Professional Education Requirements for Secondary Licensure
Professional Education
All students seeking secondary licensure must complete the following professional education requirements in addition to their content area. Students must have a minimum of 30 semester credit hours in their content area. Fingerprint clearance and passing of the appropriate Arizona Educator Proficiency Assessments (AEPA) are also required for licensure.
Secondary Education - Art
ART 32023 Drawing and Composition II and
ART 49024 Art Comprehensive/Portfolio must be taken at Ottawa University.
Secondary Education - Biology
BIO 30643 Environmental Biology and
BIO 49201 Integrative Seminar in Biology must be taken at Ottawa University.
Secondary Education - Business
Secondary Education - English
Secondary Education - History
Secondary Education - Mathematics
Secondary Education - Music - Choral
Ottawa University and Mesa Community College have created a partnership
to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music. The degree will prepare its
graduate to teach music at the secondary level, as the program is
written to meet Arizona teacher certification requirements at the
secondary level (grades 7-12).
REQUIRED COURSES FROM MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
16 semester credit hours in music theory and aural perception
6 semester credit hours in music theory
7 semesters of private lessons and ensemble work
4 semesters of piano proficiency
The following must be taken at Ottawa University:
Secondary Education - Music - Instrumental
Ottawa University and Mesa Community College have created a partnership to offer a Bachelor of Arts in Music. The degree will prepare its graduate to teach music at the secondary level, as the program is written to meet Arizona teacher certification requirements at the secondary level (grades 7-12).
REQUIRED COURSES FROM MESA COMMUNITY COLLEGE
16 semester credit hours in music theory and aural perception
6 semester credit hours in music theory
10 semester credits in music methods
7 semesters of private lessons and ensemble work, 1 semester of piano and 1 semester of voice OR
2 semesters of regular piano and 1 semester of jazz piano
The following must be taken at Ottawa University: