Mathematics: Secondary Teaching Emphasis (MA)
Master of Arts
Enhance your skills through our convenient, hybrid program, allowing you to prepare for a career in community college teaching or seek career advancement in the field.
- Begin courses in Fall 2025
- Apply Now!
- Scholarships available for qualified students
Features
Hybrid Program | 30 Credits | 2 Years
- Strengthen and extend your understanding of mathematics while enhancing your teaching skills
- Delivered in a cohort model, allowing you to extend your network of teaching professionals
- Study a robust mathematics curriculum explicitly linked to practice
- Gain hands-on experience through two weeks of in-person instruction on the UNI campus
As an Online & Distance Education student, you’ll have a dedicated Enrollment Contact and Program Coordinator to assist you with registering for classes, navigating the course sequence and billing process, preparing for graduation and much more.
 | Brian Townsend Program Coordinator Professor, Mathematics |
 | Lisa Jaeger Enrollment Contact lisa.jaeger@uni.edu |
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Courses are offered online over six semesters, using dynamic platforms including Zoom video conferencing and Blackboard. During the summer sessions, you will participate in two weeks of in-person instruction on the UNI campus. The program is delivered in a cohort model, allowing you to study with the same group of teachers throughout the program.
View course sequences:
Our graduates are prepared to:
- Enter the professional workplace and teach at the community college level
- Advocate for change within their schools
- Continue their education in mathematics and become leaders in the field
- Be competent users of mathematics and mathematical applications
Individualized Support Services
Throughout every step of your program, you'll have a dedicated team of support staff ready to assist you. You'll also have access to UNI services such as:
- Personalized academic advising
- Support from Financial Aid, Career Services and Rod Library staff
- Academic support and tutoring opportunities from the Learning Center
- Access to student accessibility services and staff
- Technical support assistance
Courses are offered online over six semesters, using dynamic platforms including Zoom video conferencing and Blackboard. During the summer sessions, you will participate in two weeks of in-person instruction on the UNI campus. The program is delivered in a cohort model, allowing you to study with the same group of teachers throughout the program.
View course sequences:
Our graduates are prepared to:
- Enter the professional workplace and teach at the community college level
- Advocate for change within their schools
- Continue their education in mathematics and become leaders in the field
- Be competent users of mathematics and mathematical applications
Individualized Support Services
Throughout every step of your program, you'll have a dedicated team of support staff ready to assist you. You'll also have access to UNI services such as:
- Personalized academic advising
- Support from Financial Aid, Career Services and Rod Library staff
- Academic support and tutoring opportunities from the Learning Center
- Access to student accessibility services and staff
- Technical support assistance
To be admitted, students must:
- 2.75 is the minimum GPA to be accepted without provision; applicants with a GPA lower than 2.75 may still be admitted provisionally, at the discretion of the program and the Division of Graduate Studies.
- Applicants must be a licensed teacher with access to a classroom.
Along with the application, you must submit:
- Official transcripts from all institutions attended
- Resume
- Applicant statement describing professional background, career goals, and motivations.
The Graduate Record Examination (GRE) is not required.
Please note this program does not provide teacher licensure. The program is designed for licensed teachers.
Online & Distance Education Scholarship
- Online & Distance Education offers $2,000 scholarships for degree-seeking students enrolled in select graduate programs.
College of Humanities, Arts & Sciences Scholarships
- John C. & Marla Putzier Peterson Mathematics Education Scholarship
- Scholarships are available to new or current students in UNI's Graduate Programs in Mathematics Education.
- FINE Foundation Middle Grades Mathematics Scholarship
- $1,000 scholarships available for teachers with 2 or more years experience, currently teaching in the State of Iowa and enrolled in the Secondary Math Teaching Emphasis, M.A. program.
- Bonnie Litwiller Mathematics Teacher Endowed Scholarship
- $1,000 scholarships available to Secondary Teaching in Mathematics M.A. program, students who demonstrate financial need and have a graduate GPA of 3.25 or above.
- Michael Millar Scholarship
- $1,000 scholarships to students enrolled in the Secondary Teaching Emphasis, M.A. or Community College Emphasis M.A. program and who demonstrate academic merit and financial need.
For more information, visit: chas.uni.edu/math/students/scholarships
Next Steps
Express Interest
Complete our online information request form. We'll send program updates, important information, and application deadlines directly to your inbox!
Apply
Along with the application, students must submit the required additional application materials listed above.
Apply for Scholarships
Online & Distance Education offers scholarships for qualified students. Learn more and apply for the scholarship today.
Delivery of this program is contingent on a sufficient number of students being accepted into the program.