Core Curriculum Requirements (19 Credit Hours)

For details on the required courses, refer to the Core Curriculum  program. 

For student in this major, the following course will satisfy both major and core curriculum requirement:ENGL 1102  MATH 2501  CHEM 1105  EDUC 2201  

Professional Education (49 Credit Hours)

• ENGL 1102 - Written English II Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2200 - Introduction to Education Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2200L - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 0
• EDUC 2201 - Instructional Technology Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2203 - Human Development, Learning & Teaching Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2240 - High Incidence Disabilities for Educators Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2241 - Field Experience 2: The Learner and Learning Environment Credit Hours: 1
• EDUC 2260 - Instructional Design I Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 2261 - Field Experience 3: Learning Context and Teaching Credit Hours: 2
• EDUC 3331 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 3334 - Field Experience 4: Disciplinary Literacy and Assessment Credit Hours: 2
• EDUC 3340 - Instructional Design II Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 3341 - Residency 1: Teaching Practice and Assessment Credit Hours: 5
• EDUC 3351 - Inclusive Classroom Practices for Individual Differences Credit Hours: 3
• EDUC 4483 - Residency 2: Student Teaching for Secondary Credit Hours: 10
• EDUC 4485 - Action Research Credit Hours: 1
• EDUC 4486 - Portfolio Credit Hours: 1

Major Courses (51-53 Credit Hours)

The above number of credit hours includes courses included as directed Core Curriculum  courses)

NOTE: Additional required science and math courses are included as directed Core Curriculum  credits. These include an additional 4- sem.hrs of math and 8-sm.hrs. of chemistry

All courses and Praxis II Exam must be completed prior to admission to Secondary Student Teaching. CHEM 1105  is strongly recommended in place of CHEM 1101  / CHEM 1102  , but not required.

• BIOL 1105 - Biological Principles I Credit Hours: 4
• CHEM 1105 - Chemical Principles Credit Hours: 5
• CHEM 2200 - Foundational Biochemistry Credit Hours: 4
• GEOS 3100 - Informal Science Field Experience Credit Hours: 1
• MATH 2501 - Calculus I Credit Hours: 4
• MATH 2502 - Calculus II Credit Hours: 4
• PHSC 4430 - Science Integration Seminar Credit Hours: 1
• PHSC 4431 - Methods and Materials in Teaching Science Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 1101 - Introduction to Physics I Credit Hours: 4

• AND

• PHYS 1102 - Introduction to Physics II Credit Hours: 4

• OR

• PHYS 1105 - Principles of Physics I Credit Hours: 5

• AND

• PHYS 1106 - Principles of Physics II Credit Hours: 5
• PHYS 2202 - Astronomy Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 3211 - Intermediate Physics IA - Newtonian Mechanics Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 3212 - Intermediate Physics IB - Energy Perspec Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 3221 - Intermediate Physics IIA - Electric Interactions Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 3222 - Intermediate Physics IIB - Electromagnetic Interactions and Semiconductor Devices Credit Hours: 3
• PHYS 3230 - Intermediate Physics Laboratory Credit Hours: 2