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Secondary Education (Grades 7-12) Major

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Completion of all program requirements will lead to eligibility for the Bachelor of Science degree in Education. To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts in Education, students must also complete two courses in the same foreign language. Secondary education majors must select a major (first) teaching field (approved area of concentration, e.g. English or mathematics) in which they wish to be licensed. A minor (second) teaching field is optional

Student Teaching in Secondary Education Program:

Applications for student teaching must be filed the semester preceding the student teaching semester. Approval for a student teaching placement is contingent upon:

  1. Admission to T&L.
  2. Completion of at least 90 credits toward a bachelor’s degree in secondary education with a grade point average of 2.75 or higher.
  3. Completion of all professional education course requirements, with a grade point average of 2.75 or higher.
  4. Completion of 75% of teaching field course work in which the student plans to student teach, with a grade point average of 2.75 or higher. The grade point average of 2.75 in the teaching field must be maintained through graduation.
  5. Filing of a completed T&L student teaching application by the announced deadline.
  6. Recommendation of the Department of Teaching & Learning.

    Student teaching is a full-time, full-semester experience in a secondary classroom. It involves a mandatory, on-campus orientation; observation and supervised teaching, during which the student gradually assumes classroom teaching responsibilities; regularly scheduled observations and evaluations by the classroom teacher who serves as a preservice mentor teacher and by the assigned university site facilitator; and weekly student teaching seminar sessions. Because student teaching is a full-time responsibility, outside employment during that time is strongly discouraged, and the student may enroll in no courses other than   and  ,  , or   without department approval.

Degree Requirements

General Education Requirements

First-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 2-3

English Composition - Total Credits: 6

Second-Year Seminar - Total Credits: 3

Constitutions - Total Credits: 4-6

Mathematics - Total Credits: 3

Distribution Requirements - Total Credits: 18-19

Dependent on Teaching Field-see notes [1 and 2]

Multicultural and International

Additional Degree Requirements

Education Core Requirements - Total Credits: 9

Secondary Program Requirements - Total Credits: 18

Field Experiences - Total Credits: 18

First Teaching Field - Total Credits: 39-48

All secondary education students must fulfill requirements for a first teaching field.

First Teaching Field (Required)

Approved areas of concentration - see Advising Center for a list of required courses for each are:

Biological Science 45 Credits
Earth Science 45 Credits
English (Comprehensive) 48 Credits
General Science 45 Credits
Mathematics 39 credits
Physical Science 45 Credits
For music education, contact the Music Department  

 

Second Teaching Field (Optional)

Approved areas of concentration - see Advising Center for a list of required courses for each area:

Biological Science 28 Credits
Earth Science 27 Credits
General Science 28 Credits
Mathematics 29 Credits
Physical Science 27 Credits

 

Total Credits: 120-133

Notes

  1.  Secondary Education majors pursuing the following first teaching fields fall under the Life and Physical Sciences and Analytical Thinking Distribution Area (must complete 9 credits of Social Sciences and 9 credits of Humanities & Fine Arts): Biology, Earth Science, General Science, Mathematics, and Physical Science.
  2. Secondary Education majors pursuing the following first teaching fields fall under the Humanities and Fine Arts Distribution Area (must complete 10 credits of Life & Physical Sciences & Analytical Thinking and 9 credits of Social Sciences): English Comprehensive.
  3. EDU 280 also fulfills the multicultural requirement in the general education core. Courses satisfying the international requirement may simultaneously fulfill another requirement.
  4. Students pursuing more than one teaching field may need to take additional subject methods course (s).
  5. Total credits depend upon student’s teaching field and choice of first year experience course.

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