Students interested in music education are strongly encouraged to apply for the Master of Arts in Teaching degree at Morgan State. This will allow students to obtain teaching certification to teach in the public schools. Students can apply during their Junior year and take graduate level courses simultaneously with their last year of undergraduate studies. If students stay on track, they will be able to complete both the undergraduate Bachelor of Arts in Music degree and the Master of Arts in Teaching degree in five years.

Admission to Program
Students seeking admission to the Master of Arts in Teaching degree program must meet the admissions criteria of the School of Graduate Studies. In order to be eligible for admission to the MAT program, students must have earned a bachelor's degree in an academic discipline of the Liberal Arts listed as the following: Art, Biology, Chemistry, Physics, English, Foreign Language, History, Mathematics, Music. Other admission criteria include:

Graduation from an accredited institution with a liberal arts degree.
An over-all GPA of 3.0 in an undergraduate academic discipline.
Three letters of recommendation.
A personal interview.
A Miller Analogies Test score.

Program of Study
The MAT Program requires the completion of 43 graduate credits, including a full semester of supervised teaching to qualify for the degree. The program of study consists of the following course requirements:

EDUC-500 Introduction to Teaching (3 Credits)
EDUC.501 Cognitive Basic for Instruction (3 Credits)
SPED-582 The Exceptional Child (3 Credits)
EDSR.504 Introduction to Educational Research (3 Credits)
EDUC.515 Effective Utilization of Computers (3 Credits)
EDSR-517 Action Research in the Classroom (3 Credits)
REED-518 Teaching Reading in Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC.519 Socio-Cultural Context of Schooling (3 Credits)
Elective (3 Credits)

Electives
EDUC-523 Methods of Teaching/Content Areas (3 Credits)
EDUC-524 Student Teaching (Internship) (12 Credits)
EDUC.525 Pro-Seminar (1 Credit)

Total Credits: 43

Please see this Link with detailed information about the MAT program, including links to start the application process.