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University of Wyoming

Masters of Arts for Teachers (M.A.T) in History:


**Candidates for the M.A.T.  in history must submit documentary evidence of state teaching certification with their application papers.

*Students who will receive their teaching certificate at the end of the Spring 2006 semester may apply for Fall 2006 admission!*

  1. The M.A.T. program at Wyoming has been established by the Trustees of the University in accord with the standards recommended by the National Council for the Certification of Teacher Education. The integration of Education credit hours into the program is explicitly disallowed.  Candidates for the M.A.T.  in history must submit documentary evidence of state teaching certification with their application papers.  The M.A.T. is a content based degree designed to enhance the teaching of history and related disciplines by applicants who have already completed their certification and pedagogy courses.
  2. The M.A.T. is a terminal degree. It provides content preparation for secondary and middle school teachers, and should not be regarded as pre-doctoral training.  The M.A.T. is designed to provide breadth of preparation rather than specialization. Consequently, a student will take courses in more than one academic department. There is no foreign language requirement for the M.A.T. degree.
  3. The M.A.T. degree in history requires a total of 30 semester hours of course work of which at least 15 must be in history. Of those 15 hours, at least 6 must be earned in 5000 level courses. The student must take a minimum of 9 hours of work in an additional field or fields. All courses taken which are to fulfill the 30 hour requirement must be at the 4000 level or above. No more than 6 hours may be transferred from another institution.
  4. All M.A.T. students must prepare a rigorous paper of publishable article-length quality.
  5. The student, the student’s adviser and the department chair, in cooperation with the Graduate School, will establish a committee of at least three individuals. This committee will accept or reject the student’s M.A.T. paper and will conduct the student’s final examination. At least one committee member will be a representative of the Graduate School.
  6. The final examination will involve an oral examination conducted by the committee over the student’s program of study and M.A.T. paper. The committee, by unanimous vote, may pass or fail the candidate or may direct the student to repeat the examination at a later date.

 

Revised: February 08, 2006.

Please contact the Department of History with any questions ~ We look forward to hearing from you!

307-766-5101/5102 ~ Telephone
307-766-5192 ~ Fax