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: 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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