Education Undergraduate Degrees
Initial Educator Licensure Programs
Successful completion of these programs leads to teacher licensure.
Programs for licensure are approved by the Tennessee Department of Education. Austin Peay State University has been approved to offer 25 initial teaching endorsements.
The programs offered are subject to change based on revision of standards by the Eriksson College of Education or the Tennessee Department of Education. If a licensure area does not appear below, it is not an approved program offered at APSU.
Master of Arts in Teaching programs are designed to provide pedagogy knowledge and licensure opportunities to students with a bachelor's degree in their content area.
Middle School, Grades 6-8 (Mathematics)
Middle School, Grades 6-8 (Science)
Middle School, Grades 6-8 (Social Studies)
Special Education, Grades K-8 Interventionist
Special Education, Grades K-12 Comprehensive
Special Education, Grades 6-12 Interventionist
To become licensed to teach high school, you will major in the subject are in which you want to teach. You will minor in Professional Education.
We offer high school teaching licensure programs in the following content areas:
High School, Grades 6-12 (English)
High School, Grades 6-12 (History)
(Includes Geography, Political Science and Economics)
High School, Grades 6-12 (Mathematics)
High School, Grades 6-12 (Secondary Earth Science Education)
To become licensed to teach in Art, Music or Physical Education, you will major in
the subject are in which you want to teach. You will minor in Professional Education.
We offer licensure in the following areas:
K-12 Health and Human Performance (Physical Education)
K-12 Music Education (General/Instrumental)
K-12 Music Education (Choral/General)
Non-Licensure Education Bachelor's Degree
The Education Non-Licensure Concentration, while not providing teaching licensure,
emphasizes education-related disciplines related to children, adolescents, and their
families.
Education Non-Licensure Concentration
Undergraduate Certificates & Endorsements
This online TESOL certificate program at undergraduate level is designed for candidates who are interested in possessing a high level of knowledge of contemporary theories and pedagogies in TESOL curriculum and instruction, and/or pursuing a position of teaching English as a second/foreign language to adult or child learners in the United States or abroad. Upon successful completion of the 12 credit hour interdisciplinary coursework, candidates will be awarded a TESOL certificate. All the credit hours are eligible to be transferred to TESOL Minor program, which requires an additional two more courses.
Teaching English as a Second Language Certificate
For those interested in teaching English Language Learners in K-12 environments, the Eriksson College of Education at Austin Peay State University now offers an academic minor allowing undergraduates to enroll in dually-listed courses to add an ELL endorsement to their existing licensure. For information on adding an ELL endorsement, contact Dr. Charmaine Lowe at lowec@apsu.edu.
