Students with a Degree or Special Students

This depends on how much previous college or university coursework you have taken that satisfies various program requirements and whether you will enroll part-time or full-time as you are pursuing your licensure.

In general, course requirements fall into two areas:

1. Content Programs/ Options- Refer to the course listings within your particular social studies majors, minors, and Broadfield Social Studies programs to determine the required classes you must successfully complete to earn different social studies licenses. Ultimately, in order to be recommended for licensure, a program completer must have at least earned a major or a Broadfield (or the equivalent).  In addition, our Social Studies Licensure Program recommends licenses based on majors, minors, or Broadfields (or the equivalent). At a minimum, for additional licenses beyond the area of major or Broadfield, our social studies program recommends licensure biased on at least minor or the equivalent of a minor in a social studies discipline.)
2. Professional Education Licensure Requirements - These are the courses that you will take as part of the UW-Whitewater's teacher education program.

If you have completed all of your general education and content area courses, the professional education program can be completed in three full time semesters (Spring or Summer, Fall, Spring).

Similar coursework from another college or university maybe substituted for equivalent UW-Whitewater courses. Please consult the University of Wisconsin System Web site for course equivalencies, transferology. In addition, please refer to the UW-Whitewater Undergraduate Catalog for course descriptions to assist you in determining whether your previous coursework is likely to be equivalent. If a one-to-one match between previous coursework and a UW-Whitewater requirement is not obvious from the course number and title listed on your transcripts, please try to obtain a course catalog description, syllabus, or other evidence of equivalency and bring this to your advising appointment with the department chair or advisor in the relevant department.

You must have your transcript evaluated by the appropriate content department chair and/or a content advisor for composition of coursework in the social studies content major(s) and minor(s) of your previous degree evaluated.  To do so, contact the department chair of the discipline(s) in which you earned significant numbers of social studies credits (area of your major and/or minor) to have your content courses evaluated. Depending on the number of major and minors you have in different social studies disciplines, you may need to have evaluations of content coursework conducted by more than one department chair or content advisor from various social studies departments.

Meet with the appropriate content department chair(s) or content advisor and ask them to verify the content courses you should complete. Bring a copy of this verification of your content advisor's approval of your content courses to your appointment with your assigned Secondary Social Studies Licensure advisor in the College of Education and Professional Studies (COEPS) and to the post-admissions meeting with the Secondary Social Studies Program Coordinator.  (NOTE: Often your content advisor or the department chair will email the Secondary Social Studies Program Coordinator [Dr. Hartwick], your assigned education advisor, and yourself a list of content courses that you may need to complete.)

Yes, but you need to be aware that this is not a night program. Although some courses may be offered evenings, some of the required courses are offered only during the day and all required field placements occur during the day.

No, initial teacher licensure is not offered at the graduate level at UW-Whitewater; however, the following courses have both undergraduate and graduate listings and may be used in a graduate program.

The following is a current list of all the required social studies education courses that have graduate equivalents.

*Note: The special education requirement can be satisfied at any time in the program.

*Note: The measurement and evaluation requirement can be satisfied at any time after admission to professional education.

Course Fee Information
If you take both undergraduate and graduate courses in any one semester, you will pay graduate fees for all courses that semester.

To calculate the fees for your courses, go to: http://uwwcost.uww.edu.

Your first step is to apply for admission to UW-Whitewater. If you have some college or university coursework, but have not yet earned a bachelor's degree, then you should apply as a transfer student. If you already hold baccalaureate degree, you should apply as a Special Student.

If you have general questions or need assistance during the application process, you may contact the Education Advising Center (262.472.1101, education@uww.edu ).

For additional information, go to Social Studies

Once you are admitted to UW-Whitewater*, you should follow the steps outlined in Program Sequence.

*Being admitted to the university is a prerequisite for being admitted to the professional education program.