Secondary Education

Degree Requirements

Pre-Professional Education

All students seeking secondary licensure must complete these requirements in addition to the requirements in their content area.

Professional Education

All students seeking secondary licensure must complete these requirements in addition to the requirements in their content area.

Clinical Practice-Licensure

Students completing content areas for grades 6-12 will complete the student teaching block as indicated below.

Students completing content areas for grades PreK-12 will complete the student teaching block with:

EDU 49001 Elementary Student Teaching I and EDU 49022 Secondary Student Teaching II

Art Licensure Content PreK-12

Biology Licensure Content 6-12

Biology Licensure Electives

Select 6 credit hours from the following:

Biology Supporting Licensure Courses

Business Licensure Content

Students must complete a major in Accounting or Business Administration that includes the following:

English Licensure Content 6-12

Choose six credit hours from the following theme-based courses:

ENG 33523 Environmental Literature

ENG 34023 Protest Literature

ENG 36023 Peace Literature

Choose six credit hours from the following seminar courses:

ENG 40123 Literary Criticism

ENG 41823 Shakespeare Seminar

ENG 45123 Seminar in British Literature

Remaining courses are required:

History Licensure Content 6-12

Choose 3 credit hours from the following government/political science courses:

HPS 30251 United States Government

HPS 13353 American Government

HPS 32253 Political Parties

HPS 33253 International Relations

Choose 3 credit hours from the following geography-related courses:

HPS 23153 Human Geography

HPS 30453 Geography of North America

Choose 3 credit hours from the following ethnic/diversity-related courses:

HPS 30953 American Women's History

HPS 31053 Ethnicity in American History

HPS 31453 Religion in American Culture

Plus 3 credit hours from any HPS XXXXX

Choose 3 credit hours from the following sociology-related courses:

SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology

SOC 26052 Topics in the Social Sciences

SOC 26053 Cultural Anthropology

SOC 30653 Ethnic Relations and Multiculturalism

Remaining courses are required:

Mathematics Licensure Content 6-12

Music Licensure Content PreK-12

Students must complete a major in Music or other discipline in addition to the following:

MUS 15221 Applied Voice (2 credit hours if voice is not primary area)

MUS 16121 Applied Piano (2 credit hours)

MUS 17221 University Concert Choir or other Choral application (4 credit hours)

Physical Education Licensure Content PreK-12

Select five credit hours from the following:

PED 35500 and PED 35502 Human Anatomy of Exercise Science and Lab

Remaining courses are required:

Speech and Theatre Licensure Content 6-12

THE 11421 Applied Theatre or THE 31421 Advanced Applied Theatre - 4 credit hours

COM 10121 Intercollegiate Forensics - 4 credit hours

Remaining courses are required: