Middle Grades, MAT

Choose a specialty to customize your middle grades teaching certification.

DEGREE:

Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)

LOCATION:

Online

TIME REQUIRED:

36 Credit Hours

Course Requirements

What You'll Learn in Middle Grades MAT

A Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) qualifies you to teach grades 5-12 in public and private schools in Kentucky. You will learn in-demand skills like speaking, writing, working with others, thinking critically, and being professional.

What can you do with an MAT Degree?

Curriculum Developer
Education Consultant
Education Policy Analyst
Educational Administrator
Middle Grades Subject Area Teacher
Middle Grades Team Leader
School Counselor
Special Education Teacher (for middle grades)

Boyd County Schools
Fayette County Public Schools (KY)
Greenup County School District
Jefferson County Public Schools
Montgomery County Public Schools

Admission to the middle grades MAT program

You must be accepted for graduate study at MSU.

Apply to graduate school

In addition, you must:

A 2.75 GPA earned in an undergraduate or graduate degree or a 3.0 GPA on the last 30 hours of credit completed, including graduate and undergraduate work.
Successful completion of the Praxis Pre-Professional Skills Test or Core Academic Skills for Educators (CORE).
The Graduate Record Exam (GRE) is administered by the Education Testing Service. The minimum scores on the corresponding sections are 150 for verbal reasoning, 143 for quantitative reasoning, and 4.0 for analytical writing.

View details in the Graduate Catalog