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Add-on Certification Options

The following Graduate Add-On Certifications are available through UWSP. These may be incorporated within the Masters degree.

Graduate programs are available for individuals already holding a teaching license.

Achieve your certification in one of the following areas:

Adaptive Physical Education
Alternative Education
Early Childhood Education
English as a Second Language
Environmental Studies
Family and Consumer Science
Gifted and Talented Education
Health Education 
Reading Teacher (316 license)
Reading Specialist (17 license) 
Special Education
        Early Childhood Special Education
        Cognitive Disabilities/Cross Categorical
        Emotional/Behavioral Disabilities/Cross Categorical
        Learning Disabilities/Cross Categorical
        Cross Categorical Special Education (for those already licensed in CD, EBD or LD).pdf

Looking to add additional grades levels/ages? Certification areas not listed above? .pdf Ask us how! We will review your transcripts at no cost to you.

All other add-on licenses, including grade/age level extensions: Please contact Maggie Beeber, UWSP Certification Officer, 715-346-2040. For a complete list of certifications available through UWSP, please see Academic Programs and Courses. Individual certification outlines should be requested for each add-on certification. There is no fee for requesting and receiving certification outlines.

UWSP is currently working on additional licensing programs in Bilingual/Bicultural Education. Our website will be updated as these are submitted and approved by DPI. UWSP has recently been approved to offer the Broadfield Language Arts certification.