The M.A. degree in Career and Technical Education (CTE) reflects contemporary legislation, national trends, and critical issues that affect state and national work force development. Students expand their expertise in career and technical education program administration, and acquire advanced curriculum and instructional competencies in career-related training programs, school-to-work initiatives, student leadership development, and special populations.
The Master of Arts in Career and Technical Education is designed for bachelor’s graduates in marketing education, business education, family and consumer sciences, industrial arts, industrial education, or career and technical education, plus professional preparation in teacher education, including directed or supervised student teaching.
Program Benefits:
This thirty-hour degree program includes coursework that will strengthen students’ abilities to teach in career and technical education and to assist in developing and implementing new programs or curricula. The program is flexible to provide advanced techniques for teachers and career preparation for administrators, supervisors, counselors, coordinators, and for any other specialized positions in the career and technical education areas of marketing education, business education, family and consumer sciences, and technology education.
The goal for the graduate CTE teacher education program at WMU is to develop master practitioners in CTE subject matter areas, who can create productive learning environments, advance student learning, assist students in the transition from school to work and adult roles, and practice professional development and outreach responsibilities.
For admissions to a Master’s degree in Career and Technical Education, students must satisfy all of the requirements identified in the Graduate Catalog as well as specific departmental requirements. Students without an undergraduate degree in an area of their desired Master’s degree or a related area are required to take additional courses to qualify for admission to a specific concentration. No single requirement is sufficient to guarantee admission or dictate denial of admission.
- Possess a Bachelor of Science degree from an approved accredited school and an undergraduate major closely related to the desired MA program. Students who do not have a bachelor’s degree in Family Studies or a related area may have to take additional courses to meet requirements for Certification as a Family Life Educator.
- Have a minimum of undergraduate grade point average of 3.0 on a 4.0 scale in the last two years of undergraduate work. Probationary status may be granted to students with a GPA between 2.5 and 2.99 in the last two years of undergraduate work. Students with that GPA range may establish eligibility for regular admission to WMU by completing nine credit hours of approved graduate-level courses toward their M.A. with a grade of “B” or better in each course.
Pending consideration of their application, qualified students may take up to nine credit hours of approved courses on a “Permission to Take Class” status.
The Family and Consumer Sciences Department has rolling admissions. Applications are accepted year-round for all programs. The application deadline for most WMU financial assistance is February 15.
Complete at least thirty graduate credit hours, selected in consultation with a program advisor.
The program of study will consist of 3-6 hours of professional education courses, 15-18 hours of core courses, and 3-12 hours of electives.
