Education Programs
Undergraduate Minor in Education
Undergraduates with a desire to enter the field of teaching are encouraged to minor in Education. While completion of the minor will not provide all of the necessary requirements for state licensure, much of the coursework is applicable to the Post Baccalaureate Program for Initial Licensure.
Minor Program Sheets
Request for Education Minor PDF
Elementary Education (grades 1-6) and Middle/Secondary School (grades 5-8 and 8-12) PDF
Initial License Program, Route Two, Post Baccalaureate
Teacher candidates who already hold an undergraduate degree from an accredited four year institution, may earn an initial license by following a sequence of courses at the post baccalaureate level in preparation for the initial teaching license. To prepare for an initial license at the elementary, middle, and high school levels, Route Two students must successfully pass state tests and complete the sequence of education courses. The Post-Baccalaureate program includes content courses that require prepracticum assignments in local area schools and one full semester of student teaching, For those already teaching, a supervised internship may be arranged.
Post Baccalaureate Admission Requirements and Procedures
Post Baccalaureate Program Sheets
- Elementary Education (grades 1-6) PDF
- Middle School (grades 5-8) PDF
- Secondary Education (grades 8-12) PDF
Path/Steps through the Post Baccalaureate Programs
- Steps for Elementary Education (grades 1-6) Word Document or PDF
- Steps for Middle School (grades 5-8) Word Document or PDF
- Steps for Secondary Education (grades 8-12) Word Document or PDF
Massachusetts State Initial Licenses Offered at UMASS Dartmouth
- Elementary Education Teacher (1-6)
- Teacher of Biology (8-12)
- Teacher of English (5-8) (8-12)
- Teacher of Foreign Languages-French (5-12)
- Teacher of Foreign Languages-Portuguese (5-12)
- Teacher of Foreign Languages-Spanish (5-12)
- Teacher of History (5-8) (8-12)
- Teacher of Mathematics (5-8) (8-12)
- Teacher of Political Science /Political Philosophy (5-8) (8-12)
- Teacher of Physics (8-12)
Professional License Program, Masters of Art in Teaching (MAT)
The University of Massachusetts Dartmouth's Masters of Art in Teaching (MAT) degree provides graduate students in possession of an initial teaching license the opportunity to obtain a professional license through an appropriate masters program.
MAT Admission Requirements and Procedures
MAT Program Sheets
- Elementary Education (grades 1-6) and Middle School General Science (5-8) - PDF
- Middle/Secondary Biology - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Chemistry - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary English - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary French - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary History - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Mathematics - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Physics - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Political Science/Political Philosophy - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Portuguese - Word Document or PDF
- Middle/Secondary Spanish - Word Document or PDF
Last Updated On: 3/13/08
