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), history, and political science. Every student pursuing the secondary education major also majors in the certification area of the student’s choice, except for business. The student’s degree, either a B.A. or a B.S., is determined by the certification area, which is listed as their primary major. Students whose primary major is in math, chemistry, biology, or physics will earn a B.S. degree. Students whose primary major is in english, spanish, french, history or political science will earn a B.A. degree. Secondary education students will have an education advisor, as well as an advisor in their chosen certification area.

For a complete list of courses that meet Rockhurst Core requirements, please see The Core Curriculum .

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)

Also, secondary education students take the certification area methods course for their chosen major:

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) *

Total hours required: 40

Note(s):

*May be 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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