UPREP: Universities and Colleges

Institutional Participants

Anderson College

Teacher Education programs are available in:

  • Elementary/Early Childhood Education (grades K-8)
  • Art (grades K-12)
  • Music (grades K-12)
  • Physical Education (grades K-12)
  • English (grades 7-12)
  • Biology (grades 7-12)

Anderson College is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education and the South Carolina State Board of Education to offer certification programs listed above. It is also accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award associate degrees (Level I) and baccalaureate degrees (Level II) as well as being accredited by The National Association of Schools of Music.

Clemson University

Clemson University is accredited by the commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the Bachelor's, Master's, Specialist's and Doctor's degrees. The Eugene T. Moore School of Education is accredited by the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education (NCATE), the Council for Accreditation of Counseling and Related Educational Programs (CACREP) and the South Carolina State Board of Education. Clemson University's College of Health, Education and Human Development is a member of the American Association of Colleges for Teacher Education (AACTE), the Association of Colleges and Schools of Education in State Universities and Land Grant Colleges (ACSESULGC) and the Association for School, College and University Staffing (ASCUS). Clemson University's Educational Degrees (Areas of Certification):

  • EdD Career and Technology Education
  • PhD Curriculum and Instruction
  • PhD Educational Leadership
  • EdS Administration and Supervision (Superintendent Certification)
  • MAT Middle Grades Education
  • MAgEd Agricultural Education
  • MEd Administration and Supervision (Elementary & Secondary Principal Certification)
  • MEd Counselor Education (Community, School, and Student Affairs)
  • MEd Elementary Education
  • MEd Reading
  • MEd Secondary Education (English, History & Government, Mathematics, Natural Sciences)
  • MEd Special Education (ED, LD, MR emphases)
  • MCATE Masters in Career and Technology Education (Industrial Technology Education, Career and Technology Education, Administration and Supervision for the Two-Year College)
  • BA Early Childhood Education
  • BA Elementary Education
  • BS Agricultural Education
  • BS Mathematics Teaching
  • BS Science Teaching
  • BA Secondary Education (English, Mathematics, Modern Languages)
  • BS Secondary Education (Economics, History, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology)
  • BA Special Education
  • BS Technology and Human Resource Development (Industrial Technology Education)

Southern Wesleyan University

Southern Wesleyan University is accredited by the Commission of Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to award the associate degree, bachelor's degree and master's degree. A major objective of the University is to prepare teachers in elementary and secondary education. Southern Wesleyan's teacher education programs are approved by the South Carolina State Board of Education. The undergraduate approved programs are:

  • Early Childhood (K-4)
  • Elementary Education (1-8)
  • Physical Education (K-12)
  • Biology (7-12)
  • Mathematics (7-12)
  • English (7-12)
  • Music (K-12)
  • Special Education -Mentally Disabled
  • Learning Disabled (K-12)
  • Behaviorally Disordered