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Brigham Young University has the following four graduate programs that lead to state licensure. Graduates from these four programs are licensed to work in P-12 settings.
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Undergraduate Programs
The Art Education area is a vibrant and growing part of the Department of Art. It gives students knowledge and experience to both understand and work with children in many contexts, including P-12 schools and has a critical mission within the context of the Aims of a BYU education.
This is a major designed to produce teachers equipped to facilitate student learning in biology. It involves formal training in the field of biology as well as preparation of students as professional educators.
Program graduates will have demonstrate a solid conceptual understanding of the structure and reactivity of matter and will firmly grasp the key ideas and practices in analytical, organic and physical chemistry.
The highly esteemed Dance Education K-12 (BA) program is designed to prepare students for the rigors of the teaching profession. Students receive a teaching license in secondary education and an elementary education endorsement in dance.
This major is designed to prepare students to teach PreK-3 in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Board of Education licensing requirements.
Students graduating with a B.S. in Earth and Space Science Education will have completed a degree that involves two academic components: 1) formal training in the Earth and space sciences and 2) formal training in education.
This major is designed to prepare students to teach grades K-6 in public schools. In order to graduate with this major, students are required to complete Utah State Board of Education licensing requirements.
English Teaching graduates will be able to design and implement several weeks of instruction, write complete lesson plans for delivering that instruction, and reflect in writing on the effectiveness of their plans and delivered instruction.
This interdisciplinary education program prepares graduates for a secondary teacher license in Family and Consumer Sciences.
Candidates are proficient at the advanced level in French (as defined by the ACTFL Proficiency Guidelines) and understand underlying linguistic elements of French. Understand basic language acquisition theory, create supportive learning environments, and use a variety of instructional techniques.
Students will be able to engage with and cogently discuss a variety of culturally significant German-language literary, historical, artistic, filmic and musical texts and artifacts from all major periods.
Candidates can identify the core concepts, tools of inquiry, and standards associated with the history curricula taught in secondary classrooms and can create learning experiences that make these concepts meaningful for students.
BYU is the only university in the United States with a Department of Mathematics Education. At many universities, students learn to teach mathematics by taking mathematics classes, education classes and then one or two classes that integrate mathematics and education.
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. A degree in music education prepares the student for K-12 licensure as a public school music teacher with a choral emphasis.
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. A degree in music education prepares the student for K-12 licensure as a public school music teacher with an instrumental emphasis.
This is a limited-enrollment program requiring departmental admissions approval. A degree in music education prepares the student for K-12 licensure as a public school music teacher with a general music emphasis.
The Physical Education Teacher Education (PETE) major is designed to provide each student with the necessary content knowledge and instructional skills to become a certified physical educator and coach.
Students will obtain a broad, basic knowledge of physical sciences. Students will be able to design individual lectures reflecting the curriculum and informed by best practices in pedagogy and technology.
The Physics Teaching degree is designed for those who plan to teach physics at the secondary level. It includes courses for teacher certification as well as a substantial array of physics courses designed to provide fundamental understanding of the discipline and perspective on science and its role in the modern world.
Students will speak, listen, read, and write Spanish at the ACTFL Advanced level or higher. Students will identify cultural practices (e.g., customs and traditions) and cultural products (e.g., literatures, arts, institutions, and individuals) from the Spanish-speaking world, place them in their historical, political, and social contexts, and interpret the unique perspectives on human experience that they reveal.
Candidates can identify the core concepts and standards associated with the social science curricula taught in secondary classrooms (subject areas: history, political science, geography, psychology) and can create learning experiences that make these concepts meaningful for students.
We identify and nurture the life potential of individuals with disabilities through effective teacher practice. We accomplish this by supporting the Mission and Aims of a BYU education as we integrate teaching, research, and service.
We identify and nurture the life potential of individuals with disabilities through effective teacher practice. We accomplish this by supporting the Mission and Aims of a BYU education as we integrate teaching, research, and service.
The primary purpose of the Technology and Engineering Education (TEE) program is to prepare men and women of sound character to teach technology and engineering in grades 6-12.
Due to the number of applicants and demands on department resources, a limited number of students are accepted into the theatre education program each year.
Undegraduate Minors
Students who are already majors in other teaching areas may gain a minor in Art Education.
The Dual Language Immersion K-12 Teaching Minor prepares students to earn a Utah Dual Language Immersion (DLI) endorsement, which may be attached to either an elementary or secondary-level teaching license.
BYU is the only university in the United States with a Department of Mathematics Education. At many universities, students learn to teach mathematics by taking mathematics classes, education classes and then one or two classes that integrate mathematics and education.
This minor is designed to prepare students to teach students who are English learners in public schools. A teaching minor may only be received by students graduating with a teaching major.
Graduate Programs
The mission of the Educational Inquiry, Measurement, and Evaluation (EIME) program is to prepare doctoral students who have the knowledge, expertise, experience, and character traits to work productively as researchers, evaluators, requirements analysts, assessment specialists, and/or professors in a variety of settings.
The Education Doctorate (EdD) program will prepare moral leaders who use research and best practices to improve learning, social equity, and other education outcomes in schools and communities.
EPP Education Requirements and Social Foundations (EPSF) is a rigorous two-year emphasis in the MEd Education Leadership and Foundations program, preparing professionals to contribute to education change, policy and research on a local, national, and global scale.
The Master of Arts in Teacher Education is a two-year evening- and summer-intensive program tailored to the working professional. The curriculum is based in both theory and practice. Course work is completed on the BYU campus.
Students will interpret, analyze, and solve educational problems within the framework of biology using advanced concepts, grounded in the foundational biological, educational, and cognitive theories.
Graduates can explain, evaluate, and apply important issues, trends, theories, paradigms of research, and research findings in the field of mathematics education, as well as their implications for the teaching and learning of mathematics in the public schools, mathematics teacher development, and participation in mathematics education scholarship.
The technology and engineering education specialization helps students who have graduated in technology and/or engineering teacher education or related areas to be more effective leaders.
The MA in Art Education is a cohort program intended for teachers who desire graduate study in curriculum development and additional content and skills in the disciplines of a comprehensive art program.
Our School Psychology program is ranked the number one specialist-level school psychology program for scholarly productivity. This ranking is based on findings from a study that examined scholarly works published between 2002 and 2011 by 136 specialist-level only programs.
