Education Undergraduate Degrees
Initial Educator Licensure Programs (Pre-K to 12)
The Tennessee Department of Education approves programs for licensure. Austin Peay State University has been approved to offer 25 initial teaching endorsements.
The programs offered are subject to change based on the standards revision 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.
High School
To become licensed to teach high school, you will major in the subject you want to teach. You will minor in Professional Education.
We offer high school teaching licensure programs in the following content areas:
Art, Music, or Physical Education
To become licensed to teach art, music, or physical education, you will major in the subject you want to teach. You will minor in Professional Education.
We offer licensure in the following areas:
Non-Licensure Education Bachelor's Degree
While not providing teaching licensure, the Education Non-Licensure Concentration
emphasizes education-related disciplines related to children, adolescents, and their
families.
Undergraduate Certificates & Endorsements
This online TESOL certificate program at the undergraduate level is designed for candidates who are interested in possessing a high level of knowledge of contemporary theories and pedagogies in the 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 completing the 12 credit hour interdisciplinary coursework, candidates will be awarded a TESOL certificate. All the credit hours are eligible to be transferred to the TESOL Minor program, which requires two additional 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.
Minors
Handbooks & Supplemental Information
