The BA/MATE combination and a minor in English requires successful completion of 141 credit hours + 12 hours of student teaching credits. Four 500-level courses (12 credits) count toward both degrees.

Credit Summary

  • 36 undergraduate courses
  • 4 shared courses
  • 7 graduate courses
  • 47 courses (141 credits)

plus

  • 3 student teaching 4-credit courses (12 credits)

153 total credits

BA/MATE in 5 Years: Recommended Course of Study 

Drama Major
Course  of Studies

As noted:

Concurrent courses - count for both degrees

Courses for Enlgish Secondary Educations

EDUC Grad Courses

MATE in “5” years Probably
taken when?
DR101
Theatre I
DR101 (same) - for English Secondary Education
DR104
Theatre II
DR104 (same) - for English Secondary Education
DR201/DR202
Theatre Topics
DR201/DR202 (same) - for English Secondary Education
DR202/DR201
Theatre Topics
DR202/DR201 (same) - for English Secondary Education
DR206
Fundamentals of Acting
DR206 (same)
DR207
Introduction to Design
DR207 (same)
DR305
Theatre Topics III
DR305 (same) Theatre Topics III
(Shakespeare in film) - for English Secondary Education
DR306
Theatre Prod
DR306 (same)
DR312
Directing I
DR312 (same)
DR451/DR452
Senior Seminar
DR451/DR452 (same) - for English Secondary Education
DR elective
DR elective
DR elective DR52 The Teaching of Theatre - Concurrent Course -> DR526 The Teaching of Theatre Fall of Junior year
DR elective DR 603 Western Theatre & Culture - Concurrent Course -> DR 603 Western Theatre and Culture - for English Secondary Education Summer after
Junior year
ENG 461/462
Plays of Shakespeare I/II
ENG 461/462 Plays of Shakespeare I/II (same) - for English Secondary Education
2 SOCIAL and
BEHAVIORAL
SCIENCES
EDUC 271 Psychology of Education
" EDUC 586 Curriculum & Methods in Adolescent Education - Concurrent Course Fall of Senior
Year
2 HISTORY (same)
4 PHIL (same)
4 THEO & REL (same)
1 COMPOSITION (same) ENG 101 or 102 Composition & Literature - for English Secondary Education
2 LANGUAGE (same) (Note: presumption is that these students place into the intermediate level of a language. If not, then additional LANGUAGE requirements will be required.)
4 MATH/NAT
SCIENCES
(same)
4 ELECTIVES ENG 231/232 History of English Literature - for English Secondary Education
ENG 235/236 American Literature - for English Secondary Education
ENG 324/325 Grammar/Linguistics - for English Secondary Education
ENG 311 or 312 Greek & Roman or Norse Mythology, OR a cross-listed course that will fulfill
the “World or Multicultural Literature” course requirement - for English Secondary Education
1 Additional  ENG Elective ENG elective 300+ level course - for English Secondary Education To qualify for the English Minor
EDUC 582 Reading in the Content Areas - for English Secondary Education Spring of
Senior Year
B.A. in Drama/Minor in English Requirements completed
DR 542 or 545 Design Applications /
Production Design Mgmt
Summer
after Senior
year
EDUC 525 Psychology of Learning for Diverse
Populations - EDUC Grad Courses
Summer
after Senior
year
EDUC 580 Teaching
English in the  Secondary Schools - EDUC Grad Courses
Fall of Grad
Academic
Year
DR507 Drama in Education, Part 1 Fall of Grad
Academic
Year
EDUC 702 Foundations of Education - EDUC Grad Courses Spring of
Grad
Academic
Year
DR542 or 545 Design Applications / Production Design Mgmt Summer
after Grad
Year
DR 951 Supervised Project Spring of or Summer
after Grad
Year
MATE Degree requirements fulfilled Summer
after Grad
Year
Student Teaching &
Seminar (English & Drama) EDUC 561, 562, 563 (4 credits each = 12 credits) - EDUC Grad Courses
Fall Following
completion of MATE

MATE Portion of BA/MATE in 5 years

Concurrent courses taken as an undergraduate
EDUC 586 Curriculum & Methods in Adolescent Education
EDUC 582 Reading in the Content Areas
DR526 The Teaching of Theatre
DR 603 Western Theatre and Culture

Drama Courses taken as a Graduate Student
DR507 Drama in Education I
DR 542 Design Applications
DR 545 Production Design and Management
DR 951 Supervised Project

Education Courses taken as a Graduate Student
EDUC 525 Psychology of Learning for Diverse Populations
EDUC 580 Teaching English in the Secondary Schools
EDUC 702 Foundations of Education

Total = 6 Drama courses
5 Education courses
11 courses = 33 credits

Student Teaching
With the required 5 EDUC courses above, students are prepared to do
the student teaching required for certification.