General Education Requirements (33 credit hours minimum)

Teacher Education Courses (40 credit hours)

 A grade of C or higher is required in all Teacher Education courses and practica. A 3.0 or higher grade point average in Teacher Education courses and practica is needed before the Professional Semester.

Pre-Professional Component (8 credit hours)

• DED 075 - Orientation to Teacher Education at KSU Credits: (0)
• EDSEC 200 - Teaching as a Career Credits: (1)
• EDSEC 230 - Early Field Experience Credits: (1)
• EDSEC 310 - Foundations of Education Credits: (3)
• FSHS 110 - Introduction to Human Development Credits: (3)

Professional Education Component (32 credit hours)

 Admission to teacher education required.

Non-blocked courses (Must be completed before student teaching)

• DED 318 - Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning Credits: (1)

• (Must be completed before Block II)

• EDSEC 405 - Middle-Level Education Credits: (2)

• (Not required for K-12 majors in art, modern languages, or music.)

  Students receiving a grade of less than C in a Block 1 course will not be permitted to proceed to Block 2 until a grade of C or higher is recorded (i.e., must retake the Block 1 course first).

Block 1 (8 credit hours)

Courses must be taken concurrently and prior to Block II.

• EDCEP 315 - Educational Psychology Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 376 - Core Teaching Skills: Secondary/Middle Credits: (3)
• EDSP 323 - Exceptional Students in the Secondary School Credits: (2)

Block II (9 credit hours)

Courses must be taken concurrently and prior to Student Teaching.

• EDCEP 525 - Interpersonal Relations in the Schools Credits: (1)
• EDSEC 455 - Teaching in a Multicultural Society Credits: (1)
• EDSEC 477 - Content Area Literacies and Diverse Learners Credits: (2)

Choose one of the following that corresponds to your teaching field:

• EDSEC 530 - Art Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 532 - Business Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 534 - Family and Consumer Science Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 536 - Language Arts Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 538 - Mathematics Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 540 - Modern Language Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 542 - Science Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)
• EDSEC 544 - Social Studies Methods for Secondary and Middle Schools Credits: (3)

Choose one of the following that corresponds to your teaching field:

• EDSEC 531 - Art Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 533 - Business Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 535 - Family and Consumer Science Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 537 - Language Arts Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 539 - Mathematics Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 541 - Modern Language Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 543 - Science Methods Practicum Credits: (2)
• EDSEC 545 - Social Studies Methods Practicum Credits: (2)

Professional Semester (12 credit hours)

A 3.0 or higher grade point average in Teacher Education courses and practica is needed nbefore the Professional Semester.

• EDSEC 586 - Teaching Internship in Secondary Schools Credits: (Variable 1-12)

Teaching Field (One of the following areas must be selected)

• Art  (47 credits)
• Biology  (68-69 credits)
• Business  (55 credits)
• Chemistry  (58 credits)
• Earth and Space Science  (64 credits)
• English  (39 credits)
• English and Journalism  (48 credits)
• Journalism  (33 credits)
• Mathematics  (40 credits)
• Modern Languages  (34-36 credits)
• Physics  (65 credits)
• Speech  (42 credits)
• Social Studies  (64 credits)

Total hours required for graduation (126)

Teacher Education programs are also available from Agriculture, Family and Consumer Sciences, Early Childhood, and Music.