Secondary education majors must check with the Office of Education Student Services for changes in requirements.

The general education courses required for this program provide a liberal education regardless of teaching major.

Writing and Speaking (6 cr.)
          o ENG-W 131 Elementary Composition (3 cr.)
          o SPCH-S 121 Public Speaking (3 cr.)

Mathematical, Physical and Life Sciences (minimum 11 cr.) 

• MATH-M 100 (4 cr.)
• MATH-K 200 (3 cr.)
• One Natural Science with a lab (4-5 cr.). Select one of the following:
  • BIOL L100 Humans and the Biological World (5 cr.)
  • GEOL G101 Introduction to Earth Science: Lecture (4 cr.) and GEOL G102 Introduction to Earth Science: Lab (1 cr.)

Math and Science majors should check with their advisors and take the most appropriate courses.

Social and Behavioral Sciences

• EDUC P250 Educational Psychology (3 cr.)
• One approved elective (3 cr.)

Social studies majors must take SOC S161 Principles of Sociology (3 cr.) or PSY P101 Introductory Psychology I (3 cr.)

Arts and Humanities (6 cr.)

• ENG W 231 Professional Writing Skills (3 cr.)
• One approved elective (3  cr.) 

Visual Arts majors must take FINA A341 Nineteenth-Century European Art (3 cr.) or FINA A342 Twentieth-Century Art (3 cr.)

Social Studies majors must take Minority Studies 300 level or above cross –list (HIST/AFRO/CHRI-C) (3 cr.)

English majors must take ENG W233 Intermediate Expository Writing (3 cr.) or ENG W350 Advanced Expository Writing (3 cr.)

Cultural and Historical studies (6 cr.) 

• One approved minority studies elective (3 cr.)
• One approved elective (3 cr.)

Social Studies majors must take HIST H113 History of Western Civilization I (3 cr.) and HIST H114 History of Western Civilization II (3 cr.)

Visual Arts majors must take FINA A383 Contemporary Art (3 cr.)

Total (34-36 cr.)