The degree may be completed in one academic year if pursued on a full-time basis. All special non-degree students planning to apply for degree status are encouraged to interview with the Program Director prior to acceptance. Throughout the program, degree candidates are advised to consult with a faculty advisor. The internship applicant will prepare a professional resume and an application to be reviewed by the Program Director by October 1 of the fall semester for spring internship placements and by February 1 of the spring semester for fall internship placements. The intern can expect to be treated as an exempt professional employee with a graduate degree.
Compensation is optional and left to the discretion of the organization providing the internship.
For further information, contact Dr. Barbara Ash, Director, Adult and Organizational Learning and Human Resources Certificate Programs, at 617.573.8280. Concentration in Secondary School Teaching Programs for certification of graduate students as teachers of academic subjects in Massachusetts have been developed to satisfy teacher certification regulations now in effect in the state. Both programs also grant students Master of Science degrees upon successful completion. Each individual's undergraduate and prior graduate transcripts must be reviewed and evaluated and a program planned and monitored through periodic meetings of the student with an advisor from the Education and Human Services Department of the University and an advisor from the relevant academic discipline. The Advanced Academics component is comprised of 12 semester hours of graduate level courses in the candidate's special academic area.