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Candidates for the MAT Graduate Certificate must complete 12 hours. This program does not lead to teacher licensure.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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Initial Course (3 hours)<\/h4>\r\n(Required to be taken during first term of program)<\/strong>\r\n\r\nMAT 5103 - Holistic Pedagogy (fall, spring, summer I)\r\n

Core Courses (9 hours):<\/h4>\r\nMAT 5013 - Classroom Assessment\r\nMAT 5083 - Creating Environments for Learning\r\nMAT 6073 - Learning Theory","minor_requirements":"","Admission Requirements or Deadlines":"Program Admission Requirements (Must be completed PRIOR to taking courses):\r\n<\/strong>\r\n
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  2. Provide proof of a 3.0 GPA or higher overall or in the last 60 hours for your undergraduate degree.<\/li>\r\n \t
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  5. Complete the MAT admissions form here https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/education\/cps\/masters-of-arts-in-teaching\/apply\/<\/a><\/li>\r\n<\/ol>","careers":"","faq":null,"Accreditations":"","Testimonials":"","student_information":"","Advisors":"","rankings":"","keywords":"curriculum, instruction, education, counselor, administration\r\n","custom_tab_title":"","custom_tab_text":"","rfi_shortcode":"[gf_embed site=\"1\" id=\"88\" prog=\"Education Graduate Certificate\" type=\"Graduate\" comments=\"true\" notify_emails=\"ldgreathouse@saumag.edu\"]"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/13481","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/program"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/13481\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18100,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/programs\/13481\/revisions\/18100"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18099"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13481"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"college_department","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/college_department?post=13481"},{"taxonomy":"delivery","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/delivery?post=13481"},{"taxonomy":"types","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.saumag.edu\/academics\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types?post=13481"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}