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Kindergarten–12 Concentration

The K–12 licensure option enables graduates to teach at all grade levels in a given subject area.

Content areas

Students must choose a content in a specific subject area:

 

Academic plan

Below is a sample course plan for undergraduate students seeking K–12 licensure. In addition to education courses listed below, you will also choose a content area with additional course requirements.

Fall

  • CORE 1000: The Reflective Woman*
  • ENGL: English literature course*
  • EXSS: Exercise and sport science activity course*
  • LANG: Foreign language course*
  • MATH: Mathematics or statistics course*

Winter

  • PSYC 1001: General Psychology (with lab)
  • LANG: Foreign language course*
  • PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
  • ART/MUS: Fine arts course*

Fall

  • BIOL/CHEM/PHYS: Laboratory science course*
  • LANG: Foreign language course*
  • PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
  • WOST/CRST: Women’s studies or critical studies of race and ethnicity course*

Winter

  • HIST: History course*
  • PHIL/THEO: Philosophy or theology course*
  • 2 courses in content areas

Fall

Winter

  • EDUC 2070: Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
  • EDUC 2090: General Methods: K–12, Secondary
  • PSYC 2025: Lifespan Developmental Psychology
  • Fieldwork
  • EXSS: Exercise and sport science activity course*

Fall

  • EDUC 2490: School Health and Chemical Health
  • EDUC 3551: Literacy in the Content Areas
  • EDUC 3XXX: Discipline Specific Elementary Methods
  • EDUC 376X: Special Methods: Grades 7–12

Winter

  • EDUC 3650: Current Issues in Education
  • EDUC 3XXX: Student Teaching and Seminar: Elementary
  • EDUC 3XXX: Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary
  • CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice*
  • 3 courses in content areas

* Denotes course fulfills liberal arts and sciences core requirements (for all majors).

For detailed course descriptions, visit the Undergraduate Academic Catalog.