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, click here. Undergraduate, post-degree certificate and graduate programs are available. Click on the links below for more information on NAU’s education programs leading to licensure.
College of Arts & Letters (CAL) Accordion Closed
Undergraduate:
- Art Education (BSEd)
- Music Secondary Education (BMEd)
- Secondary Education – English (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – History and Social Studies (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – Spanish (BSEd) Program accepting no new applicants as of Fall 2025.
College of Education (COE) Accordion Closed
Undergraduate:
- Early Childhood Education & Early Childhood Special Education (BSEd)
- Elementary Education (BSEd)
- Special and Elementary Education (BSEd)
Graduate:
- Elementary Education – Certification (MEd)
- Special Education – Early Childhood Special Education with Certification (MEd)
- Special Education – Mild/Moderate Disabilities Certified (MEd)
- School Psychology (EdS)
- Educational Leadership – Principal K-12 (MEd)
- Principal – Certificate
- Educational Leadership – K-12 Administration (EdD)
- Superintendent – Certificate
College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences (CEFNS) Accordion Closed
Undergraduate:
- Secondary Education – Biology (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – Chemistry (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – Earth Science (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – General Science (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – Mathematics (BSEd)
- Secondary Education – Physics (BSEd)
Graduate:
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- Teaching Science with Certification (MAT-S) Program accepting no new applicants as of Fall 2025.
College of Health and Human Services (CHHS) Accordion Closed
Undergraduate:
These programs are no longer accepting applications.