Undergraduate Programs

Elementary Education, B.A.

Conveniently located in Huntington, West Virginia, Marshall has a long history of teacher preparation for those who wish to teach at the elementary school level. We have been training teachers since the 1860s. You will be working with caring faculty members who have been in the classroom and will help you develop the skills you need.

Teachers are change agents and education can make a real difference in the lives of young people. Our Elementary Education degree program will provide broad content knowledge in the core academic areas in which you will be teaching, as well as the latest, state-of-the-art techniques in working with children.

Secondary Education, B.A.

Middle school and high school teachers help to prepare students to go on to college and enter the workforce. As a Secondary Education teacher, you’ll be teaching academic lessons as well as life skills to equip young students with the knowledge and tools they need to succeed in life.

Earning your Bachelor of Arts degree in Secondary Education at Marshall University in Huntington, West Virginia, will train you to teach in grades 7-12, and specialize in a subject such as English, math or science.

The bachelor’s degree in Secondary Education program is in the College of Education and Professional Development at Marshall and part of its Curriculum, Instruction & Foundations program that includes elementary, secondary, educational foundations and educational computing for pre-service teachers. The Secondary Education programs are designed for those who want to teach content to middle school and / or high school students. Through teaching degree programs, students receive broad content knowledge in the core academic area of choice as well as in the art and science of teaching children.

Currently, our accredited Secondary Education program offers licensure degree programs in the following areas:

Training for your degree in education at Marshall University means you’ll benefit from all the advantages we provide to future teachers: Award-winning faculty, small classroom size, newly renovated facilities, multiple clinical experiences, a full semester of student teaching and training in technology.