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Overview of the MST Program
The College of Arts and Sciences offers a master’s degree for students seeking a science, technology, engineering, and/or mathematics (STEM) career path that involves teaching through the Masters in STEM Teaching (MST) program in the Office of STEM Teaching Activities (OSTA). A typical MST candidate plans to become a faculty member or teacher, whether a tenure-track professor or lecturer at a four-year college or university, an instructor at a two-year college, or even a K-12 teacher. Through required coursework and teaching internships, the program offers an opportunity to STEM undergraduate and graduate students to become exceptionally qualified teachers at either the secondary or post-secondary level.
MST is a non-thesis master’s program, designed to extend and deepen the science background of its students through graduate coursework in their STEM disciplinary content areas (e.g., biology, chemistry, engineering, geoscience, mathematics, physics), as well as provide strong preparation in the pedagogical aspects of STEM teaching and learning, including high-quality, extended teaching internships. The program builds upon a strong partnership between the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Education to provide the best experiences for students in the content (STEM) and teaching (education) areas, working with Tallahassee Community College, FSU STEM Departments, and local secondary schools to provide internship experiences for all students.
Typical students fit into one of two categories: (1) those pursuing MST as a stand-alone MS program after completion of a BS degree in a STEM discipline, or (2) those pursuing MST concurrently with a graduate degree in one of Florida State University’s STEM departments with the permission of both programs.
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