K-12 Teaching Major leading to endorsement for an all-level license in WI (students seeking out-of-state licensure should consult with the director of teacher education).
Candidates seeking K-12 licensure in art, foreign language, music, or theatre complete an academic major and the K-12 teaching major.
Please refer to the program requirements webpage for further details. In addition, please review the relevant catalog section outside of Education for a complete description of academic majors referenced above.
• EDUC 101 Foundations of Education I: Becoming a Community-Engaged Educator
• EDUC 278 Culturally Sustaining Teaching
• EDUC 279 Child and Adolescent Development
• EDUC 281 Teaching Children with Exceptionalities
Appropriate methods course for content licensure:
• EDUC 317 General Music Methods
• EDUC 254 Instructional Methods for Adolescents
• EDUC 319 Methods in Art Education
• EDUC 320 Methods in Foreign Language Education
• SSCI 408 Social Inequalities: Race and Minority Relations
Student teaching:
(Art, Foreign Language, Theatre)
• EDUC 450 Student-Teaching: Early Adolescence
• EDUC 455 Student-Teaching: Adolescence
(Music Education)
One of the following courses:
• EDUC 469 Student-Teaching: General Music
• EDUC 470 Student-Teaching: Choral Music
• EDUC 475 Student-Teaching: Instrumental Music
• EDUC 499 Student Teaching Seminar
Optional/recommended and required if applying for an IL license:
• EDUC 280 Supporting and Engaging Multilingual Learners
Total Credits Required: 40
Education General - Major leading to no teaching license or certification
Students seeking to pursue this major must gain approval from the director of teacher education. Students may complete this major if they have finished all coursework and degree requirements in the above majors, but do not wish to seek licensure, or have not met the Teacher Education program requirements as required for licensure in the state of WI.
Students will take an internship class instead of, or in addition to, student teaching courses:
EDUC 494 Internship
