MA in Secondary Education

The Alternate Route to Certification (ARC) program includes coursework that can be applied toward the MA in Secondary Education. Students with teaching certification through the ARC Program only need to complete 18 additional graduate hours to obtain the MA in Secondary Education.

Steps to completion:

1. Apply to the graduate school for admission as a degree-seeking student; (students in the ARC Program will be admitted to the Graduate School as non-degree graduate students;

2. After admission, meet with assigned advisor; and

3. Successfully complete 18 hours of coursework within 5 years. Courses can be taken off-campus only if taught by a TEPD tenured or tenure-track faculty member.

Upon completion of coursework:

1. The student will be awarded an MA in Secondary Education, and;

2. The student will be recommended for the *Professional Teaching Certificate in Michigan. (* The student must complete 3 successful years of teaching experience within the realm of their teaching certificate and submit an application for Professional Certification prior to recommendation.)