{"id":20,"date":"2017-12-21T23:23:08","date_gmt":"2017-12-21T23:23:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/pep\/?page_id=20"},"modified":"2025-11-03T19:25:50","modified_gmt":"2025-11-03T19:25:50","slug":"programs","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/programs\/","title":{"rendered":"Programs"},"content":{"rendered":"

Education Programs<\/h1>\n

Leading to Licensure<\/h2>\n
Northern Arizona University (NAU) offers degree programs to prepare teachers and school leaders, counselors, and psychologists to meet Arizona’s certification requirements. Graduates of NAU’s programs meeting state licensure requirements are provided with an Institutional Recommendation (IR)<\/a> upon completion of the program. For more information about getting certified in another state, click here<\/a>.\u00a0Undergraduate, post-degree certificate and graduate programs are available.\u00a0Click on the links below for more information on NAU\u2019s education programs leading to licensure.<\/p>\n\n
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College of Arts & Letters (CAL) Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Undergraduate:<\/h5>\n
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Art Education (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Music Secondary Education (BMEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – English (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – History and Social Studies (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – Spanish (BSEd)<\/a> Program accepting no new applicants as of Fall 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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College of Education (COE) Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Undergraduate:<\/h5>\n
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Early Childhood Education & Early Childhood Special Education (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Elementary Education (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Special and Elementary Education (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Graduate:<\/h5>\n
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Elementary Education – Certification (MEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Special Education – Early Childhood Special Education with Certification (MEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Special Education – Mild\/Moderate Disabilities Certified (MEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
School Psychology (EdS)<\/a><\/li>\n
Educational Leadership – Principal K-12 (MEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Principal – Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n
Educational Leadership – K-12 Administration (EdD)<\/a><\/li>\n
Superintendent – Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences (CEFNS) Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Undergraduate:<\/h5>\n
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Secondary Education – Biology (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – Chemistry (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – Earth Science (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – General Science (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – Mathematics (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Secondary Education – Physics (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Graduate:<\/h5>\n
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Teaching Science with Certification (MAT-S)<\/a> Program accepting no new applicants as of Fall 2025.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n
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College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Accordion Closed<\/span><\/h4>\n <\/span>\n <\/div>\n <\/a>\n
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Undergraduate:<\/h5>\n
These programs are no longer accepting applications.<\/p>\n
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Health Sciences – Physical Education (BSEd)<\/a><\/li>\n
Physical Education Path to Certification, Undergraduate Certificate<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/body><\/html>\n\n <\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Education Programs Leading to Licensure Northern Arizona University (NAU) offers degree programs to prepare teachers and school leaders, counselors, and psychologists to meet Arizona’s certification requirements. Graduates of NAU’s programs meeting state licensure requirements are provided with an Institutional Recommendation (IR) upon completion of the program. For more information about getting certified in another state, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"featured_media":73,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-20","page","type-page","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=20"}],"version-history":[{"count":11,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2898,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/20\/revisions\/2898"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/professional-education-programs\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=20"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}