Secondary Professional Education Sequence
The Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in an approved secondary teaching subject includes courses in General Education, professional education, the major field, and the minor field to total a minimum of 128 semester hours. Specific requirements for the majors and minors are shown under the appropriate departments in the catalog. A grade of “C” or better is required in all professional education courses graded on an “A” through “F” letter basis, and a grade of “S”’ is required in all professional education courses graded on an “S/U” letter basis.
Requirements
Pre-Professional Courses
Professional Courses in Secondary Methods Block (must be taken concurrently):
| EDUC 360 | Managing the Learning Environment | 2 |
| SEED 300 | Secondary Curriculum and Effective Teaching | 3 |
| SEED 370 | Reading in the Content Areas | 3 |
| SEED 398B | Secondary Methods Block Field Experience I | 1 |
Professional Courses in Disciplinary Methods Block (must be taken concurrently):
| SEED 398C | Secondary Methods Block Field Experience II | 1 |
Disciplinary Courses
In addition to the professional courses in the secondary methods block, each discipline requires its own methods course to teach pedagogical techniques particular to that discipline. As a co-requisite of
SEED 398C, each student with a major or minor in a secondary education discipline is required to take the appropriate methods course(s) from this list (and must check with an advisor in that department to determine additional requirements particular to the discipline):
| EDUC 390E | Health Education Methods | 2 |
| SEED 390M | Secondary Instrumental Music Methods | 3 |
| SEED 390P | Methods of Teaching Secondary Physical Education | 3 |
| SEED 390X | Teaching Secondary School Mathematics | 3 |
| SEED 490A | Art Methods for Secondary Education | 3 |
| SEED 490B | Methods in Business Education | 3 |
| SEED 490C | Computer Science Education Methods | 3 |
| SEED 490D | Methods of Teaching Social Science | 3 |
| SEED 490H | Laboratory and Teaching Techniques of Spanish | 2 |
| SEED 490K | Methods of Teaching Secondary Communication | 3 |
| SEED 490L | Methods of Teaching Secondary Language Arts | 3 |
| SEED 490M | Secondary Choral Music Methods | 3 |
| SEED 490S | Secondary Education Science Methods | 3 |
| SEED 490T | Methods of Teaching Secondary Theatre Arts | 3 |
| TECH 411 | Curriculum and Methods | 2 |
Additional Professional Courses:
| EDUC 280 | Education of Exceptional Learners | 3 |
| EDUC 300 | Teaching for Diversity | 3 |
| EDUC 398D | Diversity and Exceptionalities Field Experience | 1 |
| EDUC 405 | Educational Psychology and Evaluation | 3 |
Elective (optional):
Pre-Service Teaching Semester:
| SEED 498 | Teaching in the Secondary School | 15 |
| Total Credit Hours: | 44 |
All professional courses have a pre-requisite of admission to Teacher Education.