Office of Teacher Education

Programs Offered

The School of Education offers bachelor’s degree programs in:

• Birth-Kindergarten (B-K)
  Teaching and Non-Teaching
• Elementary Education (K-6)
• Middle Grades Education (6-8)
  Language Arts/Social Studies
  Mathematics/Science
• Secondary Education (9-12)
  English
  Mathematics
  Comprehensive Science 
• Special Subjects (K-12)
  Health and Physical Education
  Music Education
  Art Education
• Licensure-Only Program
  Reading
  Special Education

The School of Education also offers the Master's Degree in Education (M.Ed.), designed for educators holding a "A" level license and the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT), designed for students with a baccalaureate degree in specific disciplines.
The (M.Ed.) program consist of a core of education courses with a concentration in one of the following areas.

• Biology Education, 9-12; 
• Elementary Education, K-6; 
• Mathematics Education, 9-12; 
• Middle Grades Language Arts, 6-9; 
• Middle Grades Mathematics, 6-9; 
• Middle Grades Science, 6-9; 
• Reading, K-12;
• Sociology Education, 9-12; 
• Special Education, K-12 with emphasis in Behaviorally Emotionally Disabled, Learning Disabled, or Mentally Disabled.

In contrast to the M.Ed. the MAT is designed for unlicensed, inexperience teachers who may benefit from a developmentally sequenced field base approach.  The MAT offers opportunity for an initial license in ten (10) teaching areas:

• Biology Education, 9-12; 
• Social Science-History Education, 9-12; 
• Mathematics Education, 9-12; 
• Middle Grades Language Arts, 6-9; 
• Middle Grades Mathematics, 6-9; 
• Middle Grades Science, 6-9; 
• Social Science-Sociology Education, 9-12; 
• Special Education General Curriculum, K-12.

The primary focus of the MAT is on earning an initial "A" level license with subsequent opportunities to earn a master's degree with eligibility for an "M" license.