High School (9-12) Biology Teacher Information

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This program is a 32 semester credit hour, non-thesis degree offered on a part-time basis primarily during the summer months. MAT students typically take 8 or more credits per summer.

Degree Requirements

The MAT degree requires 32 credit hours of pertinent graduate credit, consisting of:

• Formal Biology Courses (18 credit hours)
  • At least one formal course must be taken in each of the three participating departments ... Botany, Microbiology, and Zoology (9-12 credit hours)
    • Formal in this context means the course is a permanent offering of a department
    • Informal courses are those offerings that have been approved through the Continuing Education Office, but are not part of the permanent curriculum
    • The Courses web page indicates which courses are formal and which are informal
  • Other formal biology courses offered by MAT program faculty may be taken for the remainder of these 18 credit hours
• Other courses (14 credit hours) pertinent to the MAT degree may be selected by you, but must be approved by the MAT Director, subject to these restrictions:
  • No more than 8 credit hours of courses taken in a different degree program at Miami University may be transfered into the MAT program. To obtain approval for transfer of such a course:
    • Send a letter requesting approval of the transfer to the MAT Director
    • Include a copy of your transcript showing the course(s) to be transferred
  • No more than 8 credit hours may be applied for courses transfered into the program from other colleges or universities. To obtain approval for transfer of such a course:
    • Send a letter requesting approval of the transfer to the MAT Director
    • Have an official copy of your transcript showing the course(s) to be transferred must be mailed directly to the MAT Director by the Registrar of the college or university where you took the course(s)
  • No more than 8 credit hours may be applied for education courses, regardless of where they were taken. To obtain approval for transfer of an education course:
    • Send a letter requesting approval of the transfer to the MAT Director
    • Have an official copy of your transcript showing the course(s) to be transferred must be mailed directly to the MAT Director by the Registrar of the college or university where you took the course(s) (an official transcript is required only for courses taken at other colleges or universities)
  • No more than 4 credit hours may be applied for any course, or group of similar courses regardless of where they are taken (ensures that students take a diverse array of courses). To obtain approval for transfer of such a course:
    • Send a letter requesting approval of the course to meet degree requirements to the MAT Director
    • Include a copy of your Miami University transcript showing the course
• One course in either organic chemistry or biochemistry must be taken prior to graduation
  • This course may have been taken prior to beginning the MAT program
  • If an undergraduate beginning level course is selected to meet this program requirement, as is typical, it will not count toward the 32 graduate credit hour requirement
• Degree requirements must be met within a 5-year period, beginning with your first term in the MAT program
• You may receive partial credit for courses completed more than five years prior to the date of graduation (two-thirds credit may be given for approved courses taken at least five years prior; one-third credit may be given for approved courses taken more than ten years prior)
• This requires a petition to the College of Arts and Sciences and/or to the Graduate School as well as approval of the Director, and is initiated as follows:
  • Download a Graduate Student Petition form
  • Send the completed form, together with a copy of your transcript showing when you took the courses, to the MAT Director
• The MAT Director will evaluate and forward the petition to the College of Arts and Sciences and/or the Graduate School (as appropriate) with a recommendation
• After deliberation, the Petitions Committee will inform both you and the MAT Director of its decision
• Graduate Handbook

Courses Web Page

• As soon as the information is available each spring, the MAT Director will list courses that count toward the MAT degree on the Courses web page
• Some courses not on this list also may apply, such as those in cognate departments and in the School of Education
• Contact the MAT Director to make sure that such courses will apply toward the degree before you take them

Graduation

Complete information about graduation requirements and proceedures is on the MAT Biology Graduation web page.

Additional Information

Contact MAT Program Director, Dr. John R. Stevenson, by email at stevenjr@muohio.edu or by phone at 513-529-5427.