Majors, Minors & Certificates

Math? Science? Art? English? Preschool? Elementary? Middle school or junior high? High school? Extra emphasis in special education? Literacy? Coaching?

With the comprehensive UNI Teacher Education program, the options and combinations abound for you to chart your path to teaching, with:  

  • 23 teaching majors, including dual major options
  • 18 teaching minors
  • Coursework satisfying requirements for 51 teaching endorsements offered for licensure by the state of Iowa 

Professional and faculty advisors and staff are more than happy to work with you to plan your studies, answer questions and help keep you on track. 

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Teaching Majors

Early Childhood/Elementary/Middle Level TeachingCollege (COE=Education; CHAS=Humanities, Arts & Sciences; CSBS=Social & Behavioral Sciences; WLSN=Business
Early childhood education (birth to grade 3) COE
Early childhood education: Online Transfer Program (2+2)COE
Elementary education (K-6)COE
Elementary education: Online Transfer Program (K-6) COE
Elementary education: Purple Pathway for Paraeducators (Online) COE
Middle level (5-8) dual major with elementary educationCOE
Middle level (5-8) dual major with secondary educationCOE
Middle level science teaching dual (5-8)CHAS/COE 
Secondary Level TeachingCollege
Business teaching (5-12)WLSN 
Biology teaching (5-12)CHAS
Chemistry teaching (5-12)CHAS
Communication-theatre teaching (5-12)CHAS
Comprehensive secondary science teaching (5-12)CHAS
Earth science teaching (5-12)CHAS
English teaching (5-12)CHAS
History teaching (5-12)CSBS
Mathematics teaching (5-12)CHAS
Physics teaching (5-12)CHAS
Social science teaching A -- Specialist (5-12)CSBS
Social science teaching B -- Generalist (5-12)CSBS
Social science teaching C -- BasicCSBS
Spanish teaching (5-12)CHAS
Technology and engineering education (5-12) CHAS

 

K-12 Teaching College
Art education teaching (K-8, 5-12)CHAS
Music education (K-8, 5-12) (Choral, instrumental, jazz)CHAS
Physical education teaching (K-8, 5-12)CSBS
Teaching English to speakers of other languages (TESOL) (K-12)

CHAS

 

 

TESOL/Spanish teaching (K-12) CHAS

Teaching Minors

MinorCollege 
Basic science teaching (K-8)CHAS
Biology teaching (5-12)CHAS
Coaching (K-12)CSBS
Communication-theatre teaching (5-12)CHAS
Deaf or hard of hearing teaching (birth to 21) CHAS
Early childhood education (birth to grade 3)COE
Early childhood special education teaching (PreK-K)COE
Earth science teaching (5-12)CHAS
English teaching (5-12)CHAS
Health education (K-12)CSBS
Literacy education: reading (K-8, 5-12) COE
Mathematics teaching (K-8, 5-12) CHAS
Social and emotional learningCOE
Social studies (K-8)COE
Spanish teaching (5-12)CHAS
Special education teaching/instructional strategist I: mild/moderate (K-8, 5-12)COE
Special education teaching/instructional strategist II: intellectual disabilities (K-12)COE
STEM education (K-8, 5-8)CHAS
TESOL (K-12)CHAS
Technology education teaching (5-12) CHAS

Teaching Certificates

Certificate College
Computer science education CHAS