| Credential | Undergraduate Preparation | Tests | Post-baccalaureate Preparation |
| Pre-School | Consult Child and Adolescent Development department | None | None |
| Elementary School | Complete a Multiple Subject Matter Preparation program | CBEST, CSET | Multiple Subject Credential program |
| Middle School | Complete preparation requirements for secondary teaching or elementary teaching with sufficient units of work in a subject or the subject CSET. | CBEST, CSET for Multiple Subject | Multiple or Single Subject Credential program |
| High School | Complete a Single Subject Matter Preparation program or pass CSET | CBEST | Single Subject Credential program |
| Special Education | Complete a Multiple or Single Subject Matter Preparation program and/or demonstrate subject matter competence by CSET | CBEST | Consult Special Education department |
| Bilingual/ESL (Grades K-12) | Complete a Multiple or Subject Matter Preparation program | CBEST, CSET and Language Proficiency and Culture | Multiple Subject (BCLAD Emphasis or Certificate) |
| College | Complete a major in the subject that you want to teach | Consult major department | PhD (or MA/MS for some community colleges) |
