• Completion of Subject Matter Preparation Program

• Completion of a Degree Major

  • Single Subject

    • World Language: English Language Development can be met by an academic degree major in Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) or Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL).

    • Home Economics can be met by an academic degree major in family and consumer science.

    • Mathematics can be met by an academic degree major in Statistics. 

    • Science: Biological Science can be met by an academic degree major in chemical engineering or biochemistry.

    • Science: Chemistry can be met by an academic degree major in chemical engineering or biochemistry.

    • Science: Geoscience can be met by an academic degree major in geology or earth science.

    • Science: Physics can be met by an academic degree major in mechanical or structural engineering.

    • Science: Foundation-Level Science can be met by an academic degree major in any type of engineering or any degree major offered by a college or university science department. 

  • Multiple Subject

    • Liberal Studies

    • Liberal Arts

    • Elementary Education

• Completion of coursework addressing each domains of the subject matter requirements adopted by the Commission in the content area of the credential

• CSET Exam, or combination of CSET Exam and Coursework

Demonstration of Subject Matter Competence using the Academic Major Option

Demonstration of Subject Matter

Subject Matter Chart of Options

CTC Contact for Exams: exams@ctc.ca.gov