Course Description

COURSE DESCRIPTIONS (Note: Credit hours for all courses are given in parentheses)

EMAT 501 Development and Learning Applied to Teaching (3)
The course examines theory and research in human development and learning psychology with application to teaching in contemporary middle and secondary schools. Emphasis is placed on translating theory into practice by integrating field experiences, class work, student projects, assignments, and exams. Prerequisite: Admission to M.A.T. program or consent of the instructor.

EMAT 502 Foundations of Education in a Diverse and Democratic Society (3)
This course is a comprehensive overview of the foundation of education in a diverse and democratic society. It is an interdisciplinary attempt incorporating the social, philosophical, economic, political, historical and curricular foundations to provide teacher candidates with a clear understanding of the teaching profession. A special attention will be given to cultural problems and issues that influence opportunities, and performance in educational institutions, including controversies confronting American education today. Field experiences are required. Prerequisite: Admission to M.A.T. program.

EMAT 504 and 508 Literacy in the Content Areas: Part I and Part II (3 each)
These courses are an analysis of reading/writing/learning processes with an emphasis on skills and strategies to facilitate student comprehension and learning of content in middle and secondary schools. The course examines research and practice; field experiences are required. Prerequisite: Admission to the MAT program or consent of the instructor.

EMAT 506 The Inclusive Classroom (3)
This course is designed to provide students with the fundamentals of inclusive teaching. The focus of the course will be to teach students the history of special education, legal and ethical foundations for individuals with disabilities, accommodations, modifications of students with high, low, multiple incidence disabilities, effective teaching/management skills, and an overview of specific strategies that promote learning within the content areas. Students will identify specific problems in content areas and learn how to effectively address them. Students will also learn how to create assessments that provide immediate feedback in a variety of formats. Prerequisite: Admission to MAT Program, completion of the professional education sequence, and content requirements.

EMAT 507, 509, 511 Internship and Seminar (3 each)
Full‐time fourteen weeks of clinical internship and concurrent campus seminar provide the intern with opportunities to actualize the latest educational research and theory into practice. These opportunities include and are not exclusive to: observation, mini‐teaching, macroteaching, whole group lessons and action research. The seminar provides a forum for discussing problems encountered during the internship, and also provides a colloquium for developing strategies to resolve these problems. The internship will be conducted under the direct supervision of a clinical supervisor (experienced public school teacher) with guidance and support from the University supervisor. Prerequisites: Completion of all coursework in the MAT sequence prior to the Internship, including content methods, and achievement of a passing score on PRAXIS ll.

EMAT 512 Classroom Management: Theory and Practice (3)
The course provides the student with a repertoire of strategies to create a classroom environment that facilitates optimal learning. Different classroom management theories will be explored and evaluated for appropriateness in a given situation. Special attention is given to accommodating diversity, and strategies for effectively communicating with families are considered. Prerequisites: Admission to MAT program, completion of the professional education sequence, and content requirements.

EMAT 537 Education Research (3)
This course is an introduction to quantitative and qualitative methods of inquiry as they apply to the needs of teacher-researchers. Attention to reading, analyzing, and interpreting scholarly research to solve instructional problems. Includes the design of an action research project that addresses an area of current concern in the field of P-12 education. Prerequisite: Admission to M.A.T. program.

EMAT 538 Technology in Education (3)
This course examines educational technology and its current and potential impact on schools. Provides an introduction to the role of technology in the teaching and learning process as well as how the use of technology can enhance teacher productivity and professional development. Examines current issues in the use of educational technology, the impact of technology on society, and techniques for integrating technology in the classroom. Examines Internet, audio, video, and graphic technologies, as well as tools for collecting and analyzing student data. Prerequisite: Admission to M.A.T. program.

EMAT 539 Methods of Teaching and Assessment (3)
This graduate course will focus on the appropriate selection, construction, administration and use of effective educational assessment tools particularly as they impact student learning. Using the curriculum‐instruction‐assessment cycle, MAT teacher candidates will explore of these important connections to better understand their roles and responsibilities as classroom teachers in the assessment process. . Prerequisite: Admission to MAT Program.

EMAT 5xx Secondary School Methods (3) (500 Level course number will vary according to the content major)
The course prepares prospective teachers to teach content area in middle and high schools. Students will integrate content knowledge with basic teaching methodologies of preparing objectives, effective questioning, curriculum and resource evaluations, teacher presentations, cooperative learning, demonstrations and experiments, student projects, classroom management, lesson and unit planning. Students will be placed with a high school or middle school teacher for observations and bit teaching experiences. Prerequisites: Successful completion of EMAT 502 and EMAT 512 courses. (This is a sample of the course to be offered. A specialized content area methods course will be offered in each area for which one or both institutions [UMES, SU] have a State‐approved program.)

—Art EMAT 530 Curriculum and Instruction in Art

—Biology EMAT 525A Curriculum and Instructional Methods in Natural Sciences

—Business EMAT 527B Curriculum and Instruction in Business Ed- Secondary

—Chemistry EMAT 525A Curriculum and Instructional Methods in Natural Sciences

—English EMAT 5XX Curriculum and Instruction in English

—Family and Consumer Sciences EMAT 525C Curriculum & Instruction in Family & Consumer Sciences

—Social Studies EMAT 425ECurriculum and Instructional Methods in Social Studies

ADDITIONAL PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS

All courses taken at SU require an inter‐institutional form for registration.
Most courses require field experiences. At least the equivalent of one day per week should be set aside to meet this requirement.
Students in this program must complete 100 days internship in a Professional Development School. While it may be no less than 100 days, the internship does not end when 100 days have been accumulated.
Courses are taught on both campuses. In any semester, approximately half of the courses are taught at UMES and the others at SU.
Students must have their transcripts reviewed by the Teacher Educator in their academic department. Teacher educators are designated individuals within content area departments who approve the course work each student has taken within his or her teaching area. The Teacher Educator indicates whether all required course work has been completed prior to the internship. Student internships will start only after all other required courses are completed.