Secondary Certification Requirements

Students completing the following programs will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in the specific area of concentration and will be recommended for Texas grades 8-12 teacher certification upon graduation and the successful completion of the appropriate licensure examinations.

All students working toward 8-12 certification must meet the course
requirements under:

general education
professional education
an area of academic specialization (major) and
a second teaching field (optional).

Professional Education (24 hrs)
COURSE NUMBER	COURSE TITLE	CREDIT HOURS
PSYC 3307	Adolescent Psychology	3 hrs
EDUC 3330	Foundations in Education	3 hrs
EDUC 3331	Learning Processes and Evaluation	3 hrs
EDUC 4333	Secondary Instructional Methods and Classroom Management	3 hrs
EDUC 4334	Curriculum and Evaluation in the Secondary School	3 hrs
READ 4343	Content Area Literacy	3 hrs
EDUC 4649	Student Teaching in the Secondary School	6 hrs

Areas of Specialization	Second Teaching Field
Biology/Life Science	Biology/Life Science
English/Lang Arts & Reading	No Minor
English/Language Arts & Reading with ESL	No Minor
History	History
Mathematics	Mathematics
Religion (TCCED)	No Minor
Social Studies Composite	No Minor
Spanish	Spanish
Theatre Arts	Theatre Arts

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