To be eligible for admission, you must have completed a baccalaureate degree with a major approved for the intended certificate title (and, for some certificate titles there are additional content distribution requirements). If you have not completed such a major, program faculty can review transcripts to determine the extent to which an equivalent to an approved major has been achieved. Below is a list of approved majors (and applicable content distribution requirements) for each certificate title.
A baccalaureate degree with a major in one of the following areas:
A baccalaureate degree with a major in English, which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in English.
If you have at least 30 hours of coursework in the content of a certification area but did not major in that content area, you must fulfill the content area prerequisite courses in this document:
A baccalaureate degree with a major in English, a language other than English, linguistics or a speech-related field, which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in the major.
A baccalaureate degree with a major in the language of the certification area (French, German, Latin or Spanish), which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in the language.
A baccalaureate degree with a major in mathematics, which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in mathematics.
In addition, the following mathematics distribution must be met:
A baccalaureate degree with a major in music performance, which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in music.
In addition, the following music distribution must be met:
A baccalaureate degree with a major in the certification area (biology, chemistry, earth science, or physics), which includes at least 30 hours of coursework in the content of the certification area.
If you have at least 30 hours of coursework in the content of a certification area but did not major in that content area, you must fulfill the content area prerequisite courses in this document:
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A baccalaureate degree with a major in history or one of the social sciences (anthropology, economics, geography, political science, or sociology), which includes at least 21 credits in history or geography and one economics and one political science course.
In addition, the following history/civilization distribution must be met:
In addition, the following social science distribution must be met — two courses in each of three social science areas:
Philosophy and psychology may be used to fulfill the social science distribution requirements, but are not acceptable as majors for admission to the program leading to social studies initial teacher certification.