Concentrations and Licensure Areas

Each concentration in the Graduate Certificate in Teaching is associated with a specific licensure area. Programs that are marked with a plus sign (+) require a relevant major, background coursework, or licensure exams prior to admission. Programs marked with an asterisk (*) are open only to educators currently working as full-time teachers of record. All programs require a student teaching internship and other clinical experiences that must be completed in North Carolina P-12 schools.

Art Education (K-12) | Note: Please contact Tesh Ramey (tesh.ramey@uncc.edu) for a plan of study
Career and Technical Education (6-12)Plan of Study
            Business/IT
            Family and Consumer Science
            Marketing
            Technology Engineering and Design
Child and Family Development (B-K) | Plan of Study
Elementary Education (K-6) | Plan of Study | Fall 2023 Plan of Study 
Foreign Language Education (K-12)Plan of Study
            Arabic*
            American Sign Language*
            Cherokee*
            Chinese
            French
            German
            Greek (Ancient and Modern)*
            Hebrew*
            Hindi*
            Italian*
            Japanese*
            Korean*
            Latin*
            Portuguese*
            Russian*
            Spanish
            Swahili*
            Turkish*
Middle Grades Education (6-9)
            Science | Plan of Study
            Social Studies | Plan of Study
            English | Plan of Study
            Mathematics | Plan of Study
Secondary Education (9-12) +
            Science | Plan of Study
            Social Studies | Plan of Study
            English | Plan of Study
            Mathematics | Plan of Study
Special Education (K-12) | Plan of Study
            General Curriculum
            Adapted Curriculum
Teaching English as a Second Language (K-12) | Plan of Study