For Elementary Education Majors:
Course work acceptable for meeting these requirements must be college level work and may not include remedial courses even if college credit is granted. Generally, this course work must be at the 100-level or higher and applicable toward a degree at the institution providing the instruction. Courses with grades below “C” will not be accepted toward the degree.
The following course work must include at least one three-hour course in non-western or third world cultures.
The following course work may be completed at the lower-division level:
Written Communication 6
Oral Communication 3
Mathematics Structures and Concepts 6
Mathematics selective (select from courses equivalent to MATH330, MATH340, MATH355, MATH465, LAS440) 3
Biological and Physical Science (including 7 hours of biology with a lab and a 3-hour physical science course) 10
Survey of American History 3
Humanities and Fine Arts 9
Literature 3
U.S. Government 3
Psychology 3
World or Cultural Geography 3
Health/Nutrition 2
At least on three-credit course mush be taken in non-western or Third World cultures from either humanities or social science.
For Early Childhood Education and Multicategorical Special Education Majors:
Course work acceptable for meeting these requirements must be college level work and may not include remedial courses even if college credit is granted. Generally, this course work must be at the 100-level or higher and applicable toward a degree at the institution providing the instruction. Courses with grades below “C” will not be accepted toward the degree.
The following courses should be taken at the lower-division level:
Written Communications 6
Oral Communication 3
Mathematics Structures and Concepts 6
Biology I and II (with lab) and Physical Science 10
Survey of American History 3
Literature 3
Humanities 3
Fine Arts 3
U.S. Government 3
Psychology 3
Cultural/World Geography 3
Health/Nutrition 2-3
At least one three-credit course must be taken in non-Western or Third World cultures from either humanities or social science.
For Biology Secondary Education Certificate:
General Biology with Lab 8
General Chemistry with Lab 8
Written Communication 6
Oral Communication 3
American History 3
U.S. Government 3
Humanities 6
Fine Arts 3
Introduction to Psychology 3
Health 2
MATH 355 Applied Calculus 3
At least one three-credit course must be taken in non-western or Third World cultures from either humanities or social science.
For Chemistry Secondary Education Certificate:
General Chemistry with Laboratory 8
Calculus 8
Physics with Laboratory 8
Written Communication 6
Oral Communication 3
American History 3
Humanities 6
Fine Arts 3
U.S. Government 3
Introduction to Psychology 3
Health 2
Biological Foundations 6
At least one three-credit course must be taken in non-western or Third World cultures from either humanities or social science.
For English Secondary Education Certificate:
Written Communications 6
Oral Communication 3
Humanities (English, Foreign Language, History and/or Philosophy) 6
Fine Arts (Art, Music, and/or Theater) 3
Non-Western/Third World Cultures 3
Mathematics 3
Biological and Physical Science (including one laboratory course) 7
U.S. History 3
U.S. Government 3
Introduction to Psychology 3
Health 2
For Mathematics Secondary Education Certificate:
Written Communication (6)
Oral Communication (3)
American History (3)
U.S. Government (3)
Humanities (6)
Fine Arts (3)
Introduction to Psychology (3)
Health (2)
MATH 390 Calculus I (4)
General Biology with Lab (4)
University Physics with Lab (4)
At least one three-credit course must be taken in non-western or Third World cultures from either humanities or social science.
