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From: Michael Edmiston <edmiston@BLUFFTON.EDU>Not here in North Carolina (unless the standards have changed in the past 3-5 years). One doesn't have to have a degree in the subject taught. One only has to have a degree in "education" and some courses in the subject area. However, once hired the school system here can make you teach anything they want you to teach regardless of your course preparation.
Getting a "teaching license" or "teaching certificate" for teaching in US
High Schools requires a Bachelor of Arts (BA) or Bachelor of Science (BS)
degree in the field you plan to teach, and also requires some number of
(1) Two-year community colleges or junior colleges or technical colleges.Tracking studies have shown that students who take their first two years at a community college do significantly better at the four year schools than those who do not. One of my former students is now doing undergraduate research in chemistry at NCSU.
These grant "terminal degrees" where the student does not go on to further
education after the two-year degree. This degree is typically called an
Associates Degree. Some of these students do continue (with varying
success) to four-year programs. Teaching science at these schools typically
(2) Two-year or 4-year branch campuses of larger universities. The two-yearNot according to SACS standards.
branch campuses typically provide the first two years of the main-campus
four-year degree. The four-year branch campuses provide the same full
program as the main campus. Teachers at these places typically must have
the same degree as the parent institution, and that would be a Ph.D. for
people teaching in science areas.
(3) Four-year colleges and universities. These typically require a Ph.D.,SACS only *requires* a Master's degree to teach at any college or university, unless one is specifically teaching graduate level courses. Even then, experience can count in place of a PhD. The hiring of PhD's is more for political appearance than for teaching quality.
and post-doctoral experience is either an advantage or required.