If you feel a calling toward teaching, a teacher education minor will prepare you to get the skills and experience you need to become a teacher in whichever subject you’re passionate about.

The single subject teacher education minor is designed for students seeking to complete their teaching credential. It combines innovative learning and clinical teaching experience to help you become a confident, inspiring educator. This minor can be added to any major* and prepares you to teach a single subject at the middle or high school level.

This minor is for students outside the Liberal Studies: Teacher Education B.A. For Liberal Studies students, click here for info about the Multiple Subject Teacher Education minor.

With this minor, you’ll learn crucial teaching skills such as:

• Foundational learning theory
• Classroom research practices
• Literary instruction for secondary teachers
• Methods for secondary teachers
• Special educations
• And more!

This 33 unit minor includes 10 units of clinical practice to ensure you’re prepared to earn your teaching credential. You’ll train within a supportive learning environment to become an effective teacher that’s ready to meet the needs of students and shape the future of education. 

For information about the courses required for the Single Subject Teacher Education, minor program, view the PLNU Catalog.

Course information coming soon.

A teacher education minor can help you fulfill your calling in the classroom and be ready to earn your teaching license upon graduation. No matter what subject you’re teaching, you can become an inspirational educator that helps encourage students’ passion for learning.

A single subject teacher education minor can lead to positions such as:

• Secondary school teacher
• Undergraduate professor
• Online educator
• School principal
• Director of education