Program: Secondary Education MAT - Andrews University

Mar 30, 2025

2024-2025 Academic Bulletin

This flexible, professional degree program is designed to meet the needs of a wide range of individuals.

Typical MAT students who have earned a bachelor’s degree and are now seeking teacher certification at the secondary level belong to one of the following categories:

Persons who hold teacher certification at the elementary level and seek certification at the secondary level.
Persons who hold a teaching certificate and want to strengthen or add a specific subject area endorsement.

Candidates for the MAT degree must hold or qualify for a Seventh-day Adventist or State of Michigan teaching certificate or its equivalent before the degree can be granted. The 32 credits listed for the completion of this degree represent the minimum number of hours required for the MAT. Persons who enter the MAT program without a teaching certificate should expect to complete more than 32 credits. The Certification Registrar evaluates transcripts and identifies specific certification requirements for each student needing certification.

Students who enter the MAT program without teacher certification must qualify for a teaching certificate to complete the degree.

Program Delivery: This program is offered on campus and as a synchronous, interactive online program. Most courses are offered in the synchronous dual format (see Global Campus definitions). Online students are encouraged to come to campus for graduation.

Total Credits - 32

NOTE: A minimum of 12 credits must be 500-level or higher. Students who enter the MAT program without a teaching certificate typically must complete more than 32 credits to qualify for a teaching certificate. Course requirements for persons seeking their first teaching certificate vary slightly from those who already have a teaching certificate.

EDCI 696 - Project Implementation Credits: 1-3
EDFN 500 - Philosophical Foundations for Professionals Credits: 2,3
EDTE 576 - Methods for Integrating Instructional Technology Credits: 2,3
SPED 525 - Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children Credits: 3
3 credits of instructional methods (EDCI or EDTE) by advisement

Secondary Certification Requirements

Students must take sufficient course work in three areas to be eligible for Michigan secondary certification:

Professional education courses
A content major
A minor in a qualifying area of instruction

Seventh-day Adventist and State of Michigan secondary certification require a major and minor teaching area. Seventh-day Adventist certification also recognizes additional majors and minors. See the list of approved majors and minors for secondary certification .

Professional Education Courses

Listed below are the required graduate professional education courses for Michigan secondary-teaching credentials. If students have taken the undergraduate course, they do not need to repeat the graduate-level course. Graduate students who are qualifying for certification and wish to apply credit to a graduate degree must select courses at the graduate level.

EDTE 508 - Principles of Teaching and Learning Credits: 3
EDTE 517 - Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Areas Credits: 3
EDTE 524 - Classroom Testing and Evaluation Credits: 2
EDTE 559 - Methods for Teaching Secondary School: (Area) Credits: 3
EDTE 576 - Methods for Integrating Instructional Technology Credits: 2,3
EDTE 580 - First Days of School Experience Credits: 0
EDTE 587 - Student Teaching Seminar Credits: 3
EDTE 588 - Graduate Student Teaching: (Level) Credits: 1-10 *
GDPC 514 - Psychology of Learning Credits: 3
SPED 525 - Psychology and Education of Exceptional Children Credits: 3
*For students with appropriate and verified teaching experience, some student-teaching credit by examination for student-teaching may be granted. Requests for such credit should be made after consultation with the Department of Teaching, Learning & Curriculum on forms available at that office. This should be done before applying for student teaching. All candidates qualifying for Adventist certification must have had significant structured experience in a multigrade Adventist school.

Admission Requirements

Prerequisites

An undergraduate degree with a major and/or a minor(s) in teaching area(s).
MAT students are required to meet the same requirements for a content major/minor as undergraduate students. If these requirements have not been met, they will need to be completed as soon as possible. Graduate level education courses may be taken concurrently; however any undergraduate requirements will need to be met before student teaching can be done.

Program Procedures

Graduate Record Examination (GRE) exam optional.
Apply for admission to the Andrews University College of Education & International Services.
Request evaluation of transcripts by the Certification Registrar.
Develop a course plan in collaboration with advisor.
Take initial classes during the first semester.
Maintain a 3.0 GPA.
Students transferring in a major and/or minor must pass the relevant MTTC Subject Exams during their first semester of enrollment.
Apply for admission to the teacher preparation program and student teaching candidacy during EDTE 508 (see here).
Continue course work.
Take the Subject Area section(s) of the MTTC.
Complete course work, including EDTE 588 & EDCI 696 .
Apply for teaching certificate.
Students should apply for Advancement to Candidacy at the time they begin First Days of School Experience or the summer prior to Student Teaching.

Field Work and Comprehensive Examinations. Field work and comprehensive examinations may be required at the discretion of the subject specialization advisor and/or the professional education advisor.

Student Learning Outcomes

Graduates of this program will:

Explain worldviews and trace their historical development.
Critique worldviews from a Christian perspective.
Integrate principles of a Christian worldview into their chosen fields of study.
Describe human development.
Apply current theories of learning.
Facilitate change in groups and organizations.
Relate effectively with various cultural, racial and special interest groups.
Identify political and legal issues.
Manage human, financial and material resources.
Demonstrate servant leadership.
Communicate effectively in written, verbal, and non-verbal forms.
Use electronic tools effectively for professional communication, teaching and research.
Read and evaluate research.
Conduct research.
Report research findings.
Demonstrate continuing professional development.
Demonstrate ethical behavior in all professional activities.
Demonstrate balanced physical, mental, spiritual and social development.