Secondary Education Certification Preparation
4 Year Curriculum Program Plan
Suggested sequence of required courses:
First year:
| PSED 161 | Foundations of Education | 3 credits |
| SPED 102 | Diversity of the Learner | 3 credits |
Sophomore year:
| PSED 250 | The Psychology of Learners In Diverse Communities | 3 credits |
Junior year:
| SPED 350 | Assessment of Student Learning and Behavior in Diverse Communities | 3 credits |
| REED 350 | Teaching Reading to Communities of Diverse Learners | 3 credits |
| PSED 420 | Seminar in Secondary Education I: Instructional Structures and Strategies | 3 credits |
and one content methods course from the list below:
| PSED 406 | Teaching of English in the Secondary Schools | 3 credits |
| PSED 416 | Teaching of Foreign Language | 3 credits |
| PSED 436 | Teaching of Mathematics in the Secondary Schools | 3 credits |
| PSED 446 | Teaching of Science in the Secondary Schools | 3 credits |
| PSED 458 | Teaching of Social Studies in the Secondary Schools | 3 credits |
Senior year
First semester:
| PSED 421 | Seminar in Secondary Education II: Teaching Secondary Students In Diverse, Inclusive Classroom | 3 credits |
PSED 421: (2.8 QPA and department screening required)
Second semester:
| PSED 430 | Student Teaching in Secondary Education | Middle and Junior High School | 6 credits |
| PSED 431 | Student Teaching in Secondary Education/ Senior High School | 6 credits |
| XXX 499 | Student Teaching Internship | |
Student Teaching Internship: (This course must be taken while student teaching). It is taken with the appropriate rubric related to the content area of the certification program: BIOL, CHEM, MATH, PHYS, FLNG, ENGL, HIST.