Professional Education Sequence

The teacher education program requires a professional education sequence of twenty-three to thirty semester hours in courses pertinent to teaching in specific areas and at various levels.

All courses in the sequence except internship/student teaching and the internship/student teaching seminar must be completed before admission to internship or student teaching.

The courses in the sequence are determined by the student’s major:

Art, 24 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; ART 463, 491; EDSE 490, 491, 495

Birth-Kindergarten, 30 hours: BK 250, 312, 473, 482, 483, 496; SPED 339

Elementary and Middle Grades, 24 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; ELMG 484, 485, 495

English, 27 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; ENGL 417, 491; EDSE 484, 485, 495

Health and Physical Education, 27 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; HPE 425, 488, 489, 496

Mathematics, 24 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; MATH 415, 491; EDSE 490, 495

Music, 24 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; MUS 326 or 327, 491; EDSE 490, 495

Science, 23 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; SCI 491; EDSE 322, 490, 495

Social Science, 27 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; HIST 405, 491; EDSE 484, 485, 495

Spanish, 26 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 339; SPAN 420, 491; EDSE 322, 490, 495

Special Education, 27 hours: EDCI 201; PSY 323; SPED 312, 339, 484, 490, 495

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