Limited-Residency Undergraduate Teacher Preparation

Prescott College’s Limited-Residency Undergraduate Programs are for students of any age and background wishing to complete a Bachelor of Arts degree and Post-Degree Certificate in their home communities without sacrificing personal or professional lives. Students benefit from the guidance of faculty members – experts in their particular fields – as they design learning experiences that integrate their passions and educational goals. Prescott College’s Limited-Residency programs rely on a hybrid instructional model.

This approach integrates individual faculty/mentor and student face-to-face instruction with limited residency and online distance education opportunities. We refer to this model as Community-Based Mentored Study. This means that each of our students’ home communities become extensions of the Prescott College learning community. With the guidance of core faculty, students create study contracts with local mentors who support the students’ learning in one to three courses each semester. Support for students is also available through the main campus in Prescott, Arizona, and through an expanding number of bioregional hubs around the state and country. One of these important bioregional hubs is located in Tucson, Arizona. The Tucson Center provides undergraduate students in southern Arizona with admissions counseling, academic advising, administrative support, workshops, and opportunities to interact and network with fellow students.

Degrees and Certificates

In the Limited-Residency Undergraduate Program, Prescott College offers a Bachelor of Arts Degree and Post-Degree Teaching Certificate in five different subject areas, for both aspiring and experienced teachers:

• Early Childhood Education
• Early Childhood Special Education
• Elementary Education
• Secondary Education
• Cross-Categorical Special Education

The College also offers the following Endorsement programs:

• Reading Specialist
• Early Childhood Education
• Structured English Immersion

For more information about these programs, please contact the Limited-Residency Undergraduate Programs Admissions, E-mail.