Master's Programs

This pathway is designed for bilingual and bicultural individuals who want to become licensed teachers. You’ll learn to integrate language into all levels, incorporating your students’ language and culture as assets in the learning process. Many students go to work in dual-immersion classroom settings.

Get the skills to work with a variety of clients within mental health agencies, community counseling agencies, employee assistance programs, day treatment, and inpatient hospital settings, and private practice.

Through this program, you’ll get the skills to work in a wide variety of vocational rehabilitation, mental health, and educational settings with individuals who are emotionally, socially, and vocationally adjusting to the disability experience.

Through this program, you’ll become a relationship and family counselor with the research and practical background to work with a diversity of marriage, partnership, relationship, and family compositions. Program completion can lead to state licensure.

School counselors work to maximize student success, promoting access and equity for all students. PSU’s school counseling master’s program prepares professional school counselors to work in Pre-Kindergarten through 12th grade public and private schools.

This program is for teachers and other education professionals who want to pursue advanced studies in teacher leadership, educational theories and research, and curriculum design. Graduates of the program work in schools and communities as educational leaders and drive change in their schools and districts based on their research.

Develop as a highly reflective and responsive early childhood educator or social service professional who has a deep understanding of the role of development, diversity, and culture in the lives of young children and their families.

The program is designed both for new teachers seeking a preliminary teaching license with a Special Education: Early Intervention endorsement, and licensed teachers who want to add an early intervention endorsement or special education master’s degree.

If you already have a bachelor’s degree, this program enables you to earn your Oregon Teaching License with endorsements in elementary teaching and teaching English to speakers of other languages (ESOL).

To become a middle or high school teacher, complete a bachelor’s degree in your subject area specialization. Then join PSU’s graduate teacher education master’s program (GTEP) to learn how to teach your chosen subject and get your teaching license.

If you earned your teaching credential outside of the United States, this program provides you with an abbreviated and customized path to earn an Oregon Teaching License. The coursework is focused on classes that prepare you to work specifically with children in U.S. public schools.

Gain skills in sustainability education and collaborative, emergent leadership. Learn to envision, design, and implement sustainable solutions in a variety of settings including schools, nonprofit organizations, local governments, and businesses.

Through this program, you’ll gain the knowledge and skills for a career in higher education, community and non-profit organizations, or training and development sectors across private businesses and public agencies.

This program is for licensed teachers who have worked in a school for at least three years. Feel confident making strong decisions when it matters most, and to move cutting-edge educational practices forward. Our approach integrates anti-racist teaching practices and prepares you to become a culturally-responsive leader.

If you already have a bachelor’s degree, this program enables you to earn a Special Educator Teaching License. You’ll develop the specialized skills needed to teach students with a wide range of support needs, including people with complex disabilities and those with targeted support needs in academics, behavior, and social skills.

This non-licensure program is a great option for anyone working with students with special needs. Create a program of study that aligns to your professional needs and interests, allowing you to hone your skills and dive deep into specialized topics like autism, mental health, early intervention, or behavior analysis.

PSU’s program equips you to serve students from birth to 21 years old with visual impairments. You’ll learn to assist students with visual impairments to fully access the general education curriculum and gain practical experience through field placements in local educational agencies or at residential schools for the blind.