Secondary Education

Secondary educators work with teenagers and with a subject they love. In doing so, they help to prepare students for their future roles as citizens and productive members of society.

Secondary education candidates major in their relevant content degree and may minor in education. During the fall of senior year, students take a “block” of 15-18 semester hours of education courses which include two placements, one in middle school and one in high school. The block courses are specific to each core academic area. During the spring semester, students complete student teaching and in some content areas a required three-semester-hour education course.

Secondary education programs prepare students to teach core academic subjects in grades 6-12. Graduates are eligible to teach in the following areas:

• Biology
• Chemistry
• Earth and Space Science
• English
• Mathematics
• Physics
• Social Sciences

* Students who hold a degree, or the appropriate coursework in the specific science area, begin the master's in education coursework. Students work on fulfilling both the licensure requirements and their coursework for a master's degree.

In addition to the secondary teaching option, the following majors offer a preK-12 teaching option:

• Art
• Music
  
• Health and Physical Education
• Special Education