<p>I planning to apply for U of Washington and I want to get a masters in Mathematics and a masters in Teaching. How long does that take?</p>
<p>That’s not a double major. A double major is two undergraduate degrees which can be done in four years. You are talking about education beyond an undergrad degree, each of which will probably take a least a year if you go full time.</p>
<p>So I would probably end up spending like 4-5 years in college, including the first two years?</p>
<p>A masters is typically two years each. So if you want a master it would be 4+2+2 so 8 years. You might be confused and want a double major which can be done in four years. </p>
<p>If you are talking about masters, I think it is a little far in the future to be planning this who know what you will want to do in grad school.</p>
<p>You are really getting ahead of yourself. You are not even in the school and yet you are talking about your graduate degree(s). Often someone will choose to do an undergraduate major in math and go on for a masters in teaching (assuming you are looking toward becoming a math teacher) – this would be more economical in terms of both time and money.</p>
<p>As a side note, if you want to be a teacher, you don’t have to get two separate masters’ in math and teaching. You can get a master’s in mathematics education, which allows you to take graduate-level classes in math and classes in education at the same time in one program. There are two kinds. The Masters of Arts in Teaching (MAT) is usually an intensive 12-13 month program for people with strong math backgrounds, and the M.Ed is usually a traditional 2-year master’s program. Both will offer you graduate classes in math in addition to classes in education.</p>
<p>A traditional full-time MA in mathematics (without the education component) should take you 1-2 years. Most math MA programs are 30-credit programs, and thus only take about 1 year on average.</p>
<p>You would spend 4-5 years in undergrad getting your bachelor’s first (traditionally 4; some students take 5). Then you would spend 1-2 years getting one master’s, depending on what kind of master’s you want to get.</p>
<p>Oh, and as a side note - I don’t think it’s too early for you to think about graduate school and how long your education will take, as long as you keep an open mind and realize that your interests will probably change throughout college. But investigating these things is generally good practice, as you can rarely have too much information.)</p>
<p>Yeah, what you’re talking about is graduate degrees, as everyone else said.</p>
<p>As for an actual double major, I’m a double major (CS and linguistics) and I’m set to graduate in 4 years provided there aren’t any snafus with a couple classes. If there are, I’ll be a quarter or two over my expected graduation.</p>
<p>I’m double majoring and graduating in three years. But I don’t think that’s what you’re talking about. Some schools offer 5-year programs for a master’s in teaching. You’d major in math for undergrad and come out with a teaching degree in five years. Maybe look into that?</p>