community college teaching
This 36 hour Master's Degree with a Community College Teaching
Concentration (Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies
- CCT) combines 12 hours of college teaching courses
(including coursework required for the Certificate in College
Teaching), with 21 hours of work in one of the following
knowledge areas: information systems , English, mathematics,
Spanish or TESL.
This concentration qualifies students to teach entry-level
courses in these growing fields at the two-year college level.
In addition, the MAIS program offers an appropriate graduate
degree for some faculty currently teaching in community colleges.
A printable description of the MAIS - CCT concentration,
including brief course descriptions, can be downloaded here.
admission requirements
In addition to fulfilling GMU
admission requirements for graduate study, applicants
must have a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent in the
knowledge area or a closely related knowledge area. Applicants
for admission must submit the following:
- three letters of reference
- 1,000 word analytical writing sample (English knowledge area applicants - sample of literary critical analysis)
- resume
- communication, information systems, math, and psychology
concentrations require GRE or MAT scores
Applications will be reviewed by faculty in the Higher Education program
and by faculty in the knowledge area. Once accepted, a student
will be assigned a faculty advisor from Higher Education Program and an advisor
from the knowledge area.
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degree requirements
In addition to meeting all graduate study requirements listed
in the GMU
catalog, candidates for the MAIS - Community College
Teaching Degree will complete 36 credits hours of graduate
work, distributed as follows: 12 hours of college teaching
courses (including coursework required for the Certificate
in College Teaching), and 21 hours of work in one of the
following knowledge areas: information systems , English,
mathematics, Spanish or TESL.
For a copy of the Community College Teaching Curriculum
contract go to: Download
Concentration Contract (pdf)
College Teaching (CTCH) Requirements
(12 hrs)
All students will take:
- CTCH 601: The Community College
- CTCH 602: College Teaching
- CTCH 603: Teaching with Technology
- CTCH 885: Internship in Community College Teaching*
- All students are required to take: 1 credit - MAIS 797 (Proposal Writing) and 2 credits -MAIS 798 (Project)*
(approval of MAIS proposal required; register by emailing: mais@gmu.edu)
*
For further detail on CTCH 885, MAIS 798, or MAIS 799 requirements, please refer to the Higher Education Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies Handbook
Knowledge Area Requirements (21
hrs)
Students in Communication will
take:
- COMM 653
- COMM 650
- COMM 602 (or COMM 634)
- COMM 635 (or COMM 605)
- three additional graduate level communication courses
(including any listed above beyond requirement), chosen
in consultation with an advisor
- For additional information about the communication dept:
www.gmu.edu/depts/comm
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Students in Information Systems will
take:
- INFS 515: Computer Organization
- INFS 590: Program Design and Data Structures
- INFS 612: Principles and Practices of Communication Networks
- INFS 614: Database Management
- 9 additional elective credits chosen from the following courses with approval of an advisor: INFS 622: Information Systems Analysis and Design, INFS 623: Classical and Web Information Retrieval, INFS 640: Introduction to Electronic Commerce, ISA 662: Information Systems Security, ISA 666: Internet Security Protocols
- For additional information about the information systems
dept: www.ise.gmu.edu
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Students in English will take:
- ENGL 701: Literary Scholarship
- ENGL 610: Proseminar in Teaching and the Reading of
Literature or*
- ENGL 615: Proseminar in Composition Instruction
- additional courses in English chosen in consultation
with a faculty advisor
*Students may take ENGL 610 or ENGL
615, or both.
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Students in Mathematics will take:
- MATH 675: Linear Analysis
- MATH 621: Algebra I
- additional courses in Mathematics and related disciplines
(including Statistics) chosen in consultation with a faculty
advisor
- For additional information about the mathematics dept:
http://math.gmu.edu
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Students in Spanish will
take:
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Students in TESL will
take:
- LING 520: Descriptive Linguistics
- LING 521*: Applied Linguistics: Teaching English as
a Second Language
- LING 522: Modern English Grammar
- LING 523: Descriptive Aspects of English Phonetics and
Phonology
- LING 525: Practicum
- LING 582: Second Language Acquisition
- An additional elective chosen
in consultation with a faculty advisor.
*LING507 may be substituted for LING521.
- For additonal information about the TESL: www.gmu.edu/departments/english/linguistics
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Credits that apply to the MAIS - CCT degree are subject
to the following restrictions:
- A maximum of 6 credits earned through independent study
or directed readings and research courses
- A maximum of 6 credits taken through the Consortium of
Universities of the Washington Metropolitan Area (These
credits are counted as resident and not transfer credit.)
- A maximum of 15 transfer credits (All transfer credits
require the approval of the faculty advisor, the director
of the MAIS program, and the dean. Transfer credits are
any credits taken before first enrolling as an admitted
degree-seeking student, whether taken at another institution,
taken in another George Mason University graduate program,
or completed through George Mason University's Extended
Studies Program.)
- Of the 15 possible transfer credits, a maximum of 6 may
be from other accredited institutions.
- GMU graduate policy requires that 18 resident credit
hours be completed while in degree status.
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contact information
Dr. Claire R. Snyder
Director
rcsnyder@gmu.edu (703.993.2310)
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course information
For full course descriptions (including prerequisites), please
consult the GMU
catalog (located in hard copy at the GMU bookstore).
Additionally, a printable description of the MAIS-CCT degree
requirements and brief course descriptions can be downloaded
here.
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