Teacher Education

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Undergraduate Programs and Endorsements

School of Education, Health, and Society

At Miami, our focus is preparing undergraduates for classroom positions. You can choose a major in teacher education and go straight into a teaching position without going to graduate school.

Undergraduate Career Opportunities

By your junior year, you will have had a field work placement. In your senior year, you will be placed in a student teaching position. By graduation, you will have been immersed in your future profession, and have received mentoring and feedback each step of the way.

When you complete Miami’s undergraduate program, you are eligible for a four-year resident educator teaching license. Upon successful completion of the resident educator program, you will be eligible for a five-year professional teaching license. You will be able to renew that license every five years with additional coursework. The state of Ohio has two other licenses teachers can apply for by meeting additional requirements above and beyond coursework.

For further information about Ohio's licensure structure please visit this website.

Note: Licensure requirements do change. For detailed programs of study for each major go here.* Students who declared a teacher education major prior to the current catalog year should go to 404 McGuffey Hall for “pink advising sheets” outlining the program of study that applies to them.

The following chart provides a list of majors.

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category	name	license	degree	desc
Early Childhood Education	Early Childhood Education	grades PK-3	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach in pre-K through grade 3 (ages 3-8). The program includes courses in teaching reading, language arts, science, mathematics, and social studies as well as courses that help students learn to teach in classrooms with special needs students. All coursework focuses on educating the young child. To add grades 4-5, see the Early Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Language Arts & Math	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach language arts and mathematics in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add science and/or social studies by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Language Arts & Science	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach language arts and science in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add mathematics and/or social studies by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Language Arts & Social Studies	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach language arts and social studies in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add science and/or mathematics by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Math & Social Studies	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach social studies and mathematics in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add science and/or language arts by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Math & Science	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach science and mathematics in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add language arts and/or social studies by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Middle Childhood Education	Science & Social Studies	grades 4-9	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students for licensure to teach science and social studies in grades 4-9 (ages 8-14). Students may add language arts and/or mathematics by taking additional courses required for the Middle Childhood Generalist Endorsement.
Adolescent to Young Adult	Integrated English Language Arts	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students to teach writing, literature, grammar, usage, speech, media, and journalism by studying literature, linguistics, writing, and education methodology/pedagogy.
Adolescent to Young Adult	Integrated Mathematics	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students to teach all areas of mathematics by studying calculus, linear algebra, geometry, abstract algebra, computers and math software, statistics, and education methodology/pedagogy.
Adolescent to Young Adult	Integrated Social Studies	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	Prepares students to teach social studies by studying history, geography, economics, anthropology, sociology, political science, psychology, and education methodology/pedagogy.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Earth Science	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach earth sciences (focuses on geology, chemistry, physics) in grades 7-12. Dual licensure majors are also available in earth science/life science education, earth science/chemistry education and life science/chemistry education.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Earth Science/Chemistry	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach earth science and chemistry in grades 7-12. Dual licensure majors are also available in earth science/life science education and life science/chemistry education.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Earth Science/Life Science	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach earth science and life science in grades 7-12. Dual licensure majors are also available in earth science/chemistry education and life science/chemistry education.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Chemistry	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach chemistry in grades 7-12. Dual licensure majors are also available in earth science/chemistry, earth science/life science, and life science/chemistry education.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Life Science/Chemistry	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach life science and chemistry in grades 7-12. Dual licensure majors are also available in earth science/chemistry and earth science/life science.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Physical Science	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach physical science (focuses on chemistry and physics) in grades 7-12.
Science Education: Adolescent to Young Adult	Life Science	grades 7-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in science education prepares students to teach life sciences (focuses on botany, zoology, microbiology and biology) in grades 7-12.
Foreign language	Chinese	grades PK-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in foreign language education prepares students to teach Chinese in grades pre-K - 12.
Foreign language	French	grades PK-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in foreign language education prepares students to teach French in grades pre-K - 12.
Foreign language	German	grades PK-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in foreign language education prepares students to teach German in grades pre-K - 12.
Foreign language	Latin	grades PK-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in foreign language education prepares students to teach Latin in grades pre-K - 12.
Foreign language	Spanish	grades PK-12	Bachelor of Science in Education	This major in foreign language education prepares students to teach Spanish in grades pre-K - 12.