TEACHER EDUCATION PROGRAM
(TEP)

University of the Southwest provides a strong teacher preparation program. All candidates who plan to become licensed or certified teachers must be accepted into the Teacher Education Program. Candidates may select a major field of study from the following:

Early Childhood Education (Birth-Grade 3)

Elementary Education (Grades K-8),

Secondary Education (Grades 7-12), or

• Special Education (Grades K-12).
  

Candidates may select teaching fields/endorsements (minor) from the following academic content areas:

• Bilingual Education,
• Business Marketing (Secondary only),
• General Science,
• Language Arts,
• Mathematics,
• Physical Education,
• Psychology (Elementary and Special Education), and
• Social Science.

Post-Bachelor's Degree teaching licensure plans also are available to individual who have completed an undergraduate degree.

Individuals who are interested in USW's Teacher Education Program, but who live in a state other than New Mexico, should check with their local department of education to see how their state's certification requirements compare with New Mexico's state-certification/licensure requirements. The following list of certification offices may prove useful:

Locating U.S. State Certification Offices - 2008

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