2012-2014 Undergraduate Catalog

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)

See General Education Requirements
Directed General Education Requirement

COM 29102Fund Oral Comm Perform

3

PSYC 08303Educational Psychology

3

Directed General Education Requirement: (must achieve grade of “C” or better in each)

Institutional Requirements (6)

Information Technology Competency

EDUC 61145Info And Ed Tech

3

Multicultural Diversity Competency

3

EDUC 61145 recommended

Degree Requirement (3)

EDUC 61569Multiculturalism In Ed

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 08322Adolescent Psychology

2

EDCI 62353Teach Read Content Areas

2

EDCI 62371Intro To Special Education

3

Special Methods in Education

23

EDUC 61260Sec Teach Pract I

1

EDUC 61360Sec Teach Pract II

1

EDUC 61461School And Society

2 to 3

EDUC 61462School And Society Seminar

1

EDUC 61472Dir Tchg Sec School

1 to 10

EDUC 61520Tech Clsrm Mgmt & Dis

2

EDUC 61521Seminar In Classroom Mgmt

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