The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program is administered through the Lynch School of Education Graduate Programs, in cooperation with the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. It requires admission to both the Lynch Graduate School of Education and the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures. The Program provides certification and continued professional development for primary and secondary school teachers of French and Spanish.

Courses: a minimum of 30 credits with an average of B or better, to include:

• Fifteen credits in the Department of Romance Languages and Literatures, focusing on French or Hispanic Studies, distributed as follows:
  • Nine or 12 credits in courses on literature and culture.
  • Three or six credits in advanced textual analysis, either RL 704 (French) or RL 901 (Spanish), or graduate courses in linguistics or phonetics.
• A minimum of 15 credits in the School of Education. Students are strongly urged to include RL 597/ED 303, Foreign Language Pedagogy, as one of their education courses.

Candidates seeking certification by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts must meet state subject matter requirements for their area of specialization, and must attain required levels of language proficiency in their target language. In addition, they must meet the course requirements of the Boston College Lynch School of Education which, depending on the student's background, may exceed 15 credit hours. Candidates for the MAT should consult with their advisor in the School of Education prior to registration each semester.