Northern Arizona University

Program Information

Degree Offered

M.A.T. Spanish

Format: Campus

Program Description:

The MAT in Spanish is designed to prepare you to apply the most current methods, strategies, and technologies for teaching Spanish in a classroom environment that fosters cultural diversity. Interested applicants would be the following: * Current Spanish teachers at the secondary level. * Students whose major is Spanish (or a related field). * Current and future community college faculty and adjuncts. * Students planning to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish or an Ed. D. degree. The study of foreign-language pedagogy has become an important discipline in the past twenty years, with various organizations --e.g., the American Council on the Teaching of Foreign Languages , the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese -- supporting research on effective foreign-language teaching. We aim to provide Spanish teachers and future scholars with a learning context in which they can become masters of this growing source of knowledge directly related to classroom practices. The MAT in Spanish: Spanish Education program provides you with a pathway for earning a masters in teaching Spanish with post-degree certification. Interested applicants would be the following: * Students whose major is Spanish or Spanish education (or a related field), whether they have graduated or not. * Current and future community college faculty and adjuncts. * Students planning to earn a Ph.D. in Spanish or an Ed. D. degree. This Master of Arts in Teaching Spanish: Spanish Education sub plan provides students with a pathway for secondary education certification in Arizona while allowing them to improve their linguistic and analytic abilities in Spanish at the graduate level. This program allows students to use graduate-level, teacher-education courses form the College of Education to comprise a third of the total required credit hours for the program. In doing so, the candidate will -- in approximately three years (which would include summer

Accreditation:

Accredited by the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools (NCA).

# of Credits Required:

36

International Student Requirements:

TOEFL of 80 (on the Internet-based test, 213 (on the computer-based test) or 550 (on the paper-based test) IELTS score of 7.0

Tuition & Financial Aid

Tuition In-State Full Time:

7398 USD

Tuition Out of State Full Time:

18172 USD

Financial Aid Offered: Yes

Classification: Doctoral/Research Universities - Intensive

Institution Sector: Public

Locale: Small City

Size & Settings: 20,000 and above