Alternative licensure courses fulfill requirements leading to the M.A.T. and a 10% raise for North Carolina teachers. For more information, check out departmental links below:

• Art Education  
• Music
• Physical Education
• Secondary Education
• Special Education
• Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

If qualified, students who have completed courses in the Post-Baccalaureate Certificate Program in Middle Grades Education may apply credit hours to the MAED degree. For more information, see

Middle Grades Education

For more information on your graduate degree program, contact the appropriate graduate program coordinator from the table below.

Program	Coordinator	Email Address
Art	Dr. Erin Tapley	etapley@email.wcu.edu
English (9-12)	Dr. Laura Wright	lwright@email.wcu.edu
English, Second Language (K-12)	Dr. Chandrika Rogers	crogers@email.wcu.edu
Mathematics (K-12)	Dr. Axelle Faughn	afaughn@email.wcu.edu
Middle Grades Education (6-9)	Dr. Dave Strahan	strahan@email.wcu.edu
Music (K-12)	Dr. Mary Kay Bauer	mkbauer@email.wcu.edu
Physical Education (K-12)	Dr. Gayle Wells	gwells@email.wcu.edu
Science (9-12)	Dr. Sabine Rundle	rundle@email.wcu.edu
Social Science (9-12)	Dr. Elizabeth McRae	mcrae@email.wcu.edu
Special Education (K-12)	Dr. Susan Stewart	sstewart@email.wcu.edu
Master of Arts in Teaching   (Grades 9-12 English, Mathematics, Science, Social Science; K-12 Art, ESL, Music, Physical Education)	Coordinator Dr. Mary Jean Herzog	mherzog@email.wcu.edu
Licensure Specialist	Ms. Barbara Schade	bschade@email.wcu.edu