Secondary Education Major

Secondary education (grades 8 to 12) is designed for students who want to teach in a specific content area (science, social studies or language arts) in a high school setting. 

Total Semester Hours Required for Degree: 124-128

TCU Core Curriculum: 39 hours

Secondary School Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities: 22 hours

EDUC 30143

Child and Adolescent Development

EDUC 30123

Educational Psychology

EDSP 30603

Study of Exceptional Students

EDSE 30013

Professional Roles and Responsibilities

EDSE 50023

Effective Teaching and Classroom Implementation

EDSE 30001

Professional Practice Seminar*

EDSE 40980

Student Teaching in the Secondary/Middle School (6 hours)

*This seminar must be taken the semester prior to student teaching.

Associated Requirements: 12 hours

EDUC 20003

Critical Investigation: Teaching and Learning

EDUC 30113

Introduction to Educational Technology

EDSE 40213

Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas

EDSP 50663

Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom

English/Language Arts, Reading and ESL

Select 3 hours from:

ENGL 10103

Introduction to Fiction

ENGL 10113

Introduction to Poetry

ENGL 10123

Introduction to Drama

ENGL 10203

Introduction to Creative Writing

Select 6 hours from English Major: Area A - American Literature

Select 6 hours from English Major: Area B - British Literature

Select 9 hours from English Major: Area C - Writing

Select 6 hours from English Major: Area D - Theory

EDSE 50173

Development of Written Communication

EDSE 50153

Literature for Adolescents

EDSE 50223

Practicum in Reading and ESL

EDUC 50503

Developing Communication Competencies of Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Students

EDUC 50513

Curriculum and Instruction in the Second Language Learning Classroom

EDUC 50003

Diversity in American Education

Life Science

BIOL 10003

Contemporary Issues in Biology

BIOL 10504

Introduction to Biology I

BIOL 10514

Introduction to Biology II

BIOL 30403

Ecology and Environment

BIOL 30603

Cellular, Molecular, and Developmental Biology

BIOL 20233

Basic Microbiology

BIOL 30703

Plan Systematics

BIOL 30613

Natural History

Select two courses from:

BIOL 40313

Biogeography

BIOL 50246

Biodiversity (2 semesters)

BIOL 40443

Environmental Biology

BIOL 30233

Economic Botany

BIOL 30404

Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

BIOL 20204

Anatomy and Physiology

MATH 10524

Calculus I or

MATH 20524

Calculus II

CHEM 10113-10125

General Chemistry

EDSE 40453

Methods for Teaching Secondary Science

Physical Science

GEOL 30113

Weather and Climate

ENSC 10143

Contemporary Environmental Issues

CHEM 10113-10125

General Chemistry

CHEM 30122

Organic Chemistry Lab

CHEM 30123

Organic Chemistry

CHEM

Upper level elective

PHYS 10154-10164

General Physics I and II or

PHYS 20474-20484

Physics I and II

PHYS 10273

Astronomy: Earth and Planets (GA*)

PHYS 10283

Astronomy: Stars and Galaxies

PHYS 30014

Materials Science

MATH 10524

Calculus I or

MATH 20524

Calculus II

EDSE 40453

Methods for Teaching Secondary Science

Social Studies

HIST 10203

Europe to 1348

HIST 10213

Europe 1348 to 1789

HIST 10223

Europe 1789 to Present

HIST 10923

Latin American History: Colonial or

HIST 10933

Latin American Civilization and Culture from 1830 or

HIST 30993

History of Mexico

HIST 10953

Asian Civilization Since 1500 or

HIST 10613

Modern Middle East

HIST 40743

History of Texas

POSC 10133

American and Texas Government or

POSC 20144

Practicing American and Texas Government

POSC 20203

Introduction to Political Theory

POSC 31XX3

American Politics Elective

ECON 10223

Introductory Microeconomics

ECON 10233

Introductory Macroeconomics

ECON, HIST or POSC

Upper level elective

GEOG 10003

World Regional Geography (GA*)

GEOG 20013

Human Geography or

GEOG 30723

Cultural Geography or

GEOG 30713

Urban Geography or

GEOG 30513

Geography of the U.S.

SOCI 20213

Introduction to Sociology

SOCI 30343

American Minority Groups or

EDUC 50003

Diversity in American Education

EDSE 40463

Methods for Teaching Secondary Social Studies





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