Graduate Degrees & Certificates
Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.)
The master’s program in mathematics education is a 33 credit hour cohort program, carefully designed to provide professional growth for middle and secondary school mathematics teachers by scaffolding and intertwining theory and practice in mathematics education across four academic-year semesters and two summer sessions. The cohort begins in the spring semester (January of each academic year) and concludes formal course work in the summer session, three semesters later. For example, a program beginning in January 2009 would conclude formal classroom sessions in Summer 2010. During the fourth semester, Fall 2010 in this example, students will complete an original research project and write a final report with the timeline for completion determined by their work and their advisors' approval.
It will be exceptionally difficult to be involved in anything other than this program during the summer session. Students enrolled in this program should plan to spend the entire day on campus.
The master’s in mathematics education contains significant graduate level mathematics courses in the plan of study. Applicants are expected to have the prerequisites for these courses as part of their undergraduate curriculum. If an applicant does not have the prerequisite mathematics courses, s/he may be asked to complete the necessary work prior to admission to the program. Applicants with no abstract algebra or real analysis coursework at the MA 453 or MA 441 level in the undergraduate curriculum will need to complete one of these courses with an appropriate grade prior to admission to the program. Examples of these courses (MA 453, MA 441) may be found in the IPFW Undergraduate Bulletin.
Additionally, applicants must hold a 5-year proficient practitioner’s license beyond the 2-year initial practitioner’s license. Please include a copy (not the original) of the license with your application packet.
The plan of study is as follows:
| Course | Credits | |
Spring 2009 (first semester) |
6 |
|
MA 575—Graph Theory |
3 |
|
MA 598—Topics in Mathematics: Education |
3 |
|
Summer 2009 (first summer) |
9 |
|
EDUA M550—Practicum Junior High/Middle School |
3 |
9 weeks |
EDUC H538—Critical Thinking and Education |
3 |
9 weeks |
MA 556—Introduction to the Theory of Numbers |
3 |
Summer Session II |
| Fall 2009 (second semester) | 6 |
|
| STAT 516—Basic Probability and Applications | 3 | |
| EDUC P503—Introduction to Research | 3 | |
| Spring 2010 (third semester) | 6 | |
| EDUC N517/518—Advanced Study in the Teaching of Middle School/Secondary Mathematics | 3 | |
| MA 560—Fundamental Concepts of Geometry | 3 | |
| Summer 2010 (second summer) | 6 | |
| EDUC S590—Research in Secondary Education | 3 | 9 weeks |
| Implementation of research question | ||
| MA 580—History of Mathematics | 3 | Summer Session II |
Fall 2010 (last semester) |
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| Students conduct and write a final report of an original research project. | ||
| Total Credits | 33 |
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