SMS BS-MEd Secondary Education

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply. The credits are counted only in one area.

♦        General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses In Major (41 credits)

5th Year Courses (M.Ed.): (18 credits)

• EDC  890PS  Practicum Seminar Teaching Physical Education
• EDC  890P    Student Teaching Practicum in Elementary Physical Education
•      OR
• EDC  891P   Student Teaching Practicum in Secondary Physical Education
• EDC  804     School-Based Internship
• EDC  805     Professional Lives of Teachers
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Electives (9 credits total)

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Major(Teacher Education)* Required (27 Credits; courses with asterisk carry graduate and undergraduate credit)

• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDC 404 Introduction to Teaching
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 461 Fieldwork seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• EDC 415 Effective UDL Classroom Practices
• EDC 462 Fieldwork seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices for Secondary and Specialist Teachers
• *SMS/EDC    780   Methods of Teaching Elementary PE
• *EDC            762   Technology Methods
• *SMS/EDC    781   Methods of Teaching Secondary PE
• *EDS            860    Methods of Teaching Secondary PE
• *EDS            763    Methods of Teaching Secondary PE

Additional Information and Notes

♦        Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a specified

          sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs each term

           beginning Spring term of the Junior year.

*  Students accepted into the combined undergraduate/graduate program who choose not to continue in the combined program must complete an educational studies minor in lieu of the

    teacher  education minor.

              Total credits for graduation:  120-135    The additional credits listed above are required for graduate degree.