Alternative Teacher Certification and OWLS Courses

Alternative teacher certifications require a bachelor's degree. Graduates may enroll in an approved alternative teacher certification program. We highly recommend the TXST Alternative Teacher Certification Program.

OWLS courses are excellent choices to fulfill your professional development module requirements! These courses are available online almost every semester.

CTE 3304 Human Relations
CTE 3315 Leadership & Professional Development
CTE 3321 Work-based Learning
CTE 3323 Technology Applications
CTE 3324 Entrepreneurship
CTE 3330 STEM Literacy
CTE 3340 Occupational Skills for the 21st Century
CTE 3370 Introduction to Leadership
CTE 4315 Purposeful Life Planning
OCED 3310 Human Problems in the Workplace
OCED 3321 Creative Thinking
OCED 3322 Problem Solving & Decision Making
OCED 3323 Health & Safety in Wrkplc
OCED 3324 Proj Mgmt Leadership
OCED 3326 Teamwork
OCED 4302 Trends & Issues in OWLS
OCED 4325 Development & Change in Organizations

Other TXST Courses

Other Texas State University academic departments also offer courses beneficial to your professional development module. Most of these courses are available online but might not be available every semester. Many of these courses are writing intensive (WI).

ESS 3321 Teaching Elementary Children Physical Activity
PH 3321 Health in the School Setting
PHIL 3322 Professional Ethics (WI)
PHIL 4351 Philosophy of Education (WI)
PSY 3300 Lifespan Development
PSY 3312 Adolescent Psychology
PSY 3315 Abnormal Psychology
PSY 3331 Social Psychology
PSY 3333 Industrial Psychology
SOCI 3327 Multicultural Relations
SOCI 3328 Complex Organizations
SOCI 3337 The Family
SOCI 3338 Family Problems
SOCI 3347 Juvenile Delinquency
SOWK 4300C School Social Work
SOWK 4315 Child Welfare