Licensure Areas

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K-6 Licensure Programs
Elementary Education (BS)
- Contact: Beth Beschorner
- Program Requirements
Elementary Teaching (MS)
- Contact: Mandy Quist
- Program Requirements
Special Education - Early Childhood Special Education Birth-Age 6 (Graduate)
- Contact: Dana Wagner
- Program Requirements
5-12 Licensure programs
Communication Arts and Literature (English/Speech)
Family Consumer Science
Health Science with Physical Education (K-12) DUAL Licensure
- Contact: Ben Schwamberger
- Program Requirements
Mathematics
- Contact: Jonathan Harper
- Program Requirements
Social Studies
- Contact: Kyle Ward
- Program Requirements
k-12 Licensure programs
Developmental and Adaptive P.E. (Pre K-12)
- Contact: Sue Tarr
- Program Requirements
Music - Vocal and Instrumental
- Contact: Amy Roisum
- Vocal Program Requirements
- Instrumental Program Requirements
Reading (Graduate Endorsement)
- Contact: Karen Colum
- Program Requirements
School Counseling (Graduate)
- Contact: Tracy Peed
- Program Requirements
Special Education Academic and Behavioral Strategist (Undergraduate)
- Contact: Kiersten Hensley
- Program Requirements
Special Education Academic and Behavioral Strategist (Graduate)
- Contact: Kiersten Hensley
- Program Requirements
Special Education Autism Spectrum Disorder (Graduate)
- Contact: Dana Wagner
- Program Requirements
Special Education Developmental Disabilities (Graduate)
- Contact: Dana Wagner
- Program Requirements
Special Education Emotional/Behavioral Disorders (Graduate)
- Contact: Dana Wagner
- Program Requirements
Special Education Learning Disabilities (Graduate)
- Contact: Dana Wagner
- Program Requirements
Teaching English as a Second Language
- Contact: Nancy Drescher
- Program Requirements
Visual Arts
- Contact: Gina Wenger
- Program Requirements
World Languages and Cultures (Spanish/French/German)
- Spanish Teaching Program Requirements
- French Teaching Program Requirements
- German Teaching Program Requirements
9-12 Licensure programs
Chemistry (with General Science 5-8)
- Contact: Jeffrey Pribyl
- Program Requirements
Earth and Space (with General Science 5-8)
- Contact: Jeffrey Pribyl
- Program Requirements
Life Science (with General Science 5-8)
- Contact: Bethann Lavoie
- Program Requirements
Physics (with General Science 5-8)
- Contact: Thomas Brown
- Program Requirements
Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) Initial Licensure (5-12 and K-12)
- Contact: Felica Smith
- Program Requirements
