Ideal for future teachers, the Teacher Education Concentration is a track to a B.A. in History that includes the specific history and social science courses recommended for eventual Social Studies teachers in North Carolina. Students take the full array of undergraduate requirements, and gain a strong foundation of historical and social science content. Advanced students can use free electives to begin graduate-level Education classes.
In collaboration with the College of Education, students with a 3.5 GPA may apply some of the credits from their senior year to the Master of Arts in Teaching (M.A.T.). The accelerated program takes a student from freshman to the M.A.T. degree in five years. Professional education courses, and the student teaching experience in a high school, are part of the graduate school portion of the program, leading to eligibility for North Carolina certification to teach Social Studies in secondary schools in North Carolina and most other states. Holders of the M.A.T. are more competitive in the teacher job market and often earn a higher salary.
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