教育学院为研究生认证提供了多种选择。已获得学士学位和高级证书的教师可以使用教育硕士课程。还可以为寻求初始认证的个人提供教学文学硕士课程。学生也可以选择自闭症谱系课程的研究生证书。阿拉巴马大学亨茨维尔分校的课程也为通识教育者提供了独特的体验，使他们可以在核心课程中与特殊教育者并肩学习，然后根据自己的兴趣转向特定的学习重点。ESOL和阅读专家候选人必须完成实习，这可以在整个学习计划中完成。侧重于如何支持识字学习，教苦苦学习的读者，促进阅读教师的专业发展以及诊断和应对学生遇到的识字挑战。
The MEd in Differentiated Instruction with a Reading Specialist Concentration focuses on how to support literacy learning, teach struggling readers, facilitate professional development of reading teachers, and diagnose and respond to literacy challenges encountered by students. Students in this program are required to complete an internship during the entire program. This internship may be completed "on the job" but students must meet with the faculty advisor during the first semester to plan the internship. This program leads to a Class A Reading Specialist Certification (P-12).The MEd in Differentiated Instruction is an advanced graduate program for certified professional educators seeking to become better equipped to meet the ever-evolving needs of diverse students. The degree has twelve unique concentrations of focus with eleven of the concentrations approved by Council for the Accreditation of Educator Preparation (CAEP) and the Alabama State Department of Education to lead to a Class A teaching certificate.