How to Apply: Teacher Licensure
We are thrilled that you are considering applying to the CU Boulder School of Education Secondary Teacher Licensure Program!
Incoming first-year students can now apply directly to all of our undergraduate and teacher licensure programs鈥攊ncluding secondary education! However, secondary education students will also be enrolled in a content-area major in the College of Arts and Sciences. Here are some helpful tips about how to apply to Secondary Education:
- Step 1: In your CU Boulder Common Application, select 鈥淪chool of Education/ College of Arts and Sciences鈥 as your Program. Note: Elementary Education and Leadership & Community Engagement students should select 鈥淪chool of Education.鈥
- Step 2: Select the major that corresponds to the Arts and Sciences major you wish to pursue alongside of your Secondary Education license. Hint: select a major in the subject are you want to teach! For example, if you want to be a Science teacher, choose one of our Science majors.
- Step 3: Connect with us! We鈥檒l invite you to join us and our supportive community in the School of Education for opportunities to know our programs, baby直播app, staff and students. If you are admitted to CU Boulder, our advising team can help you prior to your first year to help set you up for admission into the School of Education and help you select some first-year courses that will get you ready for the licensure program. Contact our advising team at edadvise@colorado.edu.
- Step 4: Await your admission decision! If you are directly admitted you will begin in your chosen term as both an Education student and as an Arts & Sciences student in your major of choice. If you are not directly admitted, you may be offered a spot in your Arts & Sciences major only. If you still want to join Education, you can re-apply as a licensure student at the end of your freshman or sophomore years.
For more information, visit your teacher licensure pathway web page.
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Undergraduate Programs
If you're interested in our undergraduate education majors in either Elementary Education or Leadership & Community Engagement, continue to the CU Boulder undergraduate application.
Graduate Programs
If you're interested in one of our nationally recognized graduate programs and are pursuing either a master's or doctoral degree, continue to the graduate application through the Graduate School.
Teacher Education Programs
If you're interested in becoming a teacher or obtaining your teaching license in conjunction with an undergraduate degree in a complementary major, continue to the teacher licensure page.