Overview

The Teaching program offered by University of Houston Clear Lake allows you to earn both a teaching certificate and a master’s degree with just 36 semester credit hours. With evening courses available, you can complete the program and keep your full-time day job.

Choose from various certification areas and bands — early childhood-grade 6, grades 4-8 or grades 7-12 — and acquire core knowledge and skills so your future students will have the opportunity to flourish. In addition to content area pedagogy, you’ll learn how to effectively manage a classroom, provide instruction, and approach cultural differences and student exceptionalities.

Career Prospects

According to the Houston-Galveston Area Council Regional Growth Forecast, the Houston-Galveston population will continue to increase, creating an even greater need for new educational programs and professionals. The MAT is designed to meet these student and job market demands while providing leadership opportunities for graduates.

As an added incentive, UHCL's College of Education provides employment assistance to all of its students, giving you the security of knowing you'll likely be employed soon after graduation. UHCL has a reputation of producing high-quality teachers who are in demand among local school districts.

Programme Structure

Courses Include

Selecting Literature and Materials for Young Adults
Selecting Literature and Materials for Children
School Library Collection Development Management
Teaching
Education Leadership
Teaching Middleschool

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 12 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-19 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-06-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2026-08-01 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-01-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-10-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-01-05 00:00:00 , National
Starting 2027-05-13 00:00:00
- Apply before 2027-04-01 00:00:00 , International
- Apply before 2027-05-01 00:00:00 , National

Language

English

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Credits

36 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Webster, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

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Other requirements

General requirements

GPA of 3.000 or better either over last 60 hours or overall.
If GPA is above 2.750 but below 3.000, applicant must take the GRE or MAT and meet the following minimum scores:GRE: combined 294 on the verbal and quantitative sections and 3.5 on the analytical writing.MAT: 390
A passing score on the content state assessment (TExES) associated with the target teacher certification. Must take content state assessment as a Pre-Admission Content Test (PACT)

Tuition Fees

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Non-residents

19352 USD / year

≈ 19352 USD / year
Out-of-State

19352 USD / year

≈ 19352 USD / year
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In-State

9920 USD / year

≈ 9920 USD / year

Funding

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