Accreditation

Accredited Programs

The College of Applied Human Sciences facilitates and supports national accreditation and state academic program approval; coordinates assessments related to program continuous quality improvements; acquires, organizes and validates data to advise leadership; oversees the measurement of candidate and student learning outcomes; and is responsible for the preparation of institutional, state and national reports.

School of Education and Counseling

Undergraduate

• Elementary Education
• English Secondary Education
• Social Studies Secondary Education
• Secondary Mathematics Education
• Secondary Science Education
• General Science
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics
• Literacy Education: Graduate

Graduate

• Master of Arts in Counseling
• Literacy Education

School of Sport Sciences

Undergraduate

• Physical Education: Undergraduate/Graduate

CAEP Accreditation

The accreditation of Educator Preparation Providers (EPPs) is granted by the Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation, or CAEP. The programs below were reviewed during the March 2019 site visit and are accredited through Fall 2026.

• Agricultural Education: Undergraduate
• Physical Education: Undergraduate
• Elementary Education: Undergraduate
• English Secondary Education: Undergraduate
• Social Studies Secondary Education: Undergraduate
• Secondary Mathematics Education: Undergraduate
• Secondary Science Education: Undergraduate
• General Science
• Biology
• Chemistry
• Physics

Within the same site visit WVU had one advanced program reviewed and accredited through Fall 2026.

Specialized Professional Associations (SPA) National Recognition

Many of the educator preparation programs within CAHS have program-specific accrediting agencies that require the periodic submission of progress reports. Known as Specialized Professional Associations (SPAs), these agencies require the preparation of “SPA reports” that are submitted to the SPA as well as to CAEP. For our CAHS education preparation programs, these SPAs include:

International Literacy Association (ILA)

• Literacy Education - Master's Program