Earn an Masters in our Fifth-Year Programs
Tufts University Department of Education offers undergraduate students an opportunity to pursue a Master of Arts in Teaching Degree or a Master of Arts in Museum Education by continuing their studies in a fifth-year program.
Some of the highlights of this program include:
- Students are able to double count up to two graduate-level courses from their undergraduate degree toward the requirements for the Masters Degree.
- Students are able to reserve up to two graduate-level courses from their undergraduate coursework to count towards the Masters Degree.
- The Graduate School of Arts and Sciences provides a graduate tuition scholarship proportional to the undergraduate tuition award at the time of application.
- Those completing the fifth-year program resulting in a MAT will be endorsed for initial licensure in the state of Massachusetts.
Review our fifth year programs:
- Fifth-Year Master's Degree Program: BFA and MAT in Art Education
- Fifth-Year Master's Degree Program: BA/BS and MAT in Middle and High School Education
- Fifth-Year Master's Degree Program: BA/BS and MA in Museum Education
Learn more and watch the following videos:
Associate Professor and Department Chair, Julia Svoboda, gives an overview of the fifth-year program.
Learn about the graduate Introduction to Teaching course from Associate Teaching Professor and Director of Middle and High School MAT, Ryan Redmond.
Associate Teaching Professor, Steve Cohen prepares future history teachers in this ED 110, History and Social Studies Curricula course preview.