Secondary Education Minor (30 credits total)

Secondary Education Courses (30 credits total)

Foundational Education Courses (15 credits)

• EDU 252A Contemporary Secondary School
• EDU 254A Teaching the Adolescent (Pre-Practicum)
• EDU 256A Responding to Diversity in Contemporary Secondary Schools
• EDU 260A Reading and Writing Strategies in Secondary Education
• EDU 307E Fundamentals of Teaching English as a Second Language

• OR

• ENL 307 Fundamentals of Teaching English as a Second Language

Content-Specific Pre-Practicum Methods Course (3 credits)

Students will choose the course appropriate to their content area and grade level below:

Middle School (5-8)

• English:  EDU 335 Secondary School Curriculum Materials and Methods-English (Pre-Practicum)
• History:  EDU 341 Teaching History and the Social Sciences (Pre-Practicum)
• Mathematics:  EDU 337M Secondary School Curriculum Materials and Methodology in Mathematics (Pre-Practicum)

High School (8-12)

• Biology and Earth Science:  EDU 337S Secondary School Curriculum Materials & Methodology in Science (Pre-Practicum)
• English:  EDU 335 Secondary School Curriculum Materials and Methods-English (Pre-Practicum)
• History:  EDU 341 Teaching History and the Social Sciences (Pre-Practicum)
• Mathematics:  EDU 337M Secondary School Curriculum Materials and Methodology in Mathematics (Pre-Practicum)
• Theatre Arts:  EDU 339N Teaching Methods in Theatre & Speech Communication (Pre-Practicum)

Student Teaching Practicum and Seminar (12 credits)

Middle School

• EDU 438P Student Teaching Practicum in Middle School

• and one of the following:

• English:  EDU 498PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching English
• History  EDU 493PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching History
• Mathematics:  EDU 495PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching Mathematics

High School

• Biology:  EDU 496 Practicum in Student Teaching in Secondary Education (9-12)
• Chemistry:  EDU 499 Practicum in Student Teaching in Secondary Education (9-12)
• Earth Science:  EDU 497 Practicum in Student Teaching in Secondary Education (9-12)
• EDU 498P Student Teaching Practicum in Secondary Education - English

• AND

• EDU 498PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching English
• History:  EDU 493P Student Teaching Practicum in Secondary Education - History

• AND

• EDU 493PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching History
• Mathematics:   EDU 495P Student Teaching Practicum in Secondary Education - Math
• Theatre Arts:  EDU 490 Practicum in Student Teaching in Drama (5-12)

• AND

• EDU 495PS Practicum Seminar in Teaching Mathematics

American Government and Psychology Support Courses (6 credits)

• PSY 252 Adolescent Psychology

• Choose one American Government Course:

• HST 204 U.S. History and Constitutional Government I  or
• HST 208 History of American Constitutions

Additional Information and Notes

While the above courses are generally applicable to all academic departments, students are advised to consult their major departments for individual variations. The College of Arts and Sciences departments mentioned above have designated faculty coordinators for the Secondary Education minor.