Master of Arts in Teaching, Music Certification in Grades PK-12

The Master of Arts in Teaching, secondary program is for individuals seeking initial teacher certification. The course of study is designed to prepare exceptionally qualified teachers who are responsive to the educational needs of diverse learners at the secondary level. Completion of this program and appropriate licensure exams lead to eligibility for Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) certification.

Prerequisites

Transcript Analysis

A transcript analysis determines the content area prerequisites you may be required to complete in addition to MAT program course work. While an analysis can be completed when application materials are received, prior completion of the analysis allows for a quicker admission decision. To request a transcript analysis, please email a copy of your unofficial transcript to education@loyola.edu . 

Students missing no more than three prerequisites courses may be admitted conditionally to the part-time program. These courses are taken outside of Loyola and must be completed by the end of the second semester. 

Students pursuing the full-time pathway should have all prerequisite courses completed prior to beginning the program. 

Program Pathways

Degree Requirements

The Loyola MAT in secondary education requires 34 credit hours.

Core Courses (12 credits) 

SE 761

Introduction to Special Education (3 credits)

TE 600

Foundations of Education* (3 credits)

TE 603

Learning Sciences (3 credits)

TE 670

Teacher Research and Inquiry (3 credits)


Required Reading Courses (6 credits)

RE 733

Teaching Reading in the Content Area I (3 credits)
RE 744  Teaching Reading in the Content Area II (3 credits) 


Pedagogy/Practical Courses (16 credits)

TE 612

Secondary Methods of Teaching* (3 credits)

Elective

One in Education or Liberal Studies programs (3 credits)

TE 611

Methods of Teaching Music (3 credits)

TE 641

Internship II Seminar (1 credit)

TE 646

Internship I Music (1 credit)

TE 660

Internship II Music (5 credits)

*Includes a 20-hour field experience.

Mark Koons

"My MAT experience helped me develop critically reflective teaching and planning practices while highlighting the importance of relationships in education. These core practices and beliefs have helped me each day of my first year in the classroom!"

Mark Koons
MAT Secondary Music, ’18
Elementary General Music Teacher, Cashell Elementary and Christa McAuliffe Elementary (MCPS)

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Pursuing Justice, Together

When students enroll in the undergraduate, graduate, and continuing education programs at Loyola’s School of Education, they are welcomed into a vibrant and diverse community of faculty, staff, students, and alumni who are engaged in ensuring an inclusive educational system that actualizes social justice.

Monica Pang
Students

Monica

“All the courses in this program touched me deeply and have had a profound impact on my current work as an educator and on my future career and life. ”
Camika Royal
Faculty

Camika Royal, Ph.D.

“I hope students leave my classes with bigger, broader questions about oppression in schools and classrooms, and I hope they continue developing ideas and plans about how to confront and disrupt these issues.”
Ian Chishol
Students

Ian

“Being a teacher goes hand in hand with the Jesuit ideal of being a person for others. Teachers work in a service, care-based industry that helps others grow at the most malleable point in their lives. ”
Mike McCourt
Alumni

Mike McCourt

“Jesuits have a solid reputation as educators. The other students in my cohort were amazing and made the intensity of this program a shared, instead of solitary, experience of growth and learning.”