Undergraduate Programs

Elementary Education, in conjunction with the Departments of Family and Human Development and Special Education, offer the following programs leading to certification as a teacher:

  1. Elementary Education. This program offers licensure to teach grades one through six in elementary school

  2. Early Childhood Education. Completion of this program will result in licensure to teach pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and grades one through three

  3. K-6. This program offers licensure to teach kindergarten through grade six in elementary school

  4. Dual Elementary and Early Childhood Education. Completing this program results in certification to teach pre-kindergarten through grade six

  5. Composite Early Childhood/Special Education - Early Childhood. This program certifies a person to teach pre-kindergarten through grade three and preschool special education birth through age five

  6. Composite Elementary Education/Special Education - Mild/Moderate Specialization. Completing this program will result in licensure to teach regular education grades one through six and special education K-12 mild/moderate

  7. Composite Elementary Education/Special Education - Severe Specialization. Completing this program will results in licensure to teach regular education grades one through six and special education k-12 severe

  8. Elementary Education and Deaf Education. When you complete this program, you will receive a bachelor's degree in Elementary Education and a teaching license to teach grades one through six. You will also receive a master's degree in Deaf Education and licensure to teach in deaf schools

  9. Early Childhood and Deaf Education. When you complete this program, you will receive a bachelor's degree in Early Childhood Education and a teaching license to teach pre-kindergarten through grade three. You will also receive a master's degree in Deaf Education and licensure to teach in deaf schools

  10. English as a Second Language endorsement and Elementary Education

  11. English as a Second Language endorsement and Early Childhood