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Program Overview
The 13-month Master of Arts in Holistic Education degree provides a “fifth year” of advanced study leading to licensure for those who have completed a bachelor’s degree from the Templar School of Education. This degree is designed as final step for 91ԭ undergraduate teaching students–it is not a master’s degree in teaching for those outside that program. For the Master of Arts in Teaching, click here!
Students choose from nine concentrations:
- Integrated Early Childhood Education with Grades PreK-3 Licensure
- Early Childhood Education with Grades PreK-3 Licensure*
- Early Childhood Education & English as a Second Language Education Grades PreK-3 Licensure and Grades PreK-12 ESL Licensure
- Elementary Education Concentration with Grades K-5 Licensure*
- Elementary Education & English as a Second Language Education with Grades K-5 Licensure and Grades PreK-12 ESL Licensure
- English as a Second Language PreK-12
- Music Education (Vocal/General) with Grades K-12 Licensure
- Special Education Interventionist Concentration with Grades K-8 Licensure
*Options are only available with the Deans permission.

Program Director
Nikki Votaw
Program Director
865-251-2309
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Curriculum
- Analyzing and Interpreting Educational Research
- Introduction to Education II
- Trauma-Informed/Inclusive Practices
- Literacy III
- Curriculum & Diversity
- Tools for Teachers
