Undergraduate Teacher Licensure Program

Check out the Undergraduate Prospective Student Guide! The Prospective Student Guide provides an overview of the undergraduate teacher licensure program and details about: Admission Advising Coursework Requirements Program Length License Reciprocity School Placements Click here for a printer-friendly version.

The undergraduate licensure programs lead to initial teacher licensure issued by the Colorado Department of Education in

• Elementary (K-6) Education
• K-12 Music Education
• Secondary (7-12) Education

Candidates for these programs are current CU-Boulder students who are enrolled in an approved undergraduate major within the College of Arts & Sciences or the College of Music.  Education is not a major, but rather a certificate program into which CU-Boulder students are accepted based upon satisfaction of admission criteria.  Undergraduate licensure candidates must satisfy the Arts & Sciences or Music Education Core Curriculum, academic preparation requirements for licensure, and their major degree requirements.  The School of Education works closely with Arts & Sciences and the College of Music to align requirements.  Undergraduates are encouraged to work closely with an advisor in their college and the Education advisor to plan their programs of study in their freshman year so that they may complete all requirements in four years.

Undergraduate course work combines on-campus learning with in-school experiences.  Field experiences within the program fall in to two categories: practicum and student teaching.  Every licensure candidate will complete a minimum of three practicum-based in-school experiences prior to student teaching.  Our aim is to phase in responsibility across practicum settings, to elaborate and deepen the close connections between field work and course work, and to develop performance-based evidence of proficiency.  Student teaching is the culminating event in the licensure sequence, in which candidates spend one entire semester, full-time, in a school.

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Elementary (K-6)
Secondary (7-12)
Music (K-12)

Undergraduate Information Sessions for Spring 2012

Current undergradaute students at CU-Boulder are invited to attend one of the information sessions below. Each meeting will introduce the program, coursework requirements, and the admissions process. Attendees will also have the opporunity to ask specific questions. NOTE: Students interested in the Post-Baccalaureate or MA Plus programs should not attend these meetings.

All information sessions will be located in the University Memorial Center (UMC), room 325