The MAT program provides talented liberal arts college graduates with a challenging program of study within their academic discipline while preparing them for careers as secondary school teachers. Open to students with undergraduate majors in the fields of English, mathematics, social studies, and the sciences, the program combines graduate level work in the teaching field with education courses and a 27 week internship under the direction of master mentor teachers in two local Durham public high schools. The 36-unit program takes one calendar year to complete. Duke University's MAT Program is a leader in experiential-based teacher education with a long-track record of preparing leaders in the field of education. The program offers two degree programs: Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree: The one-year Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) degree is designed for individuals interested in learning how to teach in the following areas: English Education Social Studies Education Science Education Math Education Math-Physics Education To earn the Master of Arts in Teaching certification, you must have an undergraduate degree in that field of certification, or in a field closely related. MAT candidates conduct a 27-week-long internship at two Durham Public Schools under the guidance of experienced mentor-faculty. Through graduate-level education and content-area coursework, students develop their teaching skills and become thoughtful leaders in the field of education. Who Should Apply The ideal candidate seeks engagement with digital humanities, digital art history, digital architectural history and digital archaeology, and conceptualizes digital visualization as a way of doing research. The program encourages applicants from across the humanities and social sciences, whether from established disciplines, such as history, archaeology, and art history, or emerging fields of study, such as spatial history, media arts & sciences, and cultural geography. The Computational Media track emphasizes the study of visualization technologies in the context of media and technology histories, cultural analytics, and new media forms of expression. Computational Media topics include the manufacture and dissemination of humanities data and its expression, the social and ethical considerations of digital cultural heritage interventions, and the aesthetic and rhetorical value of computational media forms. The ideal candidate for the Computational Media track seeks deeper understanding of the intersection of quantitative and qualitative modes of historical and cultural research, is actively engaged with hands-on computational media production, and is interested in productive cross-overs between arts and sciences communities. This MA track prepares students for further graduate study in digital humanities and computational media and for training for jobs in media, design, advertising, and technical industries, among others.