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 49021 Secondary Student Teaching II
Art Licensure Content PreK-12
Students must complete a program of study which includes the following or equivalents:
Biology Licensure Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Select two courses from the following:
BIO 30243 Microbiology
BIO 31343 Natural History of KS Vertebrates with Lab
BIO 40143 Biochemistry
BIO 40350 Comp Anatomy Vertebrates & Lab
BIO 41023 Animal Physiology
BIO 43000 Developmental Biology & Lab
The following are all required:
Business Licensure -Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
English Licensure Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Choose three courses from the following:
ENG 33523 Environmental Literature
ENG 34023 Protest Literature
ENG 34523 Literature and Spirituality/The Sacred
ENG 36023 Peace Literature
ENG 40123 Literary Criticism
ENG 41823 Shakespeare Seminar or ENG 45123 Seminar in British Literature
Remaining courses are required:
History Licensure Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Choose one course 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
Remaining courses are required:
Mathematics Licensure Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Music Licensure Content General PreK-12 (Ottawa Campus Only)
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Applied Piano (2 credits or continuous study until proficiency passed)
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
The following are required:
Music Licensure Content Instrumental PreK-12 (Ottawa Campus Only)
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Applied Piano (2 credits or continuous study until proficiency passed)
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
The following are required:
Music Licensure Content Vocal PreK-12 (Ottawa Campus Only)
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents:
Applied Piano (2 credits or continuous study until proficiency passed)
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Applied Lessons in Primary Performance Area - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of lower division hours
Conducted Ensemble Participation - 4 credit hours of upper division hours
The following are required:
Speech and Theatre Licensure Content 6-12
Students must complete a program of study that includes the following or equivalents: