Students choosing this option must make a formal application for admission to the Middle and Secondary Education (MSE) Department. Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met. See the description under the College of Education.
General Education 41-42
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
MATH 1054: Students who do not qualify on the placement test to take MATH 1054 must take MATH 1000 first.
Students whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligible to take MATH 2415 may take that course instead. In that case the student must take another 3 credits in free electives to total 120 S.H.
ENG 1030 and COMM 1402 requires a grade of B- or better.
Disciplinary and Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 28-29
Humanities 9
ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| Psychology | 3 |
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 10-11
Select One GE Approved Science course from areas below:
| Biology | 3-4 |
| Chemistry or Physics | 3-4 |
| Environmental Sciences, Earth Sciences, Forensic Sciences or Sustainability Sciences | 3-4 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Additional Required Courses 6
Additional Required Courses 6
| PSY 2110 | PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE | 3 |
| ID 2955 | DISABLED PERSON IN AMERICAN SOCIETY | 3 |
Academic Major 40
All major courses require a grade of C or better.
Foundation Core Courses 18
Concentration Courses 13
Major Elective Courses 6
Select two 3000-4000 Math courses with advisement.
Major Capstone Course 3
| MATH 4890 | SENIOR SEMINAR IN MATHEMATICS (W.E.) | 3 |
MATH 4890: Writing Emphasis (WE) course required by major. A grade of C or better is required.
Professional Education 31
Sophomore Level
| EMSE 2801 | CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12 | 3 |
Junior Level
| EDUC 3000 | CURRICULUM, EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER | 3 |
| EDUC 3401 | LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING | 3 |
| EMSE 3122 | TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION | 3 |
| EMSE 3903 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS | 1 |
Senior Level
| EMSE 3220 | MATHEMATICS EDUCATION K-12 - WE | 3 |
| EMSE 4711 | CLINICAL I PRACTICE IN SUBJECT AREA K-12 | 3 |
| EMSE 4811 | CLINICAL II IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12 | 9 |
EMSE 4711: Requires submission of application to TPC. Clinical I and Clinical II must be done in consecutive semesters in the final year of studies.
EMSE 4811: Requires submission of application to TPC. No student may enter Clinical II unless Math Praxis II passing score is submitted to TPC. Clinical II must be completed the final semester prior to graduation and taken in conjunction with EDUC 4000.
(Must have passing score on Praxis II) (edTPA required and completed with state's qualifying score during Clinical II)
Professional Capstone 3
EDUC 4000: Clinical II must be completed the final semester prior to graduation and taken in conjunction with EDUC 4000.
Must pass Praxis Core and have a minimum GPA of 3.0 before applying for admission to the Secondary Education Department.
Grades of B- or higher in all education courses and "Satisfactory" grades in EMSE 4711 and EMSE 4811 are required.
Free Electives 1-2
No mathematics courses allowed other than MATH 1000 or MATH 1996 (Optional) Research Methods course.