Bachelor of science
Minimum of 126 hours required
Licensure grades 6-12
All students wishing to teach in secondary schools must fully complete the approved teacher education program regardless of which college awards the degree. The approved program consists of: general education studies, professional education studies, and teaching field studies as specifically outlined in the following sections.
| Communications (8-9 hours) (A grade of C or better is required) | ||
| ENGL 100 | Expository Writing I | 3 |
| ENGL 200 | Expository Writing II | 3 |
| SPCH 105 | Public Speaking IA | 2 |
| or | ||
| SPCH 106 | Public Speaking I | 3 |
| or | ||
| SPCH 109 | Public Speaking Honors | 3 |
| Humanities (6 hours) | ||
| Literature | ||
| Any department of English literature (except ENGL 230, 231, 233, 234, 355, or 545) or Department of Modern Languages literature course | 3 | |
| Fine arts appreciation | ||
| Any nonperformance appreciation class in the Departments of Art, Music, Speech (theater or dance courses), or university general education approved courses from the College of Architecture, Planning, and Design | 3 | |
| Social science (6 hours) | ||
| History | ||
| Any course from the Department of History | 3 | |
| International overlay | ||
| Recommended: ANTH 204; additional courses are available in ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLSC, and SOCIO. See your advisor for approved courses | 3 | |
| Natural science (7 hours) | ||
| One lab required. | ||
| Quantitative sciences (6 hours) | ||
| (College Algebra is a prerequisite for statistics and computer science.) | ||
| MATH 100 | College Algebra (or higher level | |
| math course) (Grade of C or better) | 3 | |
| STAT 320 | Elements of Statistics (or higher level statistics course) (Grade of C or better) | 3 |
| General education electives (6 hours) | ||
| 39-40 | ||
Pre-professional education
Required for admission to teacher education and prerequisite for Block I.
| DED 075 | Orientation to Teacher Education at KSU | |
| EDSEC 200 | Teaching as a Career | 1 |
| EDSEC 230 | Early Field Experience | 1 |
| FSHS 110 | Introduction to Human Development | 3 |
| Non-blocked courses—These courses must be taken prior to or concurrent with Block I. | ||
| EDSEC 310 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| DED 318 | Instructional Media and Technology | 2 |
| EDSEC 405 | Middle Level Education | 2 (Complete before student teaching; admission to teacher education required) (Not required for K-12 majors in art, modern languages, or music.) |
| Block I—Admission to teacher education required. Courses must be taken concurrently and are a prerequisite for Block II. | ||
| EDCEP 315 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDSP 323 | Exceptional Students/ | |
| Secondary School | 2 | |
| EDSEC 376 | Core Teaching Skills and Lab | 3 |
| Block II—Courses must be taken concurrently and are a prerequisite for Block III. | ||
| EDSEC 477 | Middle Level/Secondary Reading | 2 |
| EDSEC 500 | Content Area Methods in the Secondary and Middle Schools | 3 |
| EDSEC 520 | Content Area Methods and Field Experience | 1 |
| EDSEC 455 | Teaching in a Multicultural Society | 1 |
| EDCEP 525 | Interpersonal Relations in the School | 1 |
| Block III—Courses must be taken concurrently. | ||
| EDSEC 586 | Teaching Participation/ | |
| Secondary School | 12 | |
| 38 | ||
Hours will vary with majors
Total credit hours required for graduation 126