4+1 Bachelor's to M.Ed. in Secondary Education

Who can apply

• Framingham State undergraduates majoring in English, history, mathematics or studio art
• An overall GPA of 3.00

How to apply

Apply no later than the end of your junior year. You'll need:

• The 4+1 program application
• Two letters of recommendation from faculty in your major department or the Education department
• A 600 to 1,000 word essay
• Visual art only: a portfolio of 10 to 15 digital images of your artwork, uploaded through SlideRoom

You don't need to pass an MTEL to apply. You'll take the Communication and Literacy Skills MTEL before your teaching methods courses, and your licensure MTELs before student teaching.

Students missing content-area courses will take them before moving on to teaching methods and student teaching.

• English, Grades 5 to 12
• History, Grades 5 to 12
• Mathematics, Grades 5 to 8 or 8 to 12
• Visual Art, Grades PreK to 8 or 5 to 12

• Years 1 to 3: Complete your major and general education courses. Apply by the end of Year 3.
• Year 4: Finish your bachelor's degree and start graduate courses that count toward your M.Ed. Work with your advisor to choose your senior-year courses: Desmond McCarthy (English), Lori Gemeiner Bihler (History), Robert Page (Mathematics) or Marc Cote (Visual Art).
• Summer: EDIL 920 Learning and Human Development and a graduate content course.
• Fall: Teaching methods and field study, EDIL 802 Special Needs and Educational Technology, and TESL 910 Sheltered English Immersion.
• Spring: Your student-teaching practicum.
• Final summer: EDUC 999 Research and Evaluation and the comprehensive exam.

The M.Ed. requires 13 courses: five education core courses, five field study and practicum courses, and three graduate content courses in your subject. A comprehensive exam is your culminating experience.

If you already have experience working in schools, the first field study course may be waived.

See the full requirements for your specialization in the graduate catalog: English, History, Mathematics, Visual Art.

A 4+1 (or 4 + 1) program lets you earn a bachelor's and a master's degree in about five years. In this program, you start graduate courses in your senior year that count toward your M.Ed., then finish the master's over the following year.

About five years: four years for your bachelor's degree, then a summer, fall, spring and final summer for your master's.

Framingham State undergraduates majoring in English, history, mathematics or studio art with an overall GPA of 3.00.

No later than the end of your junior year.

No. You'll need passing scores on the Communication and Literacy Skills MTEL before your teaching methods courses, and on your licensure MTELs before student teaching.

Yes. It leads to an initial license in English (Grades 5 to 12), history (Grades 5 to 12), mathematics (Grades 5 to 8 or 8 to 12) or visual art (Grades PreK to 8 or 5 to 12).

The graduate courses you take in your senior year still count toward your bachelor's degree.