Secondary Professional Education Sequence

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The Bachelor of Science in Education degree with a major in an approved secondary teaching subject includes courses in General Education, professional education, the major field, and the minor field to total a minimum of 128 semester hours. Specific requirements for the majors and minors are shown under that department in the catalog. A grade of “C” or better is required in all professional education courses graded on an “A” through “F” letter basis, and a grade of “S”’ is required in all professional education courses graded on a ‘S-U” letter basis. Due to the federal No Child Left Behind legislation, students are encouraged to consider completion of two teaching majors rather than a teaching major and a teaching minor.

Secondary Professional Education Requirements - Sequence

** EDUC 210 – Educational Technology EDUC 250 – Introduction to Education **SEED 298 – Pre-Professional Experience: Secondary Secondary Methods Block (14-15) PSYC 353 – Adolescent Psychology PSYC 280 – Education of Exceptional Learners (Fall) * SEED 370 – Reading in the Content Areas (Spring) * SEED 300 – Secondary Curriculum and Effective Teaching (Includes Secondary Methods Block Field Experience) * EDUC 300 – Teaching for Diversity Major or minor methods course (part of major/minor requirements) (Note: Students completing the Secondary Methods Block in the Fall semester take the PSYC 280 – Education of Exceptional Learners course as part of the Block requirements. Students completing the Secondary Method Block in the Spring semester take the SEED 370 – Reading in the Content Areas course as part of the Block requirements. Both courses, however, are required for graduation.) * EDUC 405 – Educational Psychology and Evaluation Professional Semester: *SEED 498 – Teaching in the Secondary School TOTAL SECONDARY PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION SEMESTER HOURS

2 2 1 3 3 3 3 3 2-3 3 15 38

* Pre-requisite: Admission to Teacher Education
**Must be taken in conjunction with EDUC 250 – Introduction to Education

In addition to the above Professional Education Requirements, each discipline requires a methods of teaching class in that particular discipline. Each student with a major and/or minor in a secondary education discipline is required to take the appropriate methods course from the following list:

• EDUC 390E – Health Education Methods
• SEED 390M – Secondary Instrumental Music Methods
• SEED 390P – Methods of Teaching Secondary Physical Education
• SEED 390X – Teaching Secondary School Mathematics
• SEED 490A – Art Methods for Secondary Education
• SEED 490B – Methods in Business Education
• SEED 490C – Computer Science Education
• SEED 490D – Methods of Teaching Social Science
• SEED 490H – Laboratory and Teaching Techniques of Spanish
• SEED 490L – Methods of Teaching Secondary Language Arts
• SEED 490M – Secondary Choral Music Methods
• SEED 490S – Secondary Education Science Methods
• TECH 411 – Curriculum and Methods

K-12 Licensure

For K-12 licensure in art, physical education, and music, the following professional education course is required in addition to the Secondary Professional Education Sequence. Please check major areas for additional content courses that may be required.

ELED 298 – Pre-Professional Experience: Elementary

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Middle School Endorsement Courses

Teacher education students interested in obtaining a middle school endorsement for grades 5 - 8 from the North Dakota Education Standards and Practices Board need to contact the chair of the Department of Teacher Education for more information regarding this endorsement.