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Student Advising Office

Our mission is to the University of North Texas and the College of Education by providing developmental academic advising. To assist students in the development of academic plans in accordance with their life goals. To partner with student to assist them in their pursuit of academic success in their chosen field.

TExES Advising Office

TExES Advising Office provides advising and general information related to the state certification exams. Our office approves students for the ExCET, TExES, TOPT, and the TExMAT exams. We also administer the College of Education's Departmental Competency Exams.

COE Degree Programs

 

College of Education Academic Departments

 

Counseling and Higher Education

We prepare master’s level Licensed Professional Counselors, certified school counselors, and community college and four-year college/university counselors and student affairs administrators. We also prepare doctoral level counselor educators, supervisors, and administrators; community college instructors; and mid- to upper-level administrators in community colleges and four-year colleges/universities. Some highlights in our department are:
  • A nationally recognized and award-winning counseling program, including the largest play therapy training program in the world
  • Besides traditional preparation in counseling individuals, couples, families, and groups across the lifespan, specialized coursework in animal assisted therapy and transpersonal counseling
  • Federal grant in campus and community suicide prevention
  • Endowed chair and center for community college education and administration
  • Sponsorship of the annual Texas Higher Education Law Conference
  • Emerging national reputation for expertise in how to enhance the transfer experience among students in higher education
  • Award-winning faculty members and a friendly, service-oriented staff

 

Educational Psychology

Our department develops leading researchers and practitioners working at the local, state, national and international levels with specialization in four areas: human development and family studies, special education, school psychology, and research methodology. Students are provided with comprehensive, state-of-the-art instruction in cognition, learning and instructional science, clinical assessment and consultation, learning and behavioral disorders, individual differences, psychometrics, statistical analysis, research methodology, program evaluation, and gifted education.

The department offers the following Bachelors, Masters and Doctor of Philosophy degrees:

  • Bachelor of Science – Development & Family Studies
  • Master of Education – Special Education (this degree program also includes specialization areas of Educational Diagnostician, Emotional/Behavioral Disorders, and Autism)
  • Master of Science – Development & Family Studies
  • Master of Science – Educational Psychology (with specialization in Educational Research and Evaluation, and also Gifted and Talented Education)
  • Master of Science – School Psychology
  • Doctor of Philosophy – Educational Research (with specialization in Research, Measurement, and Statistics; as well as Human Development and Family Studies)
  • Doctor of Philosophy – Special Education

The department is comprised of 24 nationally and internationally renowned scholars, the Center for Interdisciplinary Research and Analysis (CIRA), home to several federally funded research programs from the National Science Foundation and the U.S. Department of Education, a clinical assessment laboratory, and editorial teams of nationally recognized journals.

 

Kinesiology, Health Promotion and Recreation

The Department of Kinesiology, Health Promotion, and Recreation is one of four departments and serves the largest number of students in the College of Education. The department provides the highest quality of teaching and research in graduate and undergraduate kinesiology, health promotion, and recreation curricula. The academic Units represent a broad range of study such as: school and community health, driver traffic and safety, kinesiology pedagogy, kinesiology/sport administration, biomechanics, physiology of exercise, health/fitness management, history and philosophy of kinesiology, psychosocial aspects of sport, teacher behavior, leisure services management, social-psychological dimensions of leisure behavior, and therapeutic recreation.

Academic Programs

Undergraduate

B.S. degree in Kinesiology with additional options in health/fitness and physical education teacher certification (EC-12).

B.S. degree in Recreation and Leisure Studies with options in program management and therapeutic recreation

B.S. degree in Health Promotion with a teacher certification option

Physical Education activity program- coursework available to all UNT students

Graduate

M.S. in Kinesiology, M.S. in Recreation and Leisure Studies

Graduate degree programs offer course work in research methods/statistics, sport psychology, exercise physiology, sport sociology, motor behavior, program management, and therapeutic recreation.

 

Teacher Education and Administration

The Department of Teacher Education and Administration offers undergraduate and graduate programs to develop highly competent teachers, school administrators, scholars, researchers and other specialists to provide educational leadership. Its offerings include undergraduate and graduate programs leading to certification of teachers, principals, and superintendents as well as master's and doctoral programs in the areas of educational administration, reading education, early childhood education, and curriculum and instruction. Emphasis in all programs is on educational quality. In addition to their teaching, department faculty actively engage in research examining educational issues in the region and nation, and they have also established research initiatives with an international or global scope. The department has a number of collaborative endeavors with other institutions.

Faculty in the Department of Teacher Education and Administration strive to improve practice through generation of new knowledge and through service to educational institutions, government agencies, and practitioners at all levels of education. We welcome you to our website and invite you to explore our programs and initiatives.

Academic Programs

  Undergraduate programs

  • B.S. degrees in interdisciplinary studies
  • Undergraduate Initial Teacher Certification
  • Elementary Certification ( EC - 6 and 4 - 8)
  • Secondary Grades (8 - 12)
  • Post-Bac Initial Teacher Certification
  • Post-Bac Early Childhood
  • Post-Bac EC - 4 Bilingual or ESL
  • Post-Bac Secondary (8-12)

  Graduate programs

  • M.Ed. in curriculum and instruction
  • M.Ed. in early childhood
  • M.Ed. in educational administration
  • M.Ed./M.S. in reading education
  • M.Ed. in secondary education/ Post-bac in secondary education with M.Ed.
  • Ph.D./Ed.D. in curriculum and instruction 
  • Ph.D./Ed.D. in educational administration 
  • Ph.D./Ed.D in reading education