Master of Arts in Teaching (Preliminary Teaching Credential)

Prepare to make a difference with the skills and tools needed to become an effective PreK-12 teacher with your MAT from a top-ranked university. Our 11-month Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) features a 100% graduate employment rate and over 200 teaching sites. Students experience a hybrid format on the West LA, Calabasas, or Irvine Campuses. Graduates earn a multiple or single-subject preliminary teaching credential along with their degree.

A candidate with a degree in education, early childhood education, education studies, or any other degree in education will only be allowed to earn a multiple-subject teaching credential per AB 170. All bachelor's degrees must be earned at a regionally accredited institution of higher education, and the institution's regional accreditation status must have been in place at the time the degree was earned.

The amendment of AB 170 allowing candidates for multiple subject teaching credentials to hold a bachelor's degree in education does not extend to single subject credential candidates who must still hold a bachelor's degree in a subject other than education.

All applicants who received or will receive their degree from a university outside of the US (unless the degree is from a university that is already regionally accredited within the US) are required to submit a detailed foreign transcript evaluation report from any National Association of Credential Evaluation Services (NACES) member.

If your first language is not English, you must submit a minimum score of 550 on the Test of English as Foreign Language (TOEFL). If taking the Internet-based TOEFL test, you will need a minimum score of 80. Information concerning the availability of this test outside of the US can be obtained by contacting TOEFL, Educational Testing Services, Princeton, NJ 08540, USA, or online. Our TOEFL code is 4630. As an alternative to the TOEFL, you may submit a score of at least 6.5 on the IELTS exam