Alternative Careers in Teaching
Coursework Requirements
The Alternative Careers in Teaching Office works with each student to determine their unique educational needs when working towards a teaching license. All students are required to complete or have completed the equivalent of the traditional undergraduate program’s English Language Arts, Technology Education, Mathematics, Middle and High School Natural Science, or Middle and High School Social Studies major. Your transcript will be reviewed for the license you are interested in pursuing, and an individualized academic plan will be created just for you.
You may have met many of these course requirements during your undergraduate degree. If not, we will work with you to identify courses you could take.
Additionally, all students are required to take or have taken the Core Education Courses from the ACT Program listed below.
| Credits | UW–Oshkosh Courses |
| 1 | ACT 221 The Teaching Profession |
| 3 | ACT 305 The Science of Learning and Assessment |
| 3 | Spec Ed 252 Students with Disabilities in General Education |
| 4 | Literacy 435 Adolescent Literacy Methods |
| 3 | Ed Ldrsp 406 Multicultural Education |
| 3 |
Discipline Specific Methods
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| 1 | ACT 307 Clinical Experience 1 in a school setting (taken concurrently with ACT 305) |
| 1 | Srvc Crs ### Clinical Experience 2 in school setting (taken concurrently with Discipline Specific Methods class) |
| 10 | ACT 450 Student Teaching in Middle Education |
| 1 | ACT 455 Seminar II |
| 30 | Total UW–Oshkosh Credits |
Please note that students are required to maintain a B (3.0) or better in their Core Education Courses and Disciplinary Content Courses. You can still meet the requirement by passing the Praxis II Content Knowledge subtest if you do not maintain a B (3.0) or better GPA in their disciplinary content courses.
Disciplinary Content Course Search
If you need to take classes to meet your disciplinary content requirement, you will work with your advisor to identify online, hybrid, or alternative delivery courses. If you find a course that you believe will fit, please email a link to that course to act@uwosh.edu. All courses need to be approved before enrollment.
Credit for Prior Learning
You may also be eligible for Credit for Prior Learning if you have had an experience meeting the following criteria. If you have had such an experience, you will put together a narrative describing the experience and any evidence you may have that the experience would be equivalent to the education you would receive from a course. Your narrative and evidence will be reviewed to determine if your experience meets the requirements of Credit for Prior Learning. For more information about this process, please see the ACT Program Handbook.