<p>There is an Early Childhood Education major, although the web site has very little information on it:</p>
<p>[School</a> of Education | University of Massachusetts Amherst](<a href=“http://www.umass.edu/education/licensure/edinfo/ecemajor.shtml]School”>http://www.umass.edu/education/licensure/edinfo/ecemajor.shtml)</p>
<p>As I understand it, for education in general, to become a teacher in MA, for elementary ed you typically have to major in a subject area as outlined in this document (<a href=“http://www.umass.edu/education/licensure/edinfo/eio_pdfs/Elementary%20Education/elementarymajors.pdf[/url]”>http://www.umass.edu/education/licensure/edinfo/eio_pdfs/Elementary%20Education/elementarymajors.pdf</a>) , and then meet the licensure requirements to become a teacher.</p>
<p>For middle and high school, you have to major in the subject area you want to teach in, and then meet the requirements.</p>
<p>So the school of education is mostly at the graduate level to get you through the licensing.</p>