Degree Requirements
All students must complete the professional education, methodology-field experience, clinical practice, and state-specific requirement blocks in addition to their content area requirements for licensure. Fingerprint clearance and passing of the appropriate National Evaluation Series (NES) are also required for licensure.
Professional Education
Methodology - Field Experience
Clinical Practice
State-Specific Requirements
Secondary Education - Business
Students must complete a major in Business Administration or Management that includes the following:
Secondary Education - English
Introductory Course - Choose one from the following:
ENG 10223 Contemporary Literature
ENG 20223 Introduction to Literature
Survey Courses Required:
ENG 26023 From Homer to Herrick
ENG 27023 From Voltaire to Victoria
ENG 28023 From Wilde to Wai-Lin
Linguistics Course:
ENG 32523 The English Language
Writing Course - Choose one from the following:
ENG 31023 Advanced Expository Writing (required for licensure)
ENG 32723 Creative Writing
Theme-Based Courses - Choose three from the following:
ENG 31723 Multicultural Literature
ENG 33523 Environmental Literature
ENG 34023 Protest Literature
ENG 36023 Peace Literature
ENG 37023 Literature of Personal Discovery
ENG 40123 Literary Criticism
Seminars:
ENG 41823 Shakespeare Seminar or ENG 45123 Seminar in British Literature
ENG 45023 Seminar in British Literature
Capstone:
ENG 49201 Integrative Seminar in Criticism
Required Teacher Licensure Supporting Courses:
ENG 10323 Literature and Film
ENG 31023 Advanced Expository Writing
ENG 34523 Literature and the Sacred
Secondary Education - History
Choose 12 semester credits from the following:
HPS 13353 American Government
HPS 30251 United States Constitution
HPS 30953 American Women's History
HPS 31053 Ethnicity in American History
HPS 31453 Religion in American Culture
HPS 31654 Twentieth Century World History
Required Teacher Licensure Supporting Courses:
HPS 20153 The Great Plains
HPS 33253 International Relations
ECO 20163 Macroeconomics
SOC 10453 Introduction to Sociology
Required Major Courses:
Secondary Education - Mathematics
Required Teacher Licensure Supporting Courses:
MAT 26043 College Geometry
MAT 30143 History of Mathematics
Required Major Courses:
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: