Skip to main content

Master of Arts

Master of Arts in Teaching

Take the professional experience you already have and translate it into an opportunity for career and salary advancement, or to pursue a teaching license and fill a need in North Dakota. Our direct route to teaching licensure enables you to complete the online program at your convenience while building off your current career path. Join us to change the trajectory of your future – apply today for our Master of Arts in Teaching graduate program.

Stats for success

0

regional jobs posted in the last year
19%
of jobs posted require a MAT degree

$0K/year

median regional salary for MAT degree holders

Gain Valuable Skills

This program enables current professionals to pivot their career path to teaching with a streamlined licensure process, or earn the degree for your promotion or salary goals. Benefits of this program include:

  • Learn effective teaching methods
  • Explore a career change
  • Enter a high-demand field

This degree is offered 100% online.

Academic Requirements

Our coursework is designed with flexibility in mind – complete the courses online at your own pace.

 

  • Foundations of Teaching for Learning
  • Human Development and Learning Needs
  • Reading and Multiple Literacies
  • Secondary Methods and Assessments
  • Issues in School, Community and Family
  • Supervision and Assessment of Teachers and Learners
  • Exceptionality, Diversity and Differences
  • Teaching with 21st Century Tools
  • Internship/Student Teaching
  • Integrative Capstone Project

Apply today

Advance your career on your own terms.

Join our successful, growing program to take the next step in your professional life. A MAT degree from VCSU will unlock different educational career paths, or give you the push you need to attain a high salary or promotion in your current career. Apply today to learn from faculty in our nationally-ranked education program and talk to a knowledgeable advisor to have your questions answered.

Start your application today

Meet our faculty

James Boe

James Boe, Ph.D.

Dean of Graduate Studies & Extended Learning / Professor
Department

Graduate Studies

Office Location
  • McFarland Hall 327B