Five-Year Programs

**New admittance into the 5-year programs will be discontinued starting Fall 2020.  Please refer to our new 4-year programs

The College of Education offers four, accelerated five-year undergraduate-graduate initial licensure teacher education programs. Students begin education coursework and field experiences at the undergraduate level, graduate with their class receiving their bachelor’s degree with a liberal arts or sciences major, and return for one more year during which they complete graduate education coursework, an internship, and a research study. Each program concludes with a Masters degree. Students in Elementary Education earn a Masters in Science (M.S.) and the Secondary, PreK-12 and Special Education pathways earn a Masters in Education (M.Ed.).

Five-Year Programs

  • Elementary Education (Grades PreK-6)
  • PreK-12 Education (Grades PreK-12)
    • Foreign Language (French, German, Latin, and Spanish)
    • Music (Vocal or Instrumental)
    • Theater Arts
    • Visual Arts
  • Secondary Education (Grades 6-12)
    • Biology
    • Chemistry
    • Computer Science
    • English
    • Earth Science
    • History and Social Sciences
    • Mathematics
    • Physics
    • Add-on endorsements: Journalism, Speech Communication and Algebra I
  • Special Education: General Curriculum (Grades K-12)

Questions about the programs, contact:

Dr. April Brecht
Director of Advising Center Services
Phone: (540) 286-8032
Email: abrecht@umw.edu