The University of Arizona online program delivers a flexible but rigorous online education for students interested working with people who need to improve communication, social and adaptive skills. Our program prepares students to provide evidence-based services in applied behavior analysis in clinical, school, and home setting.
Educational Leadership
Educational Leadership and Policy prepares leaders to achieve results in schools across the country by translating theory and knowledge into practice, applying skills in interpersonal relationships and political diplomacy, using research and data-based decision-making, and adhering to ethical principles.
Educational Psychology
The program offers specialized courses in the areas of the psychology of teaching and learning, human cognition and problem solving, human development, and research methodology and measurement.
Higher Education
Advance your impact in colleges and universities with a degree in Higher Education. Our programs prepare leaders, researchers, and practitioners to shape equitable and student-centered postsecondary institutions through innovative teaching, inclusive policy, and transformative leadership.
We envision a world in which children in Arizona have access to high-quality education and we're creating that world through our Humanizing and Culturally Affirming Teacher Program (HCAT). The HCAT program is a two-year, context-specific program that prepares teachers, culminating in an M.Ed. Secondary Education and Arizona secondary certification for grades 6-12. The program’s philosophy relies on critical analyses of teachers’ sociocultural, political, and economic positionalities.
Rehabilitation, Mental Health, and Counseling (RMHC)
The MA and PhD degree programs prepare students to become professional counselors, counselor educators, clinical supervisors, and national leaders and advocates. Across our MA and PhD degrees is a philosophy and practice of trauma-informed care, social justice, social determinants of health, and integrative care.
The program responds to the needs of schools throughout the country while also preparing school counselors to meet the particular needs of Arizona schools.
The School Psychology Ed.S. program provides a comprehensive and integrated curriculum that prepares students to become Nationally Certified School Psychologists (NCSPs). With this educational specialist degree, an individual can practice school psychology in the great majority of school systems in the United States. The program, which leads to Arizona certification, is available in two locations: Tucson (Main Campus) and Chandler (UA Chandler).
The School Psychology Ph.D. program is designed to prepare students for leadership positions in school psychology and related disciplines. More specifically, it is designed to prepare graduates for positions of leadership that involve applying psychological principles to improve student outcomes. Students in the program are provided with a range of training and research opportunities that aim to increase their competence in school psychology and their ability to function as effective professionals who collaborate well with individuals from different disciplines and celebrate diversity.
Special Education
Prepare to teach, advocate, supervise or plan programs for adults and children with disabilities and special abilities across a variety of fields. Choose from five specializations to identify the right path for your career.
The Sport and Recreation Leadership MA program will prepare dynamic leaders in sports and recreation fields. Students will focus on issues of equity and justice in sport and recreation, policy analysis and implementation, coaching, administrative functions related to human resources, finance, and marketing, as well as general best practices in the field.
Teach Arizona is a fast-track, one-year MEd plus certification program for prospective high school or middle school teachers who have a bachelor's degree and want to teach one of the following subjects: mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, earth science, general science, Spanish, American Sign Language, Mandarin, French, English, history, political science, or economics. Teach Arizona students have the opportunity to complete a year-long student teaching internship during the program before stepping into the profession.
The Master of Arts in Teaching & Learning supports you in developing and expanding your teaching tools, preparing for advancement in your career in education, or continuing to doctoral studies. In this two-year, 30-credit-hour program, you will learn the latest information about teaching and learning while specializing in an area that matches your interests.
The doctoral program in Teaching, Learning & Sociocultural Studies (TLS) prepares students to investigate and address a broad range of issues in teaching and learning. Emphasizing a sociocultural perspective, the program nurtures innovative ways of knowing, methods of inquiry, and approaches to problem-solving. Students are encouraged to focus their studies in one of our 7 focus areas but may customize a plan of study in agreement with their graduate committee to fit their interests and needs.