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Postsecondary Teachers
Postsecondary teachers instruct students in a wide variety of academic and vocational subjects beyond the high school level. Most of these students are working toward a degree, but many others are studying for a certificate... ... more
Academic Programs of Interest for Postsecondary Teachers
African Studies
African studies is the study of Africa, and can encompass such fields as social and economic development, politics, history, culture, sociology, anthropology or linguistics. A specialist in... more
African-American Studies
African American studies is a subset of Black studies or Africana studies. It is is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to the study of the history, culture,... more
American History
Simply put, if you major in American History, you will be required to take many courses that focus on key events in America's timeline. From pre-confederation to... more
American Literature
The study of American Literature refers to written or literary work produced in the area of the United States and Colonial America. While majoring in American Literature,... more
American Studies
American studies or American civilization is an interdisciplinary field dealing with the study of the United States. It incorporates the study of economics, history, literature, art, the... more
Ancient Studies
Ancient Studies seeks to encourage the study of antiquityin all its facets - including its history, art, architecture, literature, music,philosophy, religion, and science - and to promote... more
Arabic
The term "Arabic" may refer with equal accuracy to either literary Arabic or the many localized varieties of Arabic commonly called "colloquial Arabic". Arabs consider literary Arabic... more
Architectural History
Architectural history is a discipline which records, studies and interprets architecture, its forms, purposes and evolution. Architecture has been observed and recorded since ancient times. In terms... more
Asian History
Asian studies is a field in cultural studies that is concerned with the Asian peoples, their cultures and languages. Within the Asian sphere, Asian studies combines aspects... more
Asian-American Studies
Asian American Studies is an academic discipline which studies the experience of people of Asian ancestry in America. Closely related to other Ethnic Studies disciplines such as... more
Biblical Studies
There are two major approaches towards Biblical studies. The first approach studies the Bible as a human creation and is also known as Biblical criticism; This approach... more
Buddhist Studies
Buddhism is often described as a religion and a collection of various philosophies, based initially on the teachings of Siddhartha Gautama, known as Gautama Buddha. To many,... more
Business Education
Business education is the enterprise of education directed at the study and research of the field of business. It includes secondary education and higher education or university... more
Canadian Studies
Canadian Studies is a Collegiate study of Canadian culture, Canadian languages, literature, Quebec, agriculture, history, and their government and politics. Most universities recommend that students take a... more
Caribbean Studies
Caribbean Studies is a Collegiate study of Caribbean culture, Caribbean languages, literature, agriculture, history, and their government and politics. Most universities recommend that students take a double... more
Celtic Studies
Celtic Studies is the academic discipline occupied with the study of any sort of cultural output relating to a Celtic people. This ranges from archaeology to history,... more
Chinese
About one-sixth of the world's population, or over 1 billion people, speak some form of Chinese as their native language. The standardized form of spoken Chinese is... more
Classics
Classics or Classical Studies is the branch of the Humanities dealing with the languages, literature, history, art, and other aspects of the ancient Mediterranean world; especially Ancient... more
Comparative Literature
Comparative literature is critical scholarship dealing with the literature of two or more different linguistic, cultural or national groups. While most frequently practiced with works of different... more
East Asian Studies
East Asian Studies is a distinct multidisciplinary field of scholarly enquiry and education that promotes a broad humanistic understanding of East Asia past and present. East Asian... more
Education
In North America the degree is awarded for courses taken that generally last two years (one year in some Canadian universities). To gain the qualification the student... more
Educational Psychology
Educational psychology is the study of how humans learn in educational settings, the effectiveness of educational interventions, the psychology of teaching, and the social psychology of schools... more
English
As a broad program of study, the English Major provides students with an opportunity to analyze works of literature and film originally written in English. Such an... more
English Composition
Many universities have a required freshman, or first-year, composition course. This is not always the same as a literature course, which focuses on literary analysis and interpretation;... more
English Literature
The term English Literature refers to the study of literature written in the English language, including literature composed in English by writers not necessarily from England; Joseph... more
Ethnic Studies
Ethnic studies is an academic discipline dedicated to the study of ethnicity. It evolved in the second half of the 20th century partly in response to charges... more
European History
European History is a Collegiate study of European culture, European languages, literature, agriculture, history, and their government and politics. Most universities recommend that students take a double... more
French
French is a descendant of the Latin of the Roman Empire, as are languages such as Spanish, Italian, Catalan, Romanian, and Portuguese. Its development was also influenced... more
German
German is one of the world's major languages and is closely related to and classified alongside English and Dutch. Around the world, German is spoken by roughly... more
Hebrew
Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afro-Asiatic language family spoken by more than seven million people in Israel and by an unknown number of people in... more
Hindi
Hindi is an Indo-European language spoken all over India in varying degrees and extensively in northern and central India. Hindi is one of the 22 official languages... more
Hispanic-American Studies
Hispanic-American studies critically examines the history, culture, politics, issues, and experiences of Latin Americans in the United States. Drawing from numerous disciplines such as sociology, history, literature,... more
History
History is the study of the past, focused on human activity and leading up to the present day. This study is facilitated by the formation of a... more
Islamic Studies
Islamic studies generally refers to the historical study of Islamic religion, culture, history and philosophy. Academics from diverse disciplines participate and exchange ideas about predominantly Muslim societies,... more
Japanese
Japanese is a language spoken by over 130 million people, in Japan and in Japanese emigrant communities around the world. It is an agglutinative language and is... more
Jewish Studies
Jewish studies also known as Judaic studies is a subject area of study available at many colleges and universities in North America. Traditionally, Jewish studies was part... more
Korean
Korean is the official language of both North Korea and South Korea. It is also one of the two official languages in the Yanbian Korean Autonomous Prefecture... more
Latin American Studies
Latin American Studies is an academic discipline which studies the history and experience of peoples and cultures in the Americas. Latin America has been studied in one... more
Middle Eastern Studies
Middle Eastern studies is a name given to a number of academic programs associated with the study of the culture, politics, economy, and geography of the Middle... more
Music History
The field of music history, or sometimes historical musicology, is the highly diverse subfield of the broader discipline of musicology that studies the composition, performance, reception, and... more
Native American Studies
Native American Studies is an academic discipline that studies the experience of people of Native American ancestry in America. Closely related to other Ethnic studies disciplines such... more
Philosophy
Philosophy is the discipline concerned with questions of how one should live (ethics); what sorts of things exist and what are their essential natures (metaphysics); what counts... more
Physical Education
A physical education student must like to work with people, be adequately skilled in physical activities, have a commitment to fitness and be interested in the physical,... more
Portuguese
Today it is one of the world's major languages, ranked sixth according to number of native speakers (over 200 million). It is the language with the largest... more
Romance Languages
The Romance languages (sometimes referred to as Romanic languages) are a branch of the Indo-European language family that comprises all the languages that descend from Latin, the... more
Scandinavian Studies
Scandinavian studies is an interdisciplinary academic field of area studies that covers topics related to Scandinavia and the Nordic countries, including their languages, literature, history, culture and... more
Southeast Asian Studies
Southeast Asia consists of two geographic regions: the Asian mainland, and island arcs and archipelagos to the east and southeast. The mainland section consists of Cambodia, Laos,... more
Spanish
Spanish is a Romance language originally from the northern area of Spain. From there, its use gradually spread inside the Kingdom of Castile, where it evolved and... more
Teacher Education
A teacher's professional duties may extend beyond formal teaching. Outside of the classroom teachers may accompany students on field trips, supervise study halls, help with the organization... more
Women's Studies
Women's studies is an interdisciplinary academic field devoted to topics concerning women, feminism, gender, and politics. It often includes feminist theory, women's history (e.g. a history of... more
