2022-2023 Graduate Academic Catalog 
    
    Dec 11, 2024  
2022-2023 Graduate Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Master of Arts in Teaching, M.A.T.


Secondary Content Areas (9-12): English, French, Spanish, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, Social Studies (33 credits)


Admission Criteria

Furman’s MAT program seeks candidates who have above-average academic records, strong content knowledge and skills, and dispositions/attitudes/behaviors that will facilitate successful entry into the classroom.

Admission requirements include:

  • a bachelor’s degree in the content area with minimum 2.75 GPA (3.0 preferred) from Furman or another accredited college or university;
  • Praxis II or State Board of Education approved content exam passing score;
  • writing sample (ex. 200-300 words on why I’d like to become a teacher);
  • transcript evaluation to assess content preparation (for those applicants only who do not hold a Furman degree in order to insure a minimum of 30 credits in the content area);
  • recommendations, including a formal dispositions evaluation;
  • background check;
  • interview;
  • and, a 10-minute demonstration lesson.

These requirements are more comprehensive than those of other Furman graduate programs and of many other SC institutions of higher education who offer MAT programs.

Requirements