In addition to fulfilling requirements for admission common to all degree programs, an applicant to the M.A.T. program must have at least 18 semester hours of the following upper-level literature courses or their equivalent: Black literature (ENGL 428A, ENGL 428B, ENGL 430, ENGL 438D, ENGL 438E, or ENGL 565 - may be taken after conditional admission); contemporary literature; pre-1800 literature; a non-Western literature; and 6 credits in survey-type, upper-division English and/or American literature survey courses. Applicants without a standard English major may fulfill this 18-semester-hour requirement only by taking upper -division courses that the Department of English M.A.T. advisor approves. Applicants with academic deficiencies may be required to take additional 400-level English courses

Learning Outcomes

• Candidates follow a specific curriculum and are expected to meet appropriate performance assessments for preservice English language arts teachers. 
• Through modeling, advisement, instruction, field experiences, assessment of performance, and involvement in professional organizations, candidates adopt and strengthen professional attitudes needed by English language arts teachers. 
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of, and skills in the use of, the English language.
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of the practices of oral, visual, and written literacy.
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of different composing processes.
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of, and uses for, an extensive range of literature.
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of the range and influence of print and nonprint media and technology in contemporary culture.
• Candidates demonstrate knowledge of research theory and findings in English language arts.
• Candidates acquire and demonstrate the dispositions and skills needed to integrate knowledge of English language arts, students, and teaching.

Degree Requirements (48 Hours)

Requirements include a minimum of 15 graduate credits in English.

Note: In order to meet SC Read to Succeed requirements, students completing the MAT degree in the content area of English must include on their program of study the following:

• EDRD 600: Foundations of Reading Instruction
• EDRD 651: Introduction to Teaching Media Literacy
• EDSE 786: The Teaching of Literature in the Secondary School
• EDSE 787: The Teaching of Writing in Secondary Schools
• EDSE 728: Advanced Study of the Teaching of English in the Secondary Schools
• EDSE 584: Middle and High School Internship Seminar