The MA in Secondary Education with Licensure Program is typically a 2-semester program, with coursework and field experience (working with a cooperating teacher in a secondary education classroom) in both semesters.

To be a teacher at the Secondary level, a student must be a content area expert in one of the following content areas: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science, Global Languages, Social Studies, or Bilingual Education. As required by the State of New Mexico, a student is required to have 24 credit hours in one of the above subject areas, with 12 of those hours taken at the upper division (300-400 level or above). It is important that each student meets with the Graduate Licensure Coordinator to review transcripts to be sure the student has the required content to be eligible to be a teacher in Secondary Education.