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Trying to decide what major is right for you? Find degrees and programs based on your interests.
Education and Teaching
Administrative Supervisory Licensure
Education leaders are the backbone of our school systems. This Administrative Supervisory program prepares educators for administrative licensure by the Utah State Office of Education (USOE).
Agricultural Education
From advising and leading National FFA Organization groups to teaching in school or community settings, this major is both a versatile and program to the state that consistently boasts high job placement for its certified graduates.
Agricultural Extension and Education
Manage, plan, implement, and evaluate programs to promote technology transfer relevant to agricultural education.
American Sign Language (ASL)
For those looking to further their education by getting in the fields of Deaf Education, Interpreting, or related professions, this ASL minor provides an excellent base of communication skills and knowledge of Deaf cultures.
Biological Science (Composite Teaching)
After you gain an understanding of how living things work, interact with one another, and evolve, this major lets you dive into curriculum building, learning theories, teaching practicums as you prepare to teach biology in secondary schools.
Business Education (7-12 Teaching License)
This degree is the best of both worlds: you can learn the fundamentals of business while you acquire the skills and techniques to teaching those principles to junior high and high school students.
Career and Technical Education
The MEd in Career and Technical Education is an online degree will meet the needs of practicing educators and engage prospective educators in the Career and Technical Education (CTE) profession.
Career and Technical Education
The Career and Technical Education PhD prepares candidates for academic careers in formal and non-formal settings that demand research expertise and an understanding of the theoretical foundations.
Career and Technical Education Teaching Academy
This certification allows industry experts to transition to formal career and technical education teaching in classrooms through pedagogy and competency-based education methods.
Chemistry Endorsement
Whether you’re already a secondary school teacher with science certifications or you’re looking to become one, this endorsement ensures you’re prepared, qualified, and eligible to teach in junior high and high schools throughout Utah.
Chemistry Teaching
Become licensed as a middle school or high school teacher as you master the basics of chemistry, from chemical properties of elements to chemical reactions, all while you learn to teach the principles in a secondary education classroom.
Chemistry Teaching
This career-ready minor allows you to teach secondary science courses immediately after graduation. Not only will you gain a deep understanding of chemistry, you’ll also be able to pass that knowledge on to your future students.
Chinese Teaching
In addition to developing your language proficiency in Chinese, this teaching minor pairs in-depth language and culture classes with STEP coursework so you graduate ready to pass on your knowledge to students in secondary education.
Classics with Emphasis in Latin Teaching
Not only will this minor provide in-depth knowledge on the grammar and syntax of Latin, you’ll learn the best and latest pedagogy to help your future students gain proficiency in the language. This is especially helpful for those pursuing Ph.D.s.
Communicative Disorders
Prepare for a graduate program in either speech-language pathology or clinical audiology while you gain an in-depth understanding of communicative disorders in all ages to improve lives and help individuals overcome difficulties.
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education
Focus your degree in either deaf education or speech-language pathology as you train to help people with communication disorders.
Communicative Disorders and Deaf Education (Online 2nd BS)
You don’t have to start over to pursue further education in communicative disorders with this flexible, online option. Earn your second bachelor’s degree in two years to unlock the prerequisites required for speech-language pathology or audiology.
Computer Science Teaching
Computer science educators are in high demand, both in elementary and secondary settings. Help your students thrive in all areas of the computing industry, from artificial intelligence to DevOps and engineering, with this minor.
Curriculum and Instruction
Earn an education specialist degree in curriculum instruction and gain the potential to further your career in education administration.
Deaf Education - Listening and Spoken Language Endorsement
This family-centered early intervention program is for graduate students who wish to work with young children with hearing loss who are developing listening and spoken language skills.
Dual Language Immersion Endorsement
Endorsement issued by the Utah State Office of Education
Early Childhood Education
Start working with children your first year so you can obtain more than 600 hours working in different practicum scenarios and become a qualified teacher of young children and graduate prepared to teach preschool and/or grades K-3.
Early Childhood Education and Special Education (Composite)
Become an expert in early education and more marketable as a teacher by qualifying to teach children — including those with special needs — from kindergarten through third grade with this degree that lets you graduate with two licenses.
Early Childhood Endorsement
Endorsement issued by the Utah State Office of Education
Earth Science (Composite Teaching)
Take coursework integrating geology, biology, chemistry, engineering, mathematics, and physics so you have a solid understanding of our natural surroundings, as well as hands-on classroom experience teaching students earth science.
Education
Earn a doctorate in education in a college ranked in the top 2% of all graduate colleges of education in the country.
Education Paraprofessional
If you’re already working in a classroom or you are interested in it, this unique certificate provides opportunities to learn instructional and interpersonal skills, assessment techniques, and safety protocols needed to assist educators.
Educational Technology and Learning Sciences
Increase your understanding of the role of technology in the teaching and learning process and how to implement it in your career as a teacher or educational administrator.
Elementary Education
From learning the latest best practices for instruction and classroom management to gaining more than 400 hours of experience in the classroom, this nationally ranked degree prepares you to teach youth up to sixth grade in Utah.
Elementary Education and Special Education (Composite)
With this dual degree, you’ll become more marketable as a teacher by graduating with a license to teach elementary education as well as special education, while also specializing in various components of teaching students with disabilities.
Elementary Mathematics Endorsement
A unique program designed to strengthen K-8 classroom teachers’ knowledge of mathematics content and assessment.
Elementary School Music Teaching
This minor is a great addition to early childhood or elementary education majors who want to gain a more rounded understanding of music and pass their knowledge of piano, guitar, and singing on to students in an elementary setting.
Engineering Education
Develop expertise in engineering teaching and research in a doctoral program found at only three universities in the U.S.
English as a Second Language
Earn your state endorsement to teach ESL in Utah classrooms from a top-ranked college of education.
English Teaching
This minor is perfect for education majors hoping to gain cultural understanding through literature and writing. In addition to literary analysis and writing classes, you’ll learn how to teach English for secondary school students.
Family and Consumer Sciences Education
Take courses in nutrition and foods, clothing and textiles, interior design, child and human development, financial literacy, and more as you prepare to become a family and consumer sciences teacher, in either schools or informal settings.
Family and Consumer Sciences Education and Extension
Learn about family studies, housing, textiles and clothing, nutrition and food sciences, and management of personal resources.
French Teaching
This minor is tailored for educators to improve their communication and teach future students the basics of French, from phonetics and linguistics to written communication, along with more broad understanding of French culture.
Geography Teaching
Master the basics of geography, from the physical to its impacts of society, with this minor so you can learn how teach students. Get hands-on clinical experience to help you teach social studies through secondary education.
German Teaching
In addition to mastering your fluency in grammar, composition, and German linguistics, you’ll learn how to apply them and teach secondary education students the language, while providing cultural contextualization.
Health Education and Promotion
Study health topics that prepare you to teach others how to maintain healthy lifestyles and benefit their lives as you choose to focus on community health practices or want to pursue advanced medical training.
Health Education and Promotion
This program emphasizes the behavioral, social and cultural factors related to individual and population health and health disparities over the life span.
History Teaching
Gain the tools to teach up to secondary education with this minor’s overview of history, from the medieval to current issues. When completed with the STEP program, you’ll graduate ready to share your knowledge in the classroom.
Instructional Leadership
Earn a master's degree that prepares you for leadership positions in education while taking the coursework required for the administrative/ supervisory concentration.
Instructional Technology
Increase your understanding of the role of technology in the teaching and learning process and how to implement it in your career as a teacher or educational administrator.
Instructional Technology and Learning Sciences
Earn a versatile graduate degree that can supplement almost any background with technological skills and tools that allow you to pursue a wide range of careers.
Mathematics Education
Become an expert in math while you prepare to be a math teacher in a top program that places 100% of its students in teaching positions around the state — thanks in part to extensive hands-on experience in middle and high school classrooms.
Mathematics Education
Get a broad overview of multiple mathematic disciplines while learning classroom management and teaching skills. This minor is geared to education majors and goes with the STEP program to provide hands-on experiences in classrooms.
Mathematics- Middle School Endorsement
With this endorsement issued by the Utah Office of Education, you’ll be certified to teach math from 6th–8th grade throughout the state, whether you’re already a teacher looking to increase your skillset or are currently enrolled in education.
Mathematics- Secondary Endorsement
This endorsement, issued by the Utah Office of Education, provides the certification necessary to teach high school math classes throughout the state, and can be paired with an education bachelor’s or master’s degree with teaching licensure.
Mathematics/Statistics Education (Composite)
Prepare to teach mathematics and statistics in middle and high schools at one of the only universities in the country that certifies you to teach both with this major, where you’ll become an expert capable of helping students learn.
Natural Resources and Environmental Communication and Engagement (NRECE)
Earn a certificate in natural resources and environmental education that will allow you to effectively teach natural resources and environmental education to individuals in various settings.
Nonformal and Community-Based Education
For those wanting to work in education, but not in formal classrooms, this minor prepares you for work within nonformal education and/or community-based careers, such as non-profits, multicultural foundations, and more.
Physical and Sport Education
Earn your credentials as a coach and physical education teacher as you take courses either in Logan or across the state.
Physical Education Coaching
If P.E. was your favorite subject in school, this minor might be for you. Learn about anatomy, exercise physiology, fitness, and better ways to coach team sports, as well as developing a solid foundation to teach kids athletic skills.
Physical Science (Composite Teaching)
Master the subjects of physics and chemistry, from the chemical properties of elements through quantum mechanics, as you prepare to teach both subjects in middle and high schools, with hands-on hours of practicums and labs.
Physics Teaching
Prepare to become a middle school or high school physics teacher as you gain a solid foundation in both physics, or the interaction of matter and energy, and education, complete with hours of hands-on work in labs and teaching practicums.
Physics Teaching
Develop a solid foundation of physics, from motion and thermal principles to waves, electricity, and quantum phenomena, as well as tips and hands-on experience teaching others the subject in a classroom with this minor.
Piano Pedagogy
This minor prepares students for professional careers running independent piano studios or music schools, such as teaching one-on-one lessons and group classes to piano students of all ages.
Political Science Teaching
Develop a deep understanding of the decisions and nuances of politics throughout history. This minor is geared toward educators who will then teach these subjects through secondary education settings.
Psychology Teaching
This educator-geared minor gives you a deep understanding of psychological principles throughout developmental periods, as well as how to conduct research and analyze behavior — plus gain hands-on clinical experience.
Reading Endorsement
Endorsement issued by the Utah State Office of Education
School Library Media Administration
This minor meets the requirements for the library media K-12 endorsement as a school library media specialist/teacher in the state of Utah, whether you’re already teaching or a current education major.
School Library Media Administration Endorsement
The School Library Media Administration (SLMA) program at Utah State University is designed for those interested in working in a school library media center, public or private.
Second Language Teaching
Prepare to teach language in schools from preschool to the college level, earning your degree in the only program of its kind.
Secondary Education
Leverage your first degree’s area of study when you return to college to earn a second bachelor’s preparing you to teach middle or high school in a subject you’ve already explored, complete with hands-on teaching practice.
Secondary Teacher Education Program (STEP) Licensure
This crucial licensure complements your education major by ensuring you are up-to-date on the most cutting edge research and best practices to ensure you’re prepared and qualified to teach grades 6-12 in Utah.
Social Studies (Composite Teaching)
Can’t choose between teaching history, geography, psychology, sociology, economics, or political science? Become a well-rounded teacher with competitive qualifications as you learn to teach all of them in middle and high schools.
Sociology Teaching
In addition to learning foundational principles and topics related to sociology, this minor is specifically for education majors and includes courses from classroom management through integration of technology for secondary teachers.
Spanish Teaching
This minor improves fluency through mastery of Spanish grammar, pronunciation, and composition, plus cultural understanding and literature exploration, as you become certified to teach Spanish through secondary education.
Special Education
Enhance your skills as an educator. Study in a nationally recognized college and make a difference to the students you teach.
Special Education
Tailor your teaching degree to fit your interests as you learn how to effectively educate and work with children of various ages, with disabilities ranging from mild to severe, in this high impact nationally ranked education program.
Special Education
Designed for human development and family studies majors, this minor provides an in-depth examination of developmental milestones and disabilities seen in children under 3 for those interested in early intervention programs.
Technology and Engineering Education
Learn the best practices to teach courses for the ever-evolving and growing field of technology and engineering — with focuses from construction or welding to robotics — middle, high school, or post-high school and trade levels.
Technology and Engineering Education
Become a quality educator in engineering and technology in a program found at only three universities in the United States.
Technology and Engineering Education
Teachers able to provide technology and manufacturing courses are in high demand. This minor will allow students involved in education programs the opportunity to add an additional competitive endorsement area to their credentials.
Theatre Arts Teaching
Dive into the various aspects of theatre with this minor specifically designed for students seeking careers teaching theatre in K-12 education. Learn how to teach acting, costuming, and set design, with hands-on experiences.
Transition Education and Services
Receive specialized training focused on transition which is the progression of youth and students with disabilities from secondary education to post-secondary employment, education, and living.
Utah Mathematics Endorsement Project
The Utah Mathematics Endorsement delivers courses required by the Utah Office of Education for Level III or Level IV Math Endorsement that may be attached to a Secondary Teaching License.