Overview

The department is committed to developing teacher candidates to reach their full potential of becoming successful teachers, administrators, and university professors capable of providing effective professional leadership roles at the local, state, national, and in the global community.

Goals

The goals of the Elementary Education degree from Tuskegee University are for candidates to:

Demonstrate knowledge of the content and content-related pedagogy of the teaching field.
Be able to organize a student-centered and democratic classroom.
Apply principles of human growth and development and constructivist learning, and as a result of reflection, critical thinking, and sound reasoning; they adjust teaching methodologies to meet the needs of all students.
Work with the community within and outside the school environment.
Continue as lifelong learners who seek new knowledge and experiences.
Engage in professional development and scholarly endeavors that enhance teaching, student learning, and the profession.

Objectives

To provide prospective teacher candidates with the required content knowledge, technological skills, dispositions, and pedagogical approaches for effective classroom instruction and student learning in the content areas of elementary education, mathematics education, general science education, and English language arts education.
To provide prospective teacher candidates with field experiences in public and/or private schools in and beyond the State of Alabama, commencing with the freshman year with expanding experiences throughout the sophomore, junior, and senior years.
To provide each prospective teacher candidate with a full semester teaching internship experience under the supervision of a certified clinical faculty in his/her academic discipline.
To expose prospective teacher candidates to current educational research and products of research in teacher education.

To prepare teacher candidates for graduate school with the appropriate content knowledge and pedagogical approaches to ensure their success in preparing for advanced academic degrees (masters, educational specialists, and doctoral) to enable them to serve as teachers, school counselors, administrators, university professors, and in other related areas.

Programme Structure

Courses include:

Freshman Seminar in Teaching

English Composition

Global History

History of the United States

Movement/Games

Key information

Duration

Full-time
- 48 months

Start dates & application deadlines

Starting 2026-08-20 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-07-01 00:00:00
Starting 2027-01-08 00:00:00
- Apply before 2026-11-01 00:00:00

Language

English

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Credits

120 SCH

Delivered

On Campus

Campus Location

Tuskegee, United States

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

GPA

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

A completed application with non-refundable application fee of $35.00

Students who have been officially accepted to Tuskegee University must have on file an official final high school transcript which must indicate date of graduation and signature of school official and/or seal.

Students must provide evidence of health insurance prior to admission as well as an official report of their health status.

The test of English (TOEFL) is required of all international students whose native language is not English. It is strongly recommended that the TOEFL be taken on a date when the Test of Written English (TWE) is being administered as part of the test.

Tuition Fees

Tuition fees are shown in and the most likely applicable fee is shown based on your nationality.

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Non-residents

21802 USD / year

≈ 21802 USD / year
Out-of-State

21802 USD / year

≈ 21802 USD / year
Domestic

Applies to you

In-State

21802 USD / year

≈ 21802 USD / year

Living costs

Tuskegee

United States

850 - 1300 USD / month

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Overview

Goals

Objectives

Programme Structure

Key information

Duration

Start dates & application deadlines

Language

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Credits

Delivered

Campus Location

Disciplines

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Academic requirements

English requirements

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Other requirements

General requirements

Tuition Fees

International Applies to you

Domestic

Living costs

Tuskegee

Funding

Scholarships Information

Available Scholarships

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