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Do any of the big 3 have education BAs?
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(01-27-2019, 05:37 PM)allvia Wrote: What about WGU - https://www.wgu.edu/online-teaching-degrees.html

Can that be completed without having to do any additional courses if I already have sufficient credit? Or do they have a minimum number of credits that must be earned through them?
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They only allow 90 to come in, but it might still be closer than anywhere else.
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(01-27-2019, 03:22 PM)Pelican Wrote: It has been a year since I posted this question. Has there been any changes in the availability of an education degree from the Big Three? I have many education credits from various schools and don't want them to go to waste.

Was your question about you or your friend? I thought you already had a bachelor's degree.
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Both myself and a friend are in a similar situation. I have a first BA, but having a second in Education would be better and since I have lots of education credits thought it wouldn't need much time or money.
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(01-27-2019, 06:54 PM)Pelican Wrote: Both myself and a friend are in a similar situation. I have a first BA, but having a second in Education would be better and since I have lots of education credits thought it wouldn't need much time or money.

Why would a second degree in education be better? Which state are you in? A lot of K-12 teachers don't have education degrees, and it's often preferred that teachers have a degree related to the subject they're teaching. You've been asking about several different majors on both forums for the past couple of years.

Even if the Big 3 offered bachelor's degrees in education, they wouldn't lead to a teaching certification. I liked the advice you received over a year ago. Just go for a master's degree. There are a lot of cheap ones that are certification programs and non-certification programs. WGU has certification programs. Walden University has a competency-based master's degree program in early childhood studies that is not for certification. I think you might have missed Walden's first term free deal, but their Tempo Learning programs are still cheap.
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I think we pretty clearly answered your original question: the Big 3 don't have education degrees, and even if they did, it probably is not necessary in your state to get one. You can get certified as a teacher in most states without an education degree: you just need to take the certification test and get your student teaching done (usually 1 or 2 terms I think).

Here where I live, you're recommended to get a math degree if you want to teach math, an English degree if you want to teach English, a science degree if you want to teach science, etc. And there is absolutely no need to get a degree in education if you already have a degree in ANYTHING at all, as long as you can pass the test you need for where you want to teach (so if you had a business degree but wanted to teach life science in a high school, you'd need to pass the 9-12 biology test).

If you really want a degree in education + get your teaching certificate as well, then you could do WGU. They will make you do a good portion of the degree iwth them though- there's not a lot you can bring in.
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My recommendation is to skip the WGU BEd and going for the Walden MS Education degree as they have extended their FREE term until Feb 3. Even if you can't finish in 1 term, a second term for $1800 is all that is required for this Masters. Good luck to you and the friend.
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(01-27-2019, 07:06 PM)dfrecore Wrote: I think we pretty clearly answered your original question: the Big 3 don't have education degrees, and even if they did, it probably is not necessary in your state to get one.  You can get certified as a teacher in most states without an education degree: you just need to take the certification test and get your student teaching done (usually 1 or 2 terms I think).

Here where I live, you're recommended to get a math degree if you want to teach math, an English degree if you want to teach English, a science degree if you want to teach science, etc.  And there is absolutely no need to get a degree in education if you already have a degree in ANYTHING at all, as long as you can pass the test you need for where you want to teach (so if you had a business degree but wanted to teach life science in a high school, you'd need to pass the 9-12 biology test).

If you really want a degree in education + get your teaching certificate as well, then you could do WGU.  They will make you do a good portion of the degree iwth them though- there's not a lot you can bring in.

I agree. She should either complete a master's program that leads to a teaching certification, or get the certification first and complete an education master's afterward. It doesn't make sense to get a bachelor's or master's in education if you aren't certified. 

If she can't afford to do student teaching for a term or two (this is unpaid work), then she should see if her state has an alternative teaching certification pathway that will allow her to teach with a provisional license until she meets the experience requirement.
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