The program integrates pedagogy, linguistics, and classroom teaching. The Master of Arts in Teaching is offered only through a distance learning format. The Master of Arts in Education is an innovative program that provides a supportive environment for professional educators, links theory and practice, and integrates inquiry and technology into the curriculum.
Students can choose to enroll in classes on campus or off campus in a learning community.
The Master of Arts in Teaching offers a first teaching license at the graduate level. They contribute significantly to Iowa State's involvement in international research, education, and development, including several in-service summer institutes for ESL teachers and teacher educators from the U.S. and abroad. Graduates of the program find opportunities both in the U.S. and abroad for teaching and administering programs in English in public schools, colleges, universities, language institutes, private companies, and binational centers. Non-thesis completion option available. Teachers with current certification may add this as an endorsement with only five courses.