Master of Arts in Discipleship/Master of Arts in Teaching
DUAL DEGREE
The MA in Discipleship /MA in Teaching dual program is a minimum 60-hour, non-thesis, graduate program designed for those seeking advanced preparation in church-related, education-centered ministries. Students gain theoretical and experiential knowledge through a 30-hour MA in Discipleship core curriculum and a minimum 30-hour MA in Teaching academic and professional curriculum.
Teacher certified MA in Discipleship /MA in Teaching students have the program options of earning:
Special Education
Reading, or
ESL certificates
to add to their initial certification. Students seeking additional certificates will be required to pass the appropriate state certification (TExES) tests.
ADMISSION
In order to pursue a Dual Master’s Degree program, the applicant must apply to, meet the existing admission requirements for, and be accepted into each of the master’s degrees which comprise the dual degree program.
Note: Church Membership Requirement (for admission into the EDD in Educational Leadership—all concentrations, PHD in Leadership Studies’ Ministry Concentration, Master’s Ministry Degrees, and Advanced Ministry Certificate Programs): Within the last 12 months, the applicant must have been an active member of a Christian church that holds Jesus Christ as Lord and Savior and who holds solely the Old Testament and the New Testament as sacred Scripture.
MA IN DISCIPLESHIP PREREQUISITES
Old Testament Survey
New Testament Survey
Prerequisites may be met with equivalent courses from another institution or from a passing grade on the GSOM Old Testament and New Testament equivalency exams and do not count toward degree completion.
PROGRAM CONTINUANCE
Continuance in the program past the first 12 hours is pending submission of a satisfactory score on the Miller Analogies Test (MAT) or Graduate Record Examinations® (GRE®).
MA IN DISCIPLESHIP REQUIRED CURRICULUM - 30 hours (excluding prerequisites)
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Required Curriculum | 30 |
DISC 5302 - Biblical Servant Leadership |
MA IN TEACHING REQUIRED CURRICULUM - minimum 30 hours depending on choice of study plans
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Required Curriculum (Excluding Prerequisites) | 30 |
Select one of the following study plans: |
ELEMENTARY STUDY PLANS REQUIRED CURRICULUM
EC-6 Specialization (without certification)
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Content | 27 |
GSCI 5320 - Pedagogy of Science | |
Professional | 9 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages of Early Childhood through Adolescence | |
Required | 0 |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Elementary) ESL Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
ESLS 5301 - Second Language Acquisition | |
Professional Area | 9 |
EDUC 5315 - Introduction to Designing Instruction | |
Professional Area (one course is non-credit) | 6 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages Early Childhood Through Adolescence |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Elementary) Reading Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
READ 5010 - Master Reading Teacher Seminar | |
Professional Area | 9 |
EDUC 5315 - Introduction to Designing Instruction | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 9 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages Early Childhood Through Adolescence |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Elementary) Special Education Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
SPED 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners | |
Professional Area | 9 |
EDUC 6302 - Research in Education (S-L) | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 6 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages Early Childhood Through Adolescence |
SECONDARY STUDY PLANS REQUIRED CURRICULUM
Master of Arts in Teaching (Secondary) Non-Certified
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
EDUC 5316 - Studies in Classroom Management, Instruction, and Assessment | |
Professional Area | 12 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages of Early Childhood Through Adolescence | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 6 |
EDUC 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Secondary) ESL Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
ESLS 5301 - Second Language Acquisition | |
Professional Area | 12 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages of Early Childhood Through Adolescence | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 6 |
EDUC 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Secondary) Reading Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 15 |
Students may choose from the following courses: | |
Professional Area | 12 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages of Early Childhood Through Adolescence | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 6 |
SPED 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners |
Master of Arts in Teaching (Secondary) Special Education Certificate
course | Credit hours |
|---|---|
Academic Specialization | 12 |
SPED 5310 - Introduction to Exceptional Learners SPED 5330 - Pedagogy of Special Education SPED 5332 - Diagnosing and Correcting Reading Difficulties with Clinical Experience SPED 5333 - Clinical Experiences in Correcting Reading Difficulties (S-L) SPED 4010 - Special Education Seminar | |
Professional Area | 9 |
EDUC 5303 - Developmental Stages of Early Childhood Through Adolescence EDUC 6302 - Research in Education (S-L) EDUC 6304 - Improvement of Instruction | |
Resource Area (one course is non-credit) | 9 |
EDUC 5320 - Teaching the Underachiever EDUC 6010 - Defense of Degree EDUC 6306 - Curriculum Design and Evaluation EDUC 6308 - The School and Multicultural Society |
TOTAL HOURS | |
|---|---|
30 hours | MA in Discipleship Required Curriculum |
30 hours | MA in Teaching Required Curriculum |
60 hours | TOTAL Dual Degree (excluding prerequisites) |
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
COURSE DESCRIPTIONS
Find course descriptions by category under the Graduate Course Descriptions section in the navigation panel.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATE DEFENSE OF DEGREE
Because of Dallas Baptist University’s quest for meaningful assessment of graduate candidates, a defense of degree is required in all College of Education Graduate Programs. The defense of degree is a capstone collection of signature assessments and artifacts with reflections that demonstrate a candidate’s personal growth, development, and acquisition of knowledge, skills, and dispositions.
A digital format will be utilized by the candidate to enhance the presentation and to justify why the degree should be awarded to the candidate. The candidate’s formal defense will be presented to members of the Educator Preparation Board and will take place on the main campus each semester.
It is recommended that candidates attend a Defense of Degree workshop held each semester. It is also the candidate’s responsibility to schedule a meeting with their designated program director who will provide additional information regarding objectives, service-learning, artifacts, reflections, presentation format, and evaluative criteria and scoring.
Candidates must register for the Defense of Degree course as prescribed in their degree plan during the semester in which they will present their defense of degree to the Educator Preparation Board. The EPB is a group of experienced and widely successful educators from Dallas Baptist University and the Metroplex. Practicing teachers, administrators, consultants, superintendents, guidance directors, personnel directors, and Educational Region Service Center personnel, as well as DBU professors and administrators, volunteer their time for this highly selective process. The Educator Preparation Board serves as the College of Education Graduate Programs’ advisory board and meets three times a year to assess graduate candidates’ defense of degrees.
COLLEGE OF EDUCATION GRADUATE E-PORTFOLIO
Dallas Baptist University’s educator preparation programs strive to provide a quality learning experience that enables all candidates to impact EC-12 learning. The E-Portfolio is designed to be an individualized collection of documents to prepare the candidate for future positions; demonstrate the candidate’s ongoing knowledge, skills, experiences, and dispositions; and provide the candidate with the opportunity for self-reflection. All graduate candidates are required to compile and maintain an electronic, developmental E-Portfolio. There are three types of documents that must be included in the E-Portfolio: required documents, foundational elements, and competency artifacts. Throughout the program, the candidate will collect these documents and upload them to their designed TaskStream account.
The organization of E-Portfolio is governed by the State Board of Educator Certification standards and competencies, DBU/InTASC competencies, and DBU’s Educator Preparation Provider competencies in addition to specific field of study competencies.
The E-Portfolio will be used to assess your development as you proceed through your designated program. Candidates who do not have all required documents and “signature assessments” uploaded into TaskStream will not be allowed to proceed to the next level as designed by these Transition Points:
Transition Point One: Requirements for Program Admission
Transition Point Two: Requirements for Program Entrance
Transition Point Three: Requirements for Program Continuance
Transition Point Four: Requirements for Program Completion
Transition Point Five: Requirements for Program Evaluation
It is the candidates’ responsibility to meet with their designed program director and/or advisor to discuss the E-Portfolio required documents, checkpoint scoring, foundational elements rubric, and the competency artifacts rubric.