Initial Licensure Programs for Undergraduate Students

Undergraduates who are interested in completing a teacher licensure program as part of their undergraduate degree program select from either a coordinate major in education or a secondary education minor. Undergraduates interested in teaching early childhood (grades PreK-2) or elementary (grades 1-6) in public schools select a coordinate major Early Childhood or Elementary Education. Undergraduate students who are interested in teaching a discipline-specific subject select a secondary education minor in the discipline. Secondary education minors are available in the following areas (licensure grade level options are identified in the parentheses): Biology (5-8 or 8-12), Chemistry (8-12), Earth Science (5-8), English (5-8 or 8-12), French (5-12), Health/Family and Consumer Sciences, History (5-8 or 8-12), Mathematics (5-8 or 8-12), Spanish (5-12) and Visual Art (PreK-8 or 5-12).