B.A./M.A.T. Dual Degree Honors Program

The B.A./M.A.T. Dual Degree Honors Program streamlines the high achieving student’s path through the Bachelor’s and the Master’s degree. In this program, undergraduate students intent on a teaching career major in one of the liberal arts and minor in an area other than education. They save the majority of their education courses for the Master’s program. However, the completion of the Master’s program is accelerated since they are allowed to take up to 15 graduate credits in education as undergraduates, with these credits counting toward both their undergraduate and graduate degrees.

A full semester of student teaching is done during the year following the granting of an undergraduate degree, after all of the coursework toward the Master’s degree has been completed. On completion of the Master’s degree, students may receive state certification in one or two areas.

Students interested in applying for the Dual Degree Honors Program should plan to meet as early as possible, usually by the second semester of the freshman year, with the Associate Dean of Undergraduate Advising in the School of Education to discuss their choices. Students must achieve and maintain at least a 3.4 G.P.A. to be eligible for the program. They must also have completed the two prerequisites for all graduate education courses, EDU 2000 and either PSY 2001 or PSY 2002, with a grade of B or better. Specific course requirements for each undergraduate certification program, as well as New York State certification requirements and overall program requirements are outlined in detail in the School of Education Undergraduate Catalog, available in the School of Education. The information in this booklet should be considered part of the official Manhattanville catalog.