The Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) - Secondary program provides graduates with an Oregon Initial I Teaching License with a master's degree and authorizations in Middle School and High School Education.  Students elect to follow either a Language Arts or a Social Studies endorsement; both have an ESOL emphasis.  The full-time, 12-month program begins each June and concludes in June of the following year.  OSU-Cascades' Master of Arts in Teaching program is nationally accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.