The grade levels and subjects you want to teach are called endorsements. Depending on the type of endorsement, you are required to choose one or more in order to graduate and obtain your teaching certificate.
When you decide what grade levels and subjects you would like to teach, you are required to choose:
- one field endorsement OR
- two subject endorsements OR
- a combination of both
A third type of endorsement is supplemental. Supplemental endorsements are optional.
One field or two subject endorsements is the minimum number of endorsements you must choose for your education program. However, you may choose more, for a variety of reasons: You may want to be able teach multiple subjects and/or grade levels. You may want to add endorsements to increase your teaching qualifications and become more marketable as you search for employment. Or, you simply may need to fill more credit hours as you move toward graduation.
Field endorsements
Field endorsements can stand on their own. This means that you can choose one field endorsement and not be required to choose any other endorsements in order to receive your education degree.
Field endorsements at Wayne State include:
- Art (K-12)
- Business, Marketing, and Information Technology (6-12)
- Early Childhood Inclusive (Birth – Grade 3)
- Elementary Education (K-6)
- English Language Arts (6-12)
- Family and Consumer Sciences Occupational (6-12)
- Health and Physical Education (PK-12)
- Math (6-12)
- Music – Vocal and Instrumental (PK-12)
- Science (7-12)
- Skilled and Technical Sciences (6-12)
- Social Studies (6-12)
- Special Education (K-12)
Subject endorsements
Subject endorsements must be paired with a field endorsement or another subject endorsement. This means you are required to choose two subject endorsements or a subject endorsement and a field endorsement. However, the Secondary English, Vocal Music Education, and Middle Level Education subject endorsements can stand alone – they do not need to be paired with another endorsement.
Subject endorsements at Wayne State include:
- Biology (7-12)
- Chemistry (7-12)
- Geography (6-12)
- History (6-12)
- *Middle Level (5-9)
- *Music – Vocal (PK-12)
- Physical Education (PK-6)
- Physical Education (7-12)
- Political Science (6-12)
- Psychology (6-12)
- *Secondary English (6-12)
- Sociology (6-12)
- Spanish (6-12)
- Special Education (K-6)
- Special Education (7-12)
*These subject endorsements can stand alone.
Supplemental endorsements
While field and/or subject endorsements are essential to your education program, supplemental endorsements are optional. They cannot stand alone, but they can be added to your program once you've chosen your field and/or subject endorsements.
Supplemental endorsements at Wayne State include: