The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) with Area of Expertise in Spanish is designed to prepare students to teach high school Spanish, dual credit high school/college Spanish, and university-level Spanish courses. Students take six courses in the Spanish Department and six courses in the Department of Urban Education (see graph below for details). The courses in this program are taught utilizing a combination of face-to-face, online, and hybrid instruction.
Learning Outcomes
1. Graduates will demonstrate competency in the area of effective teaching practices
that enhance student learning.
2. Graduates will demonstrate competency in critical thinking and problem solving.
3. Graduates will write effectively.
Introduction to Educational Research
Technology Application for Curriculum Development and Instruction
Instruction in Language Acquisition
Teaching Language to the Minority Child
Directed Study in Urban Education (Taken in the last semester)
Spanish Coursework (students select 18 hours/6 classes from):
Introduction to Spanish Language Acquisition Research
Topics in Spanish Literature
Linguistic Structure of Spanish
Topics in Latin American Literature
Foundations for Contemporary Applied Spanish Language Acquisition
Canon and Teaching in U.S. Hispanic Literature
El Quijote and the Modern Novel
Topics in Hispanic Poetry
**Contact Dr. Nowak regarding semesters or summer sessions when Spanish courses will be offered
The MAT degree program requires completion of a minimum of 36 semester credit hours. For degree completion, at least 30 hours must be completed at University of Houston-Downtown with a grade point average of 3.0. In addition, students must successfully complete a directed studies project (MAT 6390) with approval of the MAT in Spanish mentor and under the supervision of an appointed faculty advisor. This master’s degree does not include initial Texas Teacher Certification.
The MAT degree program requires completion of a minimum of 36 semester credit hours. For degree completion, at least 30 hours must be completed at University of Houston-Downtown with a grade point average of 3.0. In addition, students must successfully complete a directed studies project (MAT 6390) with approval of the MAT in Spanish mentor and under the supervision of an appointed faculty advisor.
This master’s degree does not include initial Texas Teacher Certification.
Scholarship Assistance
All UHD MAT students are encouraged to apply for the Gordon and Mary Cain Graduate Academic Merit Scholarship. This scholarship will pay for half the price of UHD MAT tuition/fees for a semester. Students can earn this scholarship more than once during the course of their MAT program.
Application for scholarship
For More Information Contact
Bernardo Pohl, Ed.D.
Graduate Program Director
College of Public Service
pohlb@uhd.edu or 713-221-5051
William Nowak, Ph.D.
Coordinator for the MAT-SPAN
nowakw@uhd.edu or 713-221-8673
For Admissions Information Contact
Reubenjack Long, Coordinator, Graduate Admissions,
longr@uhd.edu
