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Dr. William H. Parker, Director
Prairie View A&M University
P. O. Box 519, MS 2800
Prairie View, Texas 77446-2800
Phone: (936) 261-3500
Fax: (936) 261-3529
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Certification Area

The Prairie View A&M University ATCP offers certification in:

  • Secondary Content Areas, grades 8-12
  • Special Education EC-12

Areas of Specialization

The following Secondary Content area certification fields require applicants to have at least 24 semester hours (12 hours must be upper division course work.):
  • Art (All Levels)
  • Bilingual Generalist
  • Chemistry 8-12
  • Computer Science
  • English Language Arts and Reading 6-12
  • French
  • German
  • Health EC-12
  • Health Science Technology Education 8-12
  • History
  • Journalism
  • Life Science 8-12
  • Mathematics
  • Music EC-12
  • Physical Education EC-12
  • Physical Science 8-12
  • Science 8-12
  • Social Studies 8-12
  • Spanish
  • Special Education EC-12
  • Speech 8-12
  • Technology Applications EC-12
  • Technology Education 6-12
  • Theater EC-12

Applicants are required to have at least 24 semester hours, six (6) in each of the following areas:

  • English
  • Mathematics
  • Social Studies
  • Science

Note: Acceptance into the ATCP does not guarantee employment by a school district. It is the applicant’s responsibility to secure employment.