Initial Licensure with M.Ed Coursework

Core Courses (required for each of the four types of teaching licenses)

Early Childhood (Pre-K - 3rd grade)

Additional Courses Required for the Master of Education

Early Child Licensure Requirements

Total Hours:  66 hour 

Middle Childhood (4th – 9th grade)  (in addition, two areas of concentration are required: in consultation with an Academic Adviser select from Language Arts, Social Studies, Science, and Math)

Additional coursework for Master of Education

Middle Childhood Licensure Coursework

*Students select two of these courses based on their teaching content areas.

Total hours:  51 (+ content areas coursework, if needed)

Adolescent/Young Adult (7th – 12th grade) (8 licensure options:  Integrated Language Arts, Integrated Social Studies, Integrated Mathematics, Life Science, Chemistry/Life Science, Physical Science:  Physics, Chemistry, Chemistry/Physics)         

Additional coursework for Master of Education

                Elective – Teaching content area or Elective

                Elective – Teaching content area or Elective

Adolescent/Young Adult Licensure Coursework

Total Hours:  45 (+ content area coursework if needed)

Multi-Age (Pre-K – 12th Grade)  (Foreign Languages:  French, Spanish, German, Latin; or Physical Education)

Additional coursework for Master of Education

                Elective – Teaching content area or Elective

                Elective – Teaching content area or Elective

Multi-Age Licensure Coursework

Total Hours:  45 (+ content area coursework if needed)