The Educator Preparation department is committed to preparing teachers who are able to meet the challenges of today’s classrooms. The faculty provides an educational program that enables students to: develop a strong foundation of knowledge about teaching and learning; display a love of learning; value democracy and pluralism; and engage in reflective practice about ones growth as a teacher.
Department of Educator Preparation
Preparing teachers who are able to meet the challenges of today's classrooms.
Program Areas
Research & News
Grads of the Pack: Andrew Teeple, future English teacher
“I want to become a teacher because I have always felt that helping other people become the best versions of themselves is one of the most rewarding feelings in the world.”
College of Education & Human Development forges an educational partnership with Korean University
Collaboration aims to facilitate teacher preparation exchange program
Faces of the Pack: Alumna Paola Perez
Accomplished educator and administrator continues to serve the community
Bachelor Degrees
Integrated Elementary Teaching
This innovative program prepares you to be an elementary teacher in Nevada for grades K-8. In addition, you earn an additional license or endorsement that enables you to be effective and prepared for today’s diverse classrooms: (1) early childhood education, (2) special education, and/or (3) English as a second language.
Also Available:
- Developmental Disabilities Minor
- Special Education Minor
NevadaTeach
NevadaTeach is for anybody interested in teaching secondary math or science, and anyone interested in adding an extra career option to their STEM degree.
- Secondary Education and Agricultural Sciences, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Atmospheric Science, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Biology, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Chemistry, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Community Health Sciences B.S.
- Secondary Education and Environmental Science, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Geography, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Geology, B.S. [BS]
- Secondary Education and Mathematics, B.S. or B.A. [BS or BA]
- Secondary Education and Microbiology and Immunology, B.S.
- Secondary Education and Physics, B.S. [BS]
Also Available:
- NevadaTeach Undergraduate Minor
PackTeach
PackTeach is for anybody interested in teaching secondary history, Spanish, social sciences, or English and anyone interested in adding an extra career option to their liberal arts degrees.
- Secondary Education and English, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and French, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and History, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and Journalism, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and Political Science, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and Sociology, B.A. [BA]
- Secondary Education and Spanish, B.A. [BA]
Secondary Education
The Secondary Education Program is committed to preparing teachers who are able to meet the challenges of today's classrooms.
Also Available:
- Secondary Education Minor
Master Degrees
Elementary Education
The education program enables students to develop a strong foundation of knowledge about teaching and learning, display a love of learning, value democracy and pluralism, and engage in reflective practice about one's growth as a teacher.
Secondary Education
The Secondary Education Program is committed to preparing teachers who are able to meet the challenges of today's classrooms.
Special Education
Special Education trains undergraduate and graduate-level teachers in working with students with a variety of disabilities.
Master of Special Education (MEd)
Nevada Department of Education Alternate Route to Licensure (ARL) in Special Education
Ph.D. Degrees
Ph.D. in Education: Curriculum and Instruction
This emphasis area is for students interested in developing expertise in teaching and teacher education, curricular development and implementation, subject specific areas (e.g., English, social studies, science, mathematics, and other areas), and/or issues in pre-K through college education.
Ph.D. in Education: Special Education and Disability Studies
Study in this area of emphasis on issues of disability as they apply to education and human service agencies. Students may focus broadly across disability areas and age ranges, or they may focus more narrowly. Courses are available in the categorical areas of learning disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, autism, intellectual disabilities and severe multiple disabilities, and early childhood special education. Cross-categorical courses are also offered, as well as special topics courses related to key contemporary issues in special education.
Ph.D. in Education: STEM Education
This emphasis area explores the effective teaching of math and science, as well as applications of various technologies in these fields and their impact on society. Students may focus on math or science education specifically, but will have a broad exposure to the MSTS area.
World-Class Education and Human Development
The College is a recognized leader in guiding, shaping, and mentoring high-performing education professionals who will go forth with a lifelong love of learning and with the skills essential for thriving in a global, knowledge-based economy. The U.S. News and World Report ranks the College of Education and Human Development's graduate programs 83rd in the nation and 25th among Land Grant universities. The online graduate programs are ranked 9th in the West among all public universities.