Undergraduate Programs

 

The Dreeben School of Education Teacher Education Program prepares future educators for a career working inside a classroom. The teacher education program at the University of the Incarnate Word is a field-based program that provides intensive, realistic, and high-quality experiences in settings where preservice teachers can match theory and practice, observe effective teaching practices, encounter diversity and explore and develop their teaching in close interaction with university faculty.  UIW offers Texas certification in elementary, secondary, and all-level teaching fields.

Baccalaureate degrees are offered with or without certification in Interdisciplinary Studies (EC-grade4), Secondary certification (grades 8-12) and All Level certification (grades K-12). Programs leading to baccalaureate degrees with certification are State Board for Educator Certification approved and are designed to prepare students for initial certification and teaching in elementary and/or secondary schools.

At present, the University of the Incarnate Word offers certification in the following areas and at the following levels.

Interdisciplinary Studies (IDS)

IDS is an EC-4 teaching program resulting in certification for pre-kindergarten through fourth grade. A student following this course of study will take the general education core, the Interdisciplinary Studies major, specialization course work in reading and early childhood education, a pre-professional course, and the professional development sequence. At the end of the completed program, and upon successful completion of the applicable TExES examinations, the student will apply to be certified to teach self-contained EC-grade 4 classes.

Secondary Certification

A Secondary teaching program resulting in certification for eighth through twelfth grades is available. A student following this course of study will take the general education core, course work in a major (teaching field) and a minor in Secondary Education (pre-professional courses, and the professional development sequence). At the end of the completed program, and upon successful completion of applicable TExES examinations, the student will apply to be certified to teach eigth through twelfth grades within their specialization field(s).

The following teaching fields are available at the secondary level:

English Language Arts; History; Life Sciences; Mathematics; Physical Sciences

All Level Teaching (ALVT):

ALVT is an all-level teaching program resulting in certification for pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. A student following this course of study will earn a B.A., B.M., or B.S., depending on the specialization chosen. A student following this course of study will take the general education secondary core, specialization course work, a minor in All-Level Education (pre-professional courses and the professional development sequence). At the end of the completed program, and upon completion of applicable TExES examinations, the student will apply to be certified to teach elementary through high school-level students (Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade) within the chosen field of study.

The following specializations are available to ALVT majors:

Art; Music; Physical Education; Spanish; Theatre Arts