Education M.A.T. — Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Emphasis
College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
The Master of Arts in Teaching - Culturally & Linguistically Diverse (MAT-CLD) Education program prepares teachers to serve the growing number of emergent bilingual learners in their classrooms. Requirements for the program include admission to the Graduate School with a teaching license or evidence of enrollment in a teacher preparation program. Documentation of second language learning experience must be submitted by the end of the program in order to obtain your degree.
See “Education M.A.T.”
Degree Requirements — 30 Credits
Required Course — 3 credit hours
| SRM 600 | Introduction to Graduate Research | 3 |
Required Major Credits — 27 credit hours
| ECLD 592 | Second Language Acquisition Theory | 3 |
| ECLD 593 | Language, School and Society | 3 |
| ECLD 594 | Foundations of Language and Linguistics for ESL/Bilingual Educators | 3 |
| ECLD 602 | Teaching Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Learners | 3 |
| ECLD 604 | Field Experience in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education | 3 |
| ECLD 605 | Seminar in Multilingual Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| ECLD 611 | CLD Methods and Assessment I | 3 |
| ECLD 612 | CLD Methods and Assessment II | 3 |
| EDRD 523 | Academic Language/Literacy Development for Diverse Learners in School Settings | 3 |