The major of ideological and political education (teachers' college) trains ideological and political professionals with high political quality and political theory accomplishment, mastering theoretical knowledge of ideological and political education, politics, management and other disciplines, and having certain practical working ability. The characteristics of talent training in this major are: making students master the knowledge of ideological and political education and related disciplines systematically, broadening their knowledge and theoretical horizons, paying attention to cultivating students' practical working ability and improving their comprehensive quality. Graduates' employment destination is mainly to engage in ideological and political education and teaching of related disciplines in technical secondary schools and above, as well as to engage in ideological and political work in party and government organs, enterprises, institutions and social organizations at all levels. The curriculum system of this major is centered on ideological and political education, supported by politics and management, supplemented by courses in related disciplines such as law. The professional courses offered include the principles of ideological and political education, methods of ideological and political education, comparative ideological and political education, teaching theory of ideological and political subjects, philosophy, politics, sociology, economics, ethics, administration, public policy, management psychology, world politics and economy, contemporary western political thoughts, history of Chinese and foreign political thoughts, Deng Xiaoping Theory, law, social investigation and statistics, etc.

History teachers should learn some teaching theory courses besides history courses, because their training direction is teachers.

There are few teaching courses for non-normal majors in comprehensive universities, mainly focusing on cultivating students' professional knowledge. The research direction is basically different. On the issue of teacher qualification certificate, as long as teachers graduate with qualified results, they will automatically get the teacher qualification certificate without re-examination. There are still several non-normal courses that need to be tested to get the teacher qualification certificate.

As for being a teacher, as long as you have a certificate, it depends mainly on your own ability.