Graduate and Professional Studies provides a variety of program choices for working adults looking to build on their education and to enhance their career opportunities.
Tusculum College recognizes the need for well-qualified teachers across the State of Tennessee as well as across the United States. The Bachelor of Arts in Education (BAED) Degree was instituted to allow working adults to pursue teaching certification. The BAED Program is identical in curriculum to the residential Teacher Licensure Program.
The program is open to students who are preparing for licensure in Elementary Education and can be supplemented with other courses for students who wish to add on other licensure areas. Students start in a cohort group and take classes together through the professional licensure sequence.
The courses are delivered on Fridays and Saturdays or on two weekdays in an accelerated schedule designed to accommodate the candidates’ many responsibilities and time demands. This format allows adult learners to complete the last 67 semester hours in 16 major and professional education courses in approximately 18-20 months. Sharing the same innovative framework as Tusculum’s other successful programs for working adults, students in the program will take one course at a time in a collaborative atmosphere open to adult learning styles. The courses in this major are designed with practicum experiences to allow students to have interactive activities with students in the classroom setting prior to student teaching.