Secondary Education Certification, B.A./B.S./M.Ed.

Biology with Secondary Life Science Certification B.S., 

English with Secondary Certification B.A.,

History with Secondary Certification B.A.,

History with Secondary Certification B.S.,

or 

Spanish with Secondary Certification B.A./Master of Education

General Education Curriculum (45-46)

Refer to the General Education Curriculum (GEC) listed in this Catalog.

Some courses listed in program “Major Requirements” or “Required Related Courses,” (noted with an asterisk [*]), may be used to meet requirements in the GEC. Although these courses fulfill requirements in each area, credit hours for these courses, if taken for the GEC, may only be counted in the GEC.

Complete Graduation Requirements are listed in this catalog. Bilingual EC-6 degree requires additional hours in Spanish and in bilingual education. All requirements for undergraduate EC-6 Bilingual must be satisfied.

Refer to the catalog section for secondary certification programs:

Biology with Secondary Life Science Certification B.S. (132-140 hours)

English with Secondary Certification B.A. (127 hours)

History with Secondary Certification B.A. (126-148 hours)

History with Secondary Certification B.S. (124-136 hours)

Spanish with Secondary Certification B.A. (127-129 hours)

Electives (0)

(Students may choose to enroll in elective coursework; will add hours to degree.)

M.Ed. Major Requirements (30)

(Students may choose to enroll in elective coursework; will add hours to degree.)

Required Courses

EDU 6301	Intro Grad Stu/Rsrch	3 Credits
EDU 6302	Philosophical Foundations in Education	3 Credits
EDU 6305	Psychosocial Dimensions in Edu	3 Credits
EDU 6307	Emerging Issues in Education	3 Credits
EDU 6326	Writing Institute I	3 Credits

Concentration area (choose one area) (15)

Reading (15)

RDG 6319	Foundations of Rdg	3 Credits
RDG 6320	Diag/Rem Rdg Diff	3 Credits
RDG 6324	Reading Clinic	3 Credits
EDU 6327	Writing Institute II	3 Credits

one of the following:

RDG 6345	Rdg Content Area-Ele	3 Credits
RDG 6346	Rdg Content Area-Secondary	3 Credits

Second Language Education and Culture (15)

EDU 6320	Engl As Sec Language Methodol	3 Credits
EDU 6356	Applied Linguistics	3 Credits
EDU 6357	Cross-Cultural Communications	3 Credits
EDU 6358	Improving practice Internship	3 Credits
EDU 6360	Language Acquisition	3 Credits

Total Hours (154-178)

Timeline for students who are considering the Fifth Year Option:

1. Financial Aid advising;
2. Apply for admission during/upon 90 hours completed;
3. Meet admission requirements, one-time spring admission;
4. Acceptance letter received;
5. Senior year schedule of undergraduate program as listed below:

   Fall first semester:

   Complete final undergraduate student teaching coursework

   One required graduate course (EDU 6301)

   Other undergraduate coursework as needed

   Spring second semester:

   Two required graduate courses (EDU 6302, EDU 6305)

   Summer third/fourth semesters:

   3-4 graduate courses in concentration area

   and/or Travel and Teach option as electives

6. Enroll in Fifth Year schedule;

   Fall fifth semester:

   Two graduate courses (EDU 6307, 1 concentration area course)

   Spring sixth semester:

   One graduate course

   Total graduate hours 30

7. Successfully pass comprehensive exams spring or summer semester;
8. Graduate May or August of Fifth year.