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Master of Arts for Teachers (M.A.T.) in French
30 Credits
The IU Online Master of Arts for Teachers in French combines coursework in education and French to prepare you to be a dual-credit instructor at the high school and community college levels.
As a student in this program, you deepen your proficiency in French through advanced graduate coursework and gain a comprehensive understanding of Francophone cultures and of French as a living language. You study and practice various language teaching methodologies, thereby improving your instructional skills and your students’ learning outcomes.
This program is part of the School of Humanities & Social Sciences.
The stackable structure of the MAT in French is ideal for dual-credit and community college teachers who need to meet the Higher Learning Commission’s instructor qualification standards. These standards require teachers to hold either a master’s degree in their area of instruction or a master’s degree in another discipline (such as education), plus at least 18 credit hours of discipline-specific graduate coursework.
- If you hold a master's degree in a discipline other than your discipline of instruction, you can meet HLC's standards by completing one of IU Online’s graduate certificates.
- If you need both a master's degree and discipline-specific coursework, the MAT in French meets HLC standards and provides a comprehensive program of study in French.
Degree Requirements
To earn the MAT in French, you must complete 30 credit hours.
Requirements are broken down as follows:
- Core courses (9 credit hours)
- French/Francophone studies courses (6 credit hours)
- French linguistics course (3 credit hours)
- Foreign language methodology, applied linguistics, and language acquisition course (3 credit hours)
- Electives (9 credit hours)
Admissions
To be accepted to this program, you must have completed:
- an undergraduate degree with a major in French
- OR a related bachelor’s degree in education with a French specialization, concentration, or outside area
- OR two years of secondary teaching experience in French and transcripts from a Francophone institution
To apply to this program:
Complete an online application that includes evidence of written and aural facility in French. At the end of the application, you will be presented with a short passage and asked to record yourself reading the passage aloud in French and answering brief questions about its meaning. In order to complete and submit their application, you will need to upload this recording.
Courses
Core courses:
- FRIT-F 605 Capstone Project in French Teaching (3 Credits)
- FRIT-F 573 -OR- EDUC-L 520 Methods of College French Teaching -OR- Advanced Study in Foreign Language Teaching (3 Credits)
- FRIT-F 580 Applied French - Linguistics (3 Credits)