Teaching degree using CLEP and DSST's

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Not sure where you live, but here in CA, you can get a teaching certificate without a teaching degree. You just get any degree, and then go through a 1-year program to earn your teaching credential (I have a friend doing it right this very minute). She has a degree in Marketing. She signed up for online courses for the credential through some sort of state-recommended program, and then is doing her student-teaching at her kids' elementary school.

So, I would find out what exactly he needs to get that teaching credential in his state. He might need a BA in Math, or Teaching, but he might be able to get by with a BA in Liberal Studies, and then do the rest online and student-teaching.

My son's favorite teacher at school is his math teacher - who just happens to have gotten an English degree. He absolutely loves her, the way she explains things in different ways, and makes math fun. All this from an English major who found she didn't enjoy teaching English, but did enjoy teaching math! Who would have thought?