Secondary Education, B.A.

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The Bachelor of Arts or Science degree with a major in secondary education prepares students to teach in grades 9–12 in a specific certification area, and K-12 for foreign languages. The certification areas offered are biology, business, chemistry, English, French (K-12), mathematics, physics, Spanish (K-12), and social science. Every student pursuing the secondary education major also majors in the certification area of the student’s choice, except for business. Secondary education students will have an education adviser, as well as an adviser in their chosen certification area.

The required courses are:

ED 1340 - Introduction to Education (3)
ED 4010 - Foundations of Education (2) *
ED 4020 - Fundamentals of Literacy Learning (3) *
ED 4030 - Technology and Education: Applications and Implications (3) *
ED 4300 - Child and Adolescent Development in Education (3)
ED 4450 - Foundations of Special Education (3) *
ED 4500 - Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment in Secondary Education (3) *
ED 4620 - Foundations of Classroom Management (2) *
ED 4700 - Methods of Diagnosis and Instruction of Remedial Reading (3) *
(ED 4700 not required if foreign language major)
ED 4850 - Student Teaching in the Secondary School (9)
ED 4900 - Undergraduate Student Teaching Seminar (3)

Total hours required: 37

Also, secondary education students take the certification area methods course:

ED 4160 - Teaching Secondary School Mathematics (3) *
ED 4260 - Teaching Secondary School Science (3) *
ED 4360 - Teaching Secondary School Social Studies (3) *
ED 4460 - Teaching Secondary School English (3) *
ED 4560 - Teaching Foreign Language (3) *
ED 4660 - Teaching Secondary School Business Education (3) *

Note(s):

*Co-listed as a 6000-level graduate course. Courses taken at the 4000-level do not apply to the M.Ed. degree. For the M.Ed., the student must take the course at the 6000-level or take another graduate course in the domain of the M.Ed. core.

Twelve hours of related courses are also required. A grade of C or better is required in each upper-division course of the major. (A grade of C- will not satisfy the requirement.)

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