The degree is available at the Mars Hill campus and satellite sites in Asheville, Burnsville. Teacher Education Offered in conjunction with the School of Education and Leadership, the program prepares adults for public school teaching on the elementary, middle grades and secondary levels. Courses are designed to promote the professional, academic and moral development of the adults who enroll. Classes are crafted in ways which broaden understanding of human growth and behavior while increasing awareness of duties and responsibilities within the teaching profession and the broader communities in which they live. The curriculum focuses on values, knowledge and skills requisite for professional practice so graduates can assist various individual, family, group, neighborhood and community client systems.
Adults can add a concentration in the fast growing field of gerontology as well.
A total of 18 semester hours must be completed in a concentration. Many choose the gerontology concentration. Allied Health is available on the Mars Hill campus and in Asheville.