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SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATION COURSE REQUIREMENTS
Professional Education
| Educ 225 | Foundations of Education: Contexts of Teaching and Learning |
| Educ 255 | Studying Children and Adolescents in Context |
| Educ 360 or Educ 362 | Teaching Humanities and Social Sciences in the Secondary School Teaching Mathematics and Science in the Secondary School |
| Educ 491 or Educ 492 | Student Teaching in Humanities and Social Science, with Seminar Student Teaching in Mathematics and Science, with Seminar |
| Educ 401 | Issues in Educational Research and Practice |
The equivalent of a 3 semester hour course on the psychology, identification and methods of teaching the exceptional student, including the learning disabled, is included in the complete course sequence for secondary education candidates.
Middle School Endorsement Option
All secondary certification candidates wishing to teach subject specific grades 6-8 must complete Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (Educ 260). Coursework on early adolescent development is included in Educational Studies 255 and 260. Candidates wishing to student teach in grades 6-8 should take Educ 260 prior to student teaching, but not concurrent with Educational Studies 360 or 362.
Disciplinary Concentration
Students with superior aptitude and motivation for a career in foreign language teaching may be certified in French or Spanish. Such students should be able to demonstrate: (1) an excellent command of the language; (2) an awareness and appreciation of the aesthetic and intellectual history of the target culture and of its present-day manifestations; (3) the ability to comprehend, critically analyze and explicate literary works in the foreign language; and (4) the ability to teach the foreign language, literature, and culture. Foreign language students are required to spend a semester in a country where the target language is spoken. Consult with an advisor in French or Hispanic Studies in order to tailor a program suited to your academic needs.
Candidates interested in teaching other languages may select another major and taken foreign language courses toward a teaching endorsement. These candidates student teach in their major.
French
| French 203 | Intermediate French Conversation and Grammar (G) |
| French 301 | Language and Culture (SI, G) |
| French 316, 317, or 318 | French Civilization I: Roman Gaul to the Renaissance (CH) French Civilization II: France Since the Revolution (CH, G ) French Civilization III: The Francophone World (CH, G) |
| Select 5* from French 303 French 310 French 312 French 407 French 408 French 409 | Language and Literature Business French (W) French Cinema (SI, G) Medieval and Renaissance Literature (L) Francophone Literature of Africa and the Caribbean (L, G) Quebecois Literature (L, G) |
| French 401 | French for Professional Use (W) |
* At least one of these courses must be a 400-level literature course taken as a Senior Seminar AND one semester abroad in an approved program (prior to spring of the junior year, or enrollment in Educ 360)
Spanish (10 courses at or above the 203 level)
| Span 303 | Advanced Grammar and Composition |
| Span 308 | Introduction to Literature or Span 310 Special Topics in Literature |
| Span 320 | Studies in Cultural History or Span 373 Studies in Literature and Culture |
| Span 314 & 315 or Span 316 & 317 | Spanish Culture and Civilization I& II Latin American Culture and Civilization I & II |
| Span (2) | Electives |
| Select 2 from: Span 403 Span 408 Span 410 Span 418 Span 478 Span 488 | History of the Spanish Language Early Spanish Literature Special Topics in Literature Modern Spanish Literature Latin American Literature: Short Narrative and Essay Latin American Literature: The Novel |
| Span 490 | Senior Seminar |