M.Ed./initial teacher licensure programs

Program areas (preK-12)

Find program requirements, faculty, and graduation requirements by program area.

(Names of the Minnesota licenses appear in parentheses where they differ from the name of the program.)

Agricultural education
Art education (visual arts)
Business and marketing education (business education)
Early childhood/early childhood special education
Elementary education
English education (communication, arts, and literature)
Family education (family and consumer science)
Industrial education (technology education)
Math education (mathematics education)
Physical education
Science education
Second languages and cultures (world languages and cultures, English as a second language)
Social studies education
Special education
Applicants who are seeking licensure in the early childhood special education (ECSE) specialization area must apply to the M.Ed./ILP program in ECE/ECSE.

Applicants who are seeking licensure in other special education specialization areas and who do not hold a valid Minnesota teaching license must complete additional coursework to qualify for an initial teaching license. This includes the following specialization areas: blind/visual impairment, deaf or hard of hearing, development disabilities, emotional/behavioral disorders, and learning disabilities.

The additional coursework is called the classroom teaching license exemption (TLE) and complies with the Minnesota Board of Teaching's exemption requirements.
For more information, contact the Department of Educational Psychology (612-626-0367 or sped-adm@umn.edu).