K-12 or 5-12 Licensure

K-12 Majors

  • K-12 Music: Instrumental or Vocal (Music Education)
  • K-12 Physical Education
  • K-12 Visual Arts (Art Education)

Secondary Education Majors

  • 5-12 Agricultural Education                                                    
  • 9-12 Biology Education                                                           
  • 9-12 Chemistry Education                                                       
  • 5-12 Communication Arts: Literature or Communication Studies/Secondary Education   
  • 5-12 Health Education                                                          
  • 5-12 Mathematics Education                                                  
  • 5-12 Majors: Social Studies Licensure with Content Major: history, psychology, political science, or sociology (Minor: Social Studies, Gr. 5-8)
  • 5-8 General Science Licensure (Minor: Middle School Science, Gr. 5-8)
Professional Secondary Education Sequence
ED 101Introduction to Education and Lab3
ED 102Technology:Classroom Applications & Portfolio2
ED 301The Teaching & Learning Process & Lab3
ED 304Professional Development & Classroom Applications1
ED 304LPre-Student Teaching Experience Practicum0-1
ED 430Reading in the Content Areas2
PSYC 341Child & Adolescent Psychology3
SPED 290Introduction to Special Needs and Lab3
ED 312Human Relations for Teachers3
or SOCI 331 Racial & Ethnic Relations
ED 466Student Teaching: K - Grade 12 112
or ED 469 Student Teaching:Grade 5 - 12
Methods Courses in the Subject Matter Areas 2
Select 2-6 credits of the following:2-6
Agricultural Education: 5-12 Methods
Art Education/Elementary
Art Education/Secondary
Secondary Methods: Language Arts
Secondary Methods: Mathematics
Secondary Methods: Science
Secondary Methods: Social Science
Organization and Application of Health Education: 5-12
Elementary School Music Methods and Materials
Secondary Ensemble & Classroom Methods
K-12 Physical Education Methods & Lab
Requirements of Major and/or Minor Fields of Study
See descriptions listed under program areas of the online catalog.
Total Credits34-39
1

Student Teaching is generally a full semester in length. Double majors with a combination of 5-12, 9-12, and K-12 levels are usually able to complete student teaching in one semester.

2

The appropriate discipline methods course(s) is (are) intended to be taken prior to Student Teaching.
Taking this course prior to or concurrently with ED 304 Professional Development & Classroom Applications (1 cr.) is recommended: Discipline Methods Course(s)

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