The University of Dallas offers a broad array of education programs for current and aspiring teachers. Become a part of the rewarding work of instilling imagination, intellect and the art of inquiry in future generations.
Three Classical Education Graduate Program Tracks:
Alternative Teacher Certification is for those who have previously earned their undergraduate or higher degree and who aspire earn to teacher certification. The following levels are available:
With the University of Dallas Catholic Teacher Certificate, you will meet all of the Texas Catholic Conference Education Department pedagogy requirements for teaching in Texas Catholic schools. The program is comprised of 18 credit hours and offers emphases in elementary or secondary education.
The University of Dallas Master of Catholic School Leadership is designed to prepare you for leadership in Catholic education. Whether seeking to be a principal, president or administrator at the elementary, secondary or diocesan levels, you will deepen your knowledge of the Catholic tradition and gain practical, experience-based skills for leadership through the Master of Catholic School Leadership. This program is an interdisciplinary graduate degree, offered by the Ann and Joe O. Neuhoff School of Ministry in conjunction with the Department of Education in the Braniff Graduate School of Liberal Arts.
The University of Dallas offers master's degrees in a variety of liberal arts disciplines which can help equip previously certified teachers with the skills and knowledge in desired subject areas including American Studies, Classics, English, Humanities, Leadership, Philosophy, Politics and Theology. Each area of study is informed by a unique sense of paideia, the education of the soul (by which the Greeks meant the basic self).
The University of Dallas holds Advanced Placement Summer Institutes for teachers during one week in the summer. The courses offered vary each summer.
Often the question isn't “Why should I study a classical language?” but “When can I find the time?” Since 1976 the University of Dallas Summer Program has provided the opportunity to study Greek and Latin outside the limits of the regular academic year.
Within the Interdisciplinary Studies major, seven areas of emphasis are offered. The areas correspond with certificaiton frameworks in the State of Texas. Areas of emphasis include:
The education concentration is designed to offer students, both Education majors and those majoring in other areas, who are interested in teaching, opportunities to gain foundational knowledge, methodology, and practical experience in the field of education. Education majors, as well as students majoring in subjects other than education are welcome to add the education concentration to their plan of study.
There is no state certification in the area of theology, however, the Department of Education works with theology majors to prepare them for teaching positions in Catholic Schools. Each diocese/school determines the qualifications required to teach theology. Students must review specific diocesan requirements to insure compliance.
Undergraduate students can be prepared for teacher certification in the following areas through our programs:
The Master of Arts in Teaching focuses on the advancement of teaching as a career and is exlusively designed to offer current UD undergraduate students the opportunity to earn their master's degree in five years, in conjunction with their baccalaureate studies. The 4+1 M.A.T. offers education majors as well as students majoring in subjects other than education, the opportunity to earn a Master's degree with Texas teacher certification.
Knowing that a graduate education can be cost-prohibitive for many, UD wishes to make participation in its degree programs more affordable by enrolling full-time teachers and administrators in our Educators Cohort. As members of this cohort, educators receive a special tuition rate of $500 per credit hour for the Master of Humanities, Master of American Studies, or Master of English programs.
To become a member, submit a letter to the Braniff Graduate Office on official school stationary signed by your principal or headmaster that clearly states your current, full-time employment status as a school teacher and the term of employment. A letter is required for every academic year to receive the Educators Cohort rate.
In the current COVID-19 crisis, the love of Danny Fitzpatrick, BA '13, for Italy, appreciation for his time there, and a creative collaboration with sculptor Tim Schmalz have led to a specific way of rendering aid to the country beloved by so many UD alumni and one-time Romers.
+ Read MoreEdisson Ramos, BA '20, is one of many students receiving assistance from UD's COVID-19 Emergency Relief Fund, which has currently raised nearly $90,000; the first of the funds were distributed last week to help students make their April rent, and Director of Financial Aid Taryn Anderson, BA '07, is in the process of distributing a second wave to students with housing or food insecurity or in need of Wi-Fi or other resources for online learning.
+ Read MoreIn our current condition, with most of the U.S. sheltering in place and/or learning and working from our homes, it's hard to imagine that just 20 days ago, teachers and those aspiring to be teachers gathered together for the fourth annual Excellence in Education conference at the University of Dallas, organized, run and sponsored by UD's Education Department, but so they did, and so we will all do -- gather together, that is -- some day again.
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