The Licensure minor in secondary professional education requires 31 hours:
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
EDU 102L | Exploring School Communities | 2 |
EDU 201 | Educational Policy and Practice | 3 |
EDU 307 | Instructional Design, Assessment, and Technology | 3 |
EDU 311 | Learning and Cognitive Science | 3 |
EDU 309L | Introduction to Secondary Education | 2 |
One content pedagogy course: | 3 | |
Teaching Secondary English | ||
Teaching Secondary Mathematics | ||
Teaching Secondary Social Studies | ||
Teaching Secondary Science | ||
EDU 364L | Field Lab IV | 9 |
EDU 365 | Professional Development Seminars | 3 |
EDU 395 | Teaching Diverse Learners | 3 |
Select a major in one of the following secondary license areas: | ||
Exit Requirements
Graduation requirements for professional licensure candidates include: (1) have a minimum grade of C in each course attempted in education, (2) maintain at least a 2.7 GPA while enrolled in the Teacher Education Program, and (3) submit qualifying scores on the appropriate edTPA performance-based, subject-specific assessment. Additional requirements for candidates to be recommended for professional licensure include passing all appropriate state-required standardized tests.
English Content Requirements
33 hours, including:
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
ENG 265 | British Literature before 1800 | 3 |
ENG 266 | British Literature 1800 to the Present | 3 |
or ENG 275 | American Literature | |
ENG 290 | Foundations in Literary Criticism | 3 |
Select at least one 200-300 level writing or creative writing course | ||
Select at least one 200-300 level course matching the following criteria: | ||
Pre-1800 Literature | ||
American Literature | ||
Shakespeare | ||
Multicultural or World Literature | ||
Linguistics or Grammar | ||
Poetry, Theatre/Drama, or Film |
Mathematics Content Requirements
33 hours, including:
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
MTH 112 | Calculus with Analytic Geometry II | 4 |
MTH 113 | Multivariable Calculus | 4 |
MTH 117 | Discrete Mathematics | 4 |
MTH 121 | Linear Algebra I | 3 |
MTH 321 | Modern Algebra I | 3 |
MTH 331 | Geometry | 3 |
MTH 357 | Probability | 3 |
or STA 310 | Probability | |
Select three other courses beyond MTH 113 |
Science Content Requirements
Licensure in the individual fields of science: biology (34 hours), chemistry (34.5-35.5 hours for BA), and physics (25 hours). All courses must be from the same courses required for majors in those fields.
Social Studies Content Requirements
30 hours, including:
Code | Title | Hours |
---|---|---|
History | ||
Select six hours from European or World History | 6 | |
Select six hours from U.S. History | 6 | |
Select six hours from Nonwestern History | 6 | |
Social Sciences | ||
Select one course from Economics | 3 | |
Select one course from Geography | 3 | |
Select one course from Political Science | 3 | |
Select one course from Anthropology or Sociology | 3 |