Education M.A.T. – Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education Concentration

Program Overview

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.

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 504	Field Experience in Culturally & Linguistically Diverse Education	3
ECLD 523	Academic Language/Literacy Development for Diverse Learners in School Settings	3
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 and Bilingual Learners	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