Curriculum

BACCALAUREATE DEGREE PROGRAM
OFFICIAL PLAN (SECONDARY EDUCATION - GRADES 6-12)
(YEARLONG RESIDENCY REDESIGN)

Program
Requirements
Semester
Hours
Required
Course
Prefixes
And Numbers
Course Titles
GENERAL
EDUCATION
English
(6 semester hours)
 3 ENG 101 Freshman Composition
3 ENG 102 Freshman Composition
Mathematics
(6 semester hours)
6 MATH 131 and MATH 132
or
MATH 147 and MATH 148
College Algebra and Trigonometry
or
Precalculus I and Precalculus II
Science
(9 semester hours)
9 BIOL 103 and
BIOL 104 and SCI 105
Principles of Biology I and Principles of Biology II and
Physical Science Survey I OR
9 SCI 105 and
SCI 106 and BIOL 103
Physical Science I and Physical Science Survey II and
Principles of Biology
Social Studies
(6 semester hours)
3 SOC 101 or
SOC 201
Introduction to Social Science
Introduction to Sociology
3 ECON 201 Principles of Economics
Arts
(3 semester hours)
3 ART 105,
ART 210 or
THEA 100 or
MUS 219
Art Appreciation
Introduction to Fine and Performing Arts
Introduction to the Theatre
Music Appreciation for Non-Majors
KNOWLEDGE OF THE LEARNER AND LEARNING
ENVIRONMENT (3 semester hours)
3 ED 200 or
ED 204
Human Growth & Development or
Adolescent Psychology
FOCUS
AREAS
BLOCK I
Knowledge of the Learner and Learning Environments
(9 semester hours)- Primary Teaching Area
(3 semester hours)
3 ED 300 Educational Psychology
3 ED 312 Introduction to Education of Exceptional Children
3 ED 317 Multicultural Education
3 PS 300 State and Local Government
BLOCK II
METHODOLOGY
AND TEACHING

(3 semester hours)
Primary Teaching Area
(12 semester hours)
3 SS 406 Methods of Teaching Social Studies
3 SOC 200 Cultural Anthropology
6 HUM 200 or
201 or
202 or
301
African Culture or
Western Culture or
Non-Western Culture or
Humanities of the South
3 HIST 312 Twentieth-Century Europe
METHODOLOGY
AND TEACHING
*Residency 1
(15 semester hours)
3 ED 328 Issues and Practice in Assessment
3 ED 402 Instructional Technology Integration
3 ED 322 Reading in Middle, Junior/Senior High School
6 ED 453 Residency 1: Secondary Advanced Teaching Methods
*Residency 2
(12 semester hours)
9 ED 455 Residency 2
3 ED 427 Classroom Management

PRIMARY TEACHING AREA
(Note: Students should complete a minimum of 31 semester hours when completing the semester hours in this section and the semester hours in the General Education Section for their specific area of certification. As an example, a teacher candidate could complete 6 semester hours of English in the General Education section and 25 semester hours of English in this section for a total of 31 semester hours.)

(NOTE: Programs for social studies certification may require 50 or more semester hours.)

3 HIST 103 World History I
3 HIST 104 Modern World History
3 HIST 201 American National Multicultural History
3 HIST 202 Recent American History
3 HIST 320 African-American History since 1877
3 HIST 322 Louisiana History
3 GEO 201 Cultural Geography
3 PS 201 American National Government
3 PSY 200 General Psychology
FLEXIBLE HOURS FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S USE
(8 or more semester hours)
2
3
3
ED 111/112
ED 162
ENG 200 or
201
FYE for Education Majors
Introduction to Inclusive Teaching
World Literature or
Intro to Literature
TOTAL HOURS (120 or more semester hours) 122    

 

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