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Secondary Concentration

The secondary licensure option enables graduates to teach grade levels 5–12 in one of the following fields:

 

Academic plan

As a student seeking secondary licensure, you will choose to major in one of the fields above and will take the education courses listed in the sample course plan below in addition to the courses required for your major. Upon admission, you will work with an adviser to tailor your courses to fit your individual needs.

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*
  • Course in content area

Fall

  • Course in content area

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 374X: Discipline Specific Middle Level Methods
  • EDUC 375X: Discipline Specific Senior High Methods

Winter

  • CORE 3990: Global Search for Justice*
  • EDUC 3650: Current Issues in Education
  • EDUC 3910: Student Teaching and Seminar: Middle School
  • EDUC 3950: Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary
  • 3 courses in content area

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

For detailed course descriptions, visit the Undergraduate Academic Catalog.