Does anyone have any experience with the University of West Alabama's Master of Teaching program (non-certification)? I am interested in teaching history in community college one day. I'm wondering if they offer enough distance learning courses to comprise the history teaching area. I only saw a couple of graduate history courses on their schedule. Just curious.
HY 510 American Diplomatic History (3) HY 550 History of East Asia (3) HY 546 Great Britain from WWI to WWII, 1914-1945 (3) HY 571 Slavery in North America (3) HY521 History of the Old South (3) HY 523 The Military History of the Civil Ware (3) There's 18 hours, just for 3 of the 4 periods in their online academic year.
Re: UWA M.A.T. Program The University of West Alabama appears to have a variety of DL graduate programs geared to teaching at different levels. (http://online.uwa.edu/) This shouldn't be suprising as UWA originally started out as a teachers college. I don't have any firsthand experience with UWA but am in the process of familiarizing myself with their offerings. The difference between the MAT w/certification versus the MAT w/o certification would seem like something that they should explain better than their website does. Is it strictly an issue of certification by the State of Alabama (and surrounding states) to teach in their public school system(s) or does it extend beyond that level (to public C.C.s)? Overall, when examining the UWA online graduate program(s) and factoring in issues such as cost, quality, accreditation, etc. I'd give it a BIG THUMBS UP! I remain,
I recently sent in my application to UWA for the MAT in history. Had to take the GRE again since it's been over 5 years. Most community colleges I have looked at want 18hrs of graduate courses in the field you will be teaching. I lived in Livingston several years and always heard good things about UWA. I spoke to the Dean of Graduate Studies, who happens to be in the history department, and he was very friendly and encouraging. He has agreed to allow me to skip he education classes and take only graduate history classes so I can have some better options in the future if I look to a PhD. Let me know how your search turns out.
Yes, the Graduate Dean is awesome. He is currently teaching a oncampus course I'm in (Readings Seminar in Alabama History).
