Teaching, with Teacher Certification in French (Preschool-Grade 12) and Teacher of Students with Disabilities (M.A.T.)
The Master of Arts in Teaching Program in Subject Area and Teacher of Students with Disabilities is a program designed to provide graduate students with a master's degree as well as dual certification: initial certification to teach in a subject area (P-12) and certification to teach students with disabilities in those settings.
Montclair State University’s Teacher Education Program is one of the most highly-regarded teacher preparation programs in the country. It has been consistently recognized both nationally and regionally for its unique features, including its structure, partnerships, and curricular emphases. The program is considered a model for other colleges and universities and has continuously been accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE) since 1954.
The Teacher Education Program’s professional course sequence and field experiences emphasize teaching for critical thinking and culturally responsive teaching. The professional component for both graduate students addresses four broad areas:
- student development and learning,
- the classroom and the school,
- the curriculum, and
- effective teaching skills.
Program Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Additional Requirements for State Certification | ||
| Speech | ||
| CMST 101 | Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement | 3 |
| Physiology and Hygiene | ||
| Pass the MSU Health Knowledge Test available through the Center of Pedagogy or have the Undergraduate equivalent course approved by advisor | ||
| Additional Requirement | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Learning Theories | ||
| Child Development II: Adolescence | ||
| Advanced Educational Psychology | ||
| Program Requirements | ||
| Required Courses | ||
| SASE 680 | Selected Topics in Curriculum and Teaching | 1 |
| SASE 509 | Sociocultural Perspectives on Teaching and Learning | 3 |
| SPED 579 | Special Education for Students with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 586 | Educational Planning for Adolescents with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 566 | Creating Curricular Access for Adolescents with Disabilities | 3 |
| SPED 568 | Teaching Methods for Inclusive Education | 3 |
| SPED 588 | Promoting Prosocial Behaviors in Inclusive Settings | 2 |
| Graduate Professional Sequence I | ||
| SASE 526 | Teaching for Learning I | 3 |
| SASE 527 | Fieldwork | 3 |
| SPED 584 | Assessment and Evaluation in the Inclusive Classroom | 2 |
| Graduate Professional Sequence II | ||
| SASE 543 | Teaching for Learning II | 3 |
| SASE 529 | Student Teaching | 6 |
| SPED 680 | Selected Topics in Special Education | 1 |
| Comprehensive Exam | ||
| In the term that you will sit for exam, register for the section which matched your major & advisor. Successfully pass exam. | ||
| GRAD CMP | Comprehensive Examination | 0 |
| Total Credits | 42 | |
Teaching Field Requirements
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | ||
| FREN 203 | Review of French of Grammar | 3 |
| FREN 204 | French Stylistics and Composition | 3 |
| FREN 205 | French Phonetics | 3 |
| FREN 270 | Advanced Composition | 3 |
| FREN 410 | Advanced French Grammar | 3 |
| FREN 206 | Spoken Language Practice | 3 |
| or FREN 275 | Advanced Spoken Language Practice | |
| FREN 325 | Structure of the French Language | 3 |
| or FREN 371 | Explication De Texte | |
| Electives | ||
| Civilization | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Origins Of French Civilization | ||
| French Civilization 19th and 20th Centuries | ||
| French Perspectives | ||
| Seminar in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France | ||
| Eighteenth-Century French Civilization Seminar | ||
| Contemporary French Civilization-Selected Topics | ||
| Contemporary Francophone Civilization Seminar | ||
| Introduction to French Colonialism | ||
| Literature | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Dada And Surrealism | ||
| Seventeenth Century French Literature | ||
| The French Renaissance | ||
| Eighteenth Century French Literature | ||
| Nineteenth Century French Literature | ||
| Survey of French Poetry | ||
| Contemporary French Drama | ||
| Development of French Novel to 1900 | ||
| Francophone Literature | ||
| Twentieth Century French Literature | ||
| Critical Approaches to Literature | ||
| Medieval French Literature | ||
| Medieval French Theatre | ||
| Medieval French Seminar | ||
| Poetry of the Renaissance | ||
| 16th Century Seminar | ||
| Corneille, Racine and Moliere | ||
| Selected Topics in 17th Century French Literature | ||
| The Development of the Novel in 18th Century France | ||
| Nineteenth-Century French Literature Seminar | ||
| The Romantic Movement | ||
| 19th Century French Theatre | ||
| French Novel of 19th Century I | ||
| French Novel of 19th Century II | ||
| 19th Century French Poetry | ||
| 19th Century Seminar | ||
| 20th Century French Theatre | ||
| 20th Century French Novel I | ||
| 20th Century French Novel II | ||
| 20th Century Seminar | ||
| Francophone Literature | ||
| Women Writers from North Africa | ||
| Elective | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| Origins Of French Civilization | ||
| French Civilization 19th and 20th Centuries | ||
| Dada And Surrealism | ||
| Seventeenth Century French Literature | ||
| The French Renaissance | ||
| Eighteenth Century French Literature | ||
| Nineteenth Century French Literature | ||
| Survey of French Poetry | ||
| Contemporary French Drama | ||
| Development of French Novel to 1900 | ||
| Francophone Literature | ||
| Translation I | ||
| Translation II | ||
| Twentieth Century French Literature | ||
| French Perspectives | ||
| Introduction to Consecutive and Simultaneous Interpreting | ||
| Seminars | ||
| Seminars | ||
| Seminars | ||
| French Study Abroad | ||
| Cooperative Education for the French Major | ||
| Translation III | ||
| Seminars | ||
| French Language Workshop | ||
| Independent Study | ||
| Graduate Study Abroad | ||
| Politics of the French Language | ||
| History of the French Language | ||
| Advanced French Phonetics | ||
| Practicum in Translation and Interpreting | ||
| Topics in French Linguistics | ||
| French Humanism in 16th Century | ||
| Moralists of the 17th Century | ||
| Philosophy and Politics in 18th Century France | ||
| 18th Century Seminar | ||
| Graduate level content course | ||
| Select one of the following: | 3 | |
| French as a Research Tool | ||
| Graduate Study Abroad | ||
| Politics of the French Language | ||
| History of the French Language | ||
| Advanced French Phonetics | ||
| Practicum in Translation and Interpreting | ||
| Explication de Texte and Stylistic Analysis | ||
| Critical Approaches to Literature | ||
| Topics in French Linguistics | ||
| Medieval French Literature | ||
| Medieval French Theatre | ||
| Medieval French Seminar | ||
| French Humanism in 16th Century | ||
| Poetry of the Renaissance | ||
| 16th Century Seminar | ||
| Moralists of the 17th Century | ||
| Corneille, Racine and Moliere | ||
| Selected Topics in 17th Century French Literature | ||
| Seminar in Enlightenment and Revolutionary France | ||
| Philosophy and Politics in 18th Century France | ||
| The Development of the Novel in 18th Century France | ||
| 18th Century Seminar | ||
| Eighteenth-Century French Civilization Seminar | ||
| Nineteenth-Century French Literature Seminar | ||
| The Romantic Movement | ||
| 19th Century French Theatre | ||
| French Novel of 19th Century I | ||
| French Novel of 19th Century II | ||
| 19th Century French Poetry | ||
| 19th Century Seminar | ||
| 20th Century French Theatre | ||
| 20th Century French Novel I | ||
| 20th Century French Novel II | ||
| 20th Century Seminar | ||
| Francophone Literature | ||
| Contemporary French Civilization-Selected Topics | ||
| Contemporary Francophone Civilization Seminar | ||
| Introduction to French Colonialism | ||
| Women Writers from North Africa | ||
| Research Seminar | ||
| Research Seminar Continuation | ||
| Methods courses | ||
| FREN 502 | Theories and Approaches to Teaching French as a Second Language | 3 |
| FREN 519 | Teaching French in P-12: Practice | 3 |
| Total Credits | 39 | |