Teacher Education Licensure

Students interested in teacher licensure will major in an academic field and complete all of the requirements for the teacher education program. Depending on the field of study, initial licensure is earned at the bachelor's or master's level. The following chart describes the licensure areas, degree required, major field of study and academic unit.

Licensure Area	Degree Required	Major Field of Study	Academic Unit
Art Education, PreK-12	Bachelor's	Art	School of Art, Design and Art History
Dance Education, PreK-12	Bachelor's	Dance	School of Theatre and Dance
Elementary Education, PreK-6	Master's	IDLS with education pre-professional licensure program	Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Department of Early, Elementary and Reading Education
Foreign Language PreK-12 2	Master's	Modern Foreign Languages with pre-professional licensure program	Departments of Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education and Foreign Languages, Literature and Culture
Inclusive Early Childhood Education Birth-Age 8	Master's	IDLS with education pre-professional licensure program	Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Department of Early, Elementary and Reading Education and Department of Exceptional Education
Middle Level, Education, 6-8	Master's	IDLS with education pre-professional licensure program	Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Department of Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education
Music Education, PreK-12	Bachelor's	Music	School of Music
Physical/Health Education, PreK-12	Master's	Kinesiology	Department of Kinesiology
Secondary Education, 6-12	Master's	Content major 1 with education pre-professional licensure program	Department of Middle, Secondary and Mathematics Education
Special Education 2, K-12	Master's	See program adviser for options with education pre-professional licensure program	Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies Department of Exceptional Education
Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages – TESL (ESL)	Bachelor's Master's	See program adviser for options with education pre-professional licensure program	Department of Exceptional Education
Theatre Education, PreK-12	Bachelor's	IDLS with education pre-professional licensure program	School of Theatre and Dance

Add-on Endorsements

Endorsements are available in the following areas. Contact the College of Education for more information.

Algebra I
Gifted Education (add-on licensure)
Journalism

1 Biology, chemistry, English, modern foreign language, Earth science, history or political science, mathematics, or physics.

2 IDLS is the recommended major.