Application and admission to the Secondary/Multi-age MAT program involves two complementary but distinct phases.
The first phase involves admission as a post-undergraduate non-degree seeking student. A content evaluation (transcript review) completed by the Graduate Academic Advisor in EHS (unless noted) determines what prior coursework, if any, can be applied to the intended content area/licensure. The remaining undergraduate content area coursework required for licensure is taken at your own pace prior to beginning the coursework in the MAT program. Almost all potential MAT candidates can expect that they will need additional prerequisite undergraduate courses prior to the MAT. It is a matter of how many hours are required, and this is dependent upon coursework taken in your prior degree program and how closely these courses align with the content courses required in your intended content area/licensure concentration. Most candidates can expect 2-4 semesters of content coursework prior to admission to the one-year MAT program. In part, this is because the licensure requirements for most degrees prepare educators to teach more than one subject in a discipline - for example, integrated social studies teachers are licensed to teach geography, economics, government, psychology, political science, sociology and history. There is coursework related to each of these disciplines to fulfill the licensure requirements. This is true in the other integrated and multiage licenses, as well.
MAT candidates completing undergraduate content coursework and enrolled at 性福五月天 as a post-undergraduate non-degree seeking student, may qualify for undergraduate loans if they did not reach aggregate loan limits during their bachelor鈥檚 degree program. The undergraduate content courses are considered prerequisites to a graduate or professional degree program; however, there is a ONE-YEAR limit of financial aid eligibility. These students must be enrolled at least half time (minimum 6 hours per term), and must complete the FAFSA and submit the (financial aid form for non-degree students - see also Financial, Billing and Enrollment Center: Forms and Requests). Please list Erin Harwood (eharwood@kent.edu), Academic Program Director as the "advisor" on the form. For further information on financial aid for post-undergraduate non-degree admission, please refer to Post Undergraduate-Graduate Non-Degree-Undeclared-Combined Students.
The second phase of admission is the formal application to the master鈥檚 degree program. A detailed description of the steps needed for completion of the application can be found on the page MAT Program: Application Process and Admission Requirements.
