
Career Opportunities
History teacher at the secondary level
HOW TO APPLY
Apply online or request a print application
WHAT NEXT?
Contact Admissions Office: (978)665-3144, admissions@fitchburgstate.edu
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