Degree requirements are established by the faculty on recommendation from the School of Education and the Dean of Graduate Studies. All graduate programs in the School of Education require a minimum of eight (8) units of graduate credit which must be taken for letter grades. No P/F grades are permitted, unless a course is mandatory P/F. Unless otherwise noted in the course description, graduate courses are valued at 1 unit each. A unit of credit is equivalent to 4 semester hours or 6 quarter hours. Up to 2 units of independent study may be applied toward the degree.

No more than two courses with C grades, or a maximum of 2 units of C grades, may be counted toward a degree, subject to School approval. Grades of D and F are not used in meeting graduate degree requirements but are computed in the cumulative grade average.

A candidate falling below a 3.0 grade average or receiving a grade lower than C will be removed from candidacy or be placed on probation. When candidacy is removed for any reason, the student may not register for additional degree work without the prior approval of the Academic Standards Committee.

Students who violate the ethical standards observed by the academic and professional community may be removed from candidacy. Such standards are delineated in the codes of the National Association of Secondary School Principals, the National Association of Elementary School Principals, the American Counseling Association, and chapter 181-87 of the Washington Administrative Code.

Title II Reporting

Institutional information required by Section (f)(2) of Title II of the Higher Education Act is available from the School of Education.

MAT Course of Study as of Summer 2025 (2025-26)

Summer 1**

  • EDUC 609 (1 unit): American Schools Inside and Out
  • EDUC 610 (1 unit): Multiple Perspectives on Classroom Teaching and Learning

Fall Semester

Elementary

  • EDUC 613 (0.75 unit) School Practicum
  • EDUC 614 (0.5 unit) Introductory Professional Issues
  • EDUC 616 (1.0 unit) Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Integrated Language, Literacy & Social Studies
  • EDUC 617 (1.0 unit)  Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Teaching Mathematics & Science
  • EDUC 621 (0.5 unit)  Elementary Specialist Modules - Music, Health, Movement/PE, Art
  • EDUC 623 (0.25 unit) Special Topics in Inclusion

Secondary

  • EDUC 613 (0.75 unit) School Practicum
  • EDUC 614 (0.5 unit) Introductory Professional Issues
  • EDUC 618 (1.0 units) Learning and Teaching in the Subject Areas (STEM, Humanities)
  • EDUC 619 (0.5 units) Seminar in Subject Specific Pedagogy (STEM, Humanities)
  • EDUC 624 (1.5 units) Curriculum & Instruction in Music (Music candidates take instead of 618 & 619)
  • EDUC 620 (1.0 unit) Adolescent Identities, Literacies, and Communities
  • EDUC 623 (0.25 unit)  Special Topics in Inclusion

Spring Semester

  • EDUC 615 (1.5 units) Seminar in Critically Reflective Teaching
  • EDUC 622 (2.0 units) Student Teaching

Summer 2

  • EDUC 628 (0.5 unit) Centering Race and Unlearning Racism
  • EDUC 629 (1.0 unit) Engaging Teaching Dilemmas to Foster Culturally Responsive Practice

Notes

**Puget Sound students who have successfully completed EDUC 419 and EDUC 420 have fulfilled the content requirement for Summer 1 and do not need to enroll in the Summer 1 term. Applicants from other institutions with education-related coursework equivalent to EDUC 609 and/or EDUC 610 may be eligible for a course waiver. Candidates not required to enroll in Summer 1 will begin their program of study in Fall term.

Requirements for the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership Master of Education Program

Completion of 8-8.5 units required.

A student admitted to the MAT program, who later decides not to complete the preparation for classroom teaching, may consider completion of the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership Master of Education degree. A decision to undertake the Learning, Teaching, and Leadership program is made in consultation with the School of Education faculty and is generally made in the spring semester of the MAT program. The program of study blends the fall semester MAT courses with other specially selected courses:

  • EDUC 628 (0.5 unit) Centering Race and Unlearning Racism
  • EDUC 695 (0.5 to 1 unit) Independent Study
  • EDUC 697 (0.5 to 2 units) Master's Project