Education B.S., Secondary Program (Certifies Grades 9-12)
Completion of this curriculum, other University requirements, and an overall grade point average identified in the Professional Education Handbook on a 4.00 scale qualifies the student to receive a Bachelor of Science in Education degree.
The number of hours in the major, minor, and elective categories may vary depending on the major and minor selected. Care should be exercised in choosing courses to assure a minimum of 40 semester hours of senior college work in courses numbered above 300.
All degrees in education are subject to state requirements which may change at any time due to action of the State Board of Education.
B.S.Ed. Degree Requirements, Secondary Program
General Education Requirements (42)
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General Education Requirements
| | Directed General Education Requirement | |
| COM 29102 | Fundamentals of Oral Communication | 3 |
| PSYC 08303 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
Directed General Education Requirement: (must achieve grade of “C” or better in each)
Institutional Requirements (6)
| | Information Technology Competency | 3 |
| EDUC 61145 | Information and Educational Technology | 3 |
| | Multicultural Diversity Competency | 3 |
Degree Requirement (3)
| EDUC 61569 | Multiculturalism in Education | 3 |
| | OR | |
| LANG 14100 | "Communication and Culture" Modern Languages course | 3 |
Includes LANG 14151 Introduction to American Sign Language and Deaf Culture.
The degree requirement for language is separate from the Multicultural/Diversity Institutional Requirement.
Professional Education Requirements (27-28)
| PSYC 08322 | Adolescent Psychology | 2 |
| EDCI 62353 | Teaching Reading in Content Areas | 2 |
| EDCI 62371 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| | Special Methods in Education | 2 to 3 |
| EDUC 61260 | Secondary Teaching Practicum I | 1 |
| EDUC 61360 | Secondary Teaching Practicum II | 1 |
| EDUC 61461 | School and Society | 2 to 3 |
| EDUC 61462 | School and Society Seminar | 1 |
| EDUC 61472 | Directed Teaching in the Secondary School | 1 to 10 |
| EDUC 61520 | Techniques of Classroom Management & Discipline | 2 |
| EDUC 61521 | Seminar in Classroom Management | 1 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 27-28 |
EDUC 61360, EDUC 61461, EDUC 61520: These courses are to be taken in the same trimester as the content methods course.
EDUC 61462, EDUC 61472, EDUC 61521: These courses must be taken during the student teaching trimester.
Special Methods: (See department course listings). A special methods course must be completed with each major or minor which carries 9-12 or K-12 certification.
Major or Major/Minor Requirements and Electives (55-60)
Total Credit Hours: 124