Secondary Education (7-12)

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Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

The Bachelor of Science Program in English Education is designed to empower future educators with the study of language, literature, culture, and history. These educators will in turn impart their students with varying perspectives as they hone reading, writing, and comprehension skills.

Completion of the English Education Program prepares teacher candidates to make effective, proactive and reflective contributions to public education at the secondary level. Candidates will be facile with pedagogical research in educational psychology and literacy, as well as the content in their concentration. All candidates will demonstrate proficiency in understanding the organizational structure of public high schools, as well as special education issues as manifested in urban and rural settings.

This program provides knowledge of existing research and methods in planning and preparation, classroom environment, instructional delivery, professional conduct assessment, knowledge of diverse learners, pedagogy, and content-specific knowledge as well as the ability build upon this knowledge to adapt and differentiate materials, strategies, and procedures for a range of individuals and context.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Science preparation for the Degree in Secondary Education is designed to explore the relationships between the land, ocean, and atmosphere of Earth. These relationships include the cycles and systems that shape, influence, and sustain Earth and its inhabitants. Completion of the Science concentrations  in the Secondary Education degree prepares teacher candidates to make effective, proactive and reflective contributions to public education at the secondary level. Candidates will be facile with pedagogical research in educational psychology and literacy, as well as the content in their concentration. All candidates will demonstrate proficiency in understanding the organizational structure of public high schools, as well as special education issues as manifested in urban and rural settings.

This program provides knowledge of existing research and methods in planning and preparation, classroom environment, instructional delivery, professional conduct assessment, knowledge of diverse learners, pedagogy, and content-specific knowledge as well as the ability build upon this knowledge to adapt and differentiate materials, strategies, and procedures for a range of individuals and context.

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Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

The Mathematics Education Program is designed to learn and promote transferable problem-solving skills. Future Mathematics educators will develop creative ways to convey basic concepts such as counting, adding, subtracting, multiplying, and dividing to their students while instilling a passion for math and its usefulness.

Completion of the Mathematics Education Program prepares teacher candidates to make effective, proactive and reflective contributions to public education at the secondary level. Candidates will be facile with pedagogical research in educational psychology and literacy, as well as the content in their concentration. All candidates will demonstrate proficiency in understanding the organizational structure of public high schools, as well as special education issues as manifested in urban and rural settings.

This program provides knowledge of existing research and methods in planning and preparation, classroom environment, instructional delivery, professional conduct assessment, knowledge of diverse learners, pedagogy, and content-specific knowledge as well as the ability build upon this knowledge to adapt and differentiate materials, strategies, and procedures for a range of individuals and context.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

The Social Studies concentration in Secondary Education degree is designed for future educators to enable their students to participate in, understand, and make informed decisions about the world.

Completion of the Social Studies concentration in Secondary Education prepares teacher candidates to make effective, proactive and reflective contributions to public education at the secondary level. Candidates will be facile with pedagogical research in educational psychology and literacy, as well as the content in their concentration. All candidates will demonstrate proficiency in understanding the organizational structure of public high schools, as well as special education issues as manifested in urban and rural settings.

This program provides knowledge of existing research and methods in planning and preparation, classroom environment, instructional delivery, professional conduct assessment, knowledge of diverse learners, pedagogy, and content-specific knowledge as well as the ability build upon this knowledge to adapt and differentiate materials, strategies, and procedures for a range of individuals and context. A double major for students who complete the BSED in Secondary Education with a concentration in Social Studies is possible with the B.A. in History: Professional Studies. For more information on this combination of the BSED and the double major possibility, contact the academic department chairperson.

Degree Requirements Degree Works

Note: Degree requirements effective for enrolled students beginning Fall 2023. All enrolled students, including matriculating students prior to Fall 2023, can review their degree program requirements and track progress to degree completion with our degree audit and advisement tool, Degree Works.

Student Intern Track with Certification  

• Secondary Level education teacher candidates demonstrate pedagogical knowledge and content area competence, including basic principles of the appropriate content knowledge in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, English, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies or Spanish for teaching students in grades 7-12. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to adolescent development and provide opportunities that support student development and learning. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand and use the central concepts, tools of inquiry, standards, research and structures of content to plan and implement curriculum that develops student competence in subject matter. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand and use the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to data-driven instruction and assessment, and they employ a variety of strategies for a developmentally appropriate climate to meet the varying abilities and learning styles of learners. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates will demonstrate understanding the complexities of teaching in grades 7-12, and engage in professional development to continually improve their practices and behaviors. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates will apply culturally relevant practices to embrace diversity, provide opportunities for student equity, and practice inclusivity. 

Student Teaching Track with Certification

• Secondary Level education teacher candidates demonstrate pedagogical knowledge and content area competence, including basic principles of the appropriate content knowledge in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, English, General Science, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies or Spanish for teaching students in grades 7-12. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to adolescent development and provide opportunities that support student development and learning. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand and use the central concepts, tools of inquiry, standards, research and structures of content to plan and implement curriculum that develops student competence in subject matter. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates understand and use the major concepts, principles, theories, and research related to data-driven instruction and assessment, and they employ a variety of strategies for a developmentally appropriate climate to meet the varying abilities and learning styles of learners. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates will demonstrate understanding the complexities of teaching in grades 7-12, and engage in professional development to continually improve their practices and behaviors. 

• Secondary education teacher candidates will apply culturally relevant practices to embrace diversity, provide opportunities for student equity, and practice inclusivity