Course Catalog
Secondary Education Catalog Information
Completion of the following education courses is required in order to be eligible for recommendation for Minnesota licensure to teach. These courses are in addition to those required by the major department (see individual major department for description). Interdisciplinary Teaching Programs for Secondary Education The secondary/K-12 requirements must be completed. The required special methods of teaching course is EDUC 373 – Methods of Teaching in Business Education, 4 credits. EDUC 299 – Keyboarding Proficiency, no credit, must also be completed concurrently with EDUC 373. Cocurricular Activities for Communication Arts/Literature Science Teaching for Secondary Education Social Studies Teaching, Grades 5-12 Political Science Psychology Sociology Education
Education requirements for a major in secondary/K-12 education are 28 credits plus departmental methods of teaching:
• EDUC 210 – Foundations in K-12 Education, 2 credits
• EDUC 221 – Teaching in the Middle School, 2 credits
• EDUC 350 – The Art and Science of Teaching, 2 credits
• EDUC 351 – Ecology of the Educational Setting, 2 credits
• Departmental methods of teaching (see individual major or program), 2 to 8 credits
• EDUC 399 – Orientation to Student Teaching, no credit
• EDUC 420 – Knowledge, Literacy and Inquiry, 2 credits
• EDUC 425 – Education of the Exceptional Child, 2 credits
• EDUC 439 – Human Relations, 2 credits
• Student Teaching, 10 credits
• PSYC 212 – Educational Psychology, 4 credits
Business Education (teaching), Grades 5-12
To be eligible to complete this major, the student must be admitted to the teacher education program. The requirements for a business education major, grades 5-12, are 42 credits plus 32 credits in education.
• CSC 104 – Software Applications, 4 credits
• ACCT 155 – Principles of Accounting I, 4 credits
• ACCT 156 – Principles of Accounting II, 4 credits
• ECON 201 – Principles of Economics, 4 credits
• IBUS 210 – Introduction to International Business, 2 credits
• BUS 303 – Managerial Finance, 4 credits
• ENG 316 – Business Writing, 4 credits
• BUS 339 – Principles of Management, 4 credits
• BUS 351 – Principles of Marketing, 4 credits
• BUS 362 – Business Law, 4 credits
• BUS 415 – Management Information Systems, 4 credits
Communication Arts/Literature (teaching),Grades 5-12
Completion of a communication arts/literature program prepares students for licensure in the state of Minnesota to teach reading, writing, speaking, listening, media literacy and literature in grades 5-12. Licensure is available for English teaching majors and communication studies teaching majors, following the tracks outlined below.
The requirements for an English major with communication arts/literature teaching license, grades 5-12, are 52 credits plus 36 credits in education:
• 20 credits in literature foundations:
– ENG 220 – Human Values in British and American Literature, 4 credits
– ENG 230 – Introduction to Literary Scholarship, 4 credits
– 4 credits in American literature:
ENG 353 – American Literature: Beginnings to Realism, 4 credits OR
ENG 355 – American Literature: Realism to the Present, 4 credits
– 4 credits in British literature:
ENG 326 – British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance, 4 credits OR
ENG 336 – British Literature: The Restoration to Romanticism, 4 credits OR
ENG 346 – British Literature: Empire to Independence, 4 credits
– 4 credits from a 400-level literature elective:
ENG 401 – English Shakespeare and the English Renaissance, 4 credits OR
ENG 410 – Individual Author, 4 credits OR
ENG 421 – Traditions in Literary Genre, 4 credits OR
ENG 439 – Film and Literature, 4 credits OR
ENG 441 – Theory and Practice of Criticism, 4 credits OR
ENG 451 – Approaches to Texts and Contexts, 4 credits OR
ENG 488 – Senior Capstone in Literature, 4 credits
• 8 credits in language and writing:
– ENG 315 – English Language, Historical and Analytical, 4 credits
– 4 credits from the following:
ENG 227 – Foundations of Creative Writing, 4 credits OR
ENG 316 – Business Writing, 4 credits OR
ENG 317 – News Writing, 4 credits
• 4 credits in diversity:
– ENG 160 – Global Literature and Human Experience, 4 credits
– ENG 358 – Native American Literatures, 4 credits
– ENG 365 – Writing of Women, 4 credits
– ENG 380 – Special Topics, 4 credits (when designated diversity)
• 4 credits in education theory and methods:
– EDUC 374 – Young Adult Literature, 2 credits
– ENG 491 – Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing for the Secondary School, 2 credits
• 16 credits in communication studies:
– COM 201 – Introduction to Communication Studies, 4 credits
– COM 205 – Advanced Public Speaking, 4 credits
– COM 331 – Mass Media, 4 credits
– 4 credits from the following:
COM 312 – Interpersonal Communication, 4 credits OR
COM 314 – Small-Group Interaction, 4 credits
• Successful completion of the secondary/K-12 curriculum requirements
• Required methods of teaching courses are:
– EDUC 376 – Methods of Teaching English, 4 credits
– EDUC 394 – Methods of Teaching Communication Studies, 4 credits
• Cocurricular activity participation. Must be approved by the English department and the communication studies and theatre art department (see Cocurricular Activities for Communication Arts/Literature below).
The requirements for a communication studies major with communication arts/literature teaching license, grades 5-12, are 52 credits plus 36 credits in education:
• COM 201 – Introduction to Communication Studies, 4 credits
• COM 205 – Advanced Public Speaking, 4 credits
• COM 207 – Oral Interpretation, 4 credits
• COM 312 – Interpersonal Communication, 4 credits
• COM 314 – Small-Group Interaction, 4 credits
• COM 316 – Intercultural Communication, 4 credits
• COM 331 – Mass Media, 4 credits
• ENG 160 – Global Literature and Human Experience, 4 credits
• ENG 220 – Human Values in British and American Literature, 4 credits
• ENG 315 – English Language, Historical and Analytical, 4 credits
• 4 credits from the following:
– ENG 227 – Foundations of Creative Writing, 4 credits
– ENG 316 – Business Writing, 4 credits
– ENG 317 – News Writing, 4 credits
• 4 credits from the following:
– ENG 326 – British Literature: Medieval to Renaissance, 4 credits
– ENG 336 – British Literature: Restoration to Romanticism, 4 credits
– ENG 346 – British Literature: Empire to Independence, 4 credits
– ENG 353 – American Literature to 1900, 4 credits
– ENG 355 – American Literature since 1900, 4 credits
• ENG 491 – Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing for the Secondary School, 2 credits
• EDUC 374 – Young Adult Literature, 2 credits
• Successful completion of the secondary/K-12 curriculum requirements
• Required methods of teaching courses are:
– EDUC 376 – Methods of Teaching English, 4 credits
– EDUC 394 – Methods of Teaching Communication Studies, 4 credits
• Cocurricular activity participation. Must be approved by the English department and the communication studies and theatre art department (see Cocurricular Activities for Communication Arts/Literature below).
Participation in cocurricular activities approved by the English department and the communication studies and theatre art department is a required part of the communication arts/literature licensure. Two different cocurricular activities are required. A minimum of one semester of participation for each activity is suggested; however, participation should not occur during the student teaching semester. Teaching majors are responsible for getting specific information on cocurricular participation requirements from the CSTA and English departments. Suggested activities include forensics; a media activity such as AfterWork, Concordia On-Air, The Concordian or KORD radio; Campus Service Commission (when English- or education-related and not a requirement for an existing course); theatre; or alternate cocurricular activity approved in advance by the student’s adviser and the CSTA department and English department chairs.
Several options are available for those interested in teaching science in middle or secondary schools. Secondary students may specialize in the following areas:
• General Science, grades 5-8
• Biology Education, grades 9-12 (Students are encouraged to add General Science, grades 5-8, licensure.)
• Chemistry Education, grades 9-12 (Students are encouraged to add General Science, grades 5-8, licensure.)
• Physics Education, grades 9-12 (Students are encouraged to add General Science, grades 5-8, licensure.)
The requirements for biology, chemistry and physics are outlined in their respective department pages.
The requirements for the General Science teaching license, grades 5-8, are 32 credits:
• BIOL 121 – Vertebrate Biology, 4 credits
• BIOL 122 – Evolution and Diversity, 4 credits
• CHEM 127-128 – General Chemistry I and II, 4 credits each OR
CHEM 137-138 – Honors Chemistry I and II, 4 credits each
• ESC 104 – Introductory Astronomy: The Solar System, 4 credits
• ESC 302, ENVR 302 – Geology, 4 credits
• PHYS 111-112 – General College Physics I and II, 4 credits each OR
PHYS 128-211 – Physics for Scientists and Engineers I and II, 4 credits each
This program, leading to a major, is designed only for students seeking licensure to teach social studies in grades 5-12. To be eligible to complete this major, the student must be admitted to the teacher education program. Withdrawal from teacher education disqualifies the student from completion of this major. The requirements for the Social Studies teaching license, grades 5-12, are:
Economics
• ECON 201 – Principles of Economics, 4 credits
Geography
• GEOG 201 – World Geography, 4 credits
History
• HIST 111 – United States in Perspective to 1865, 4 credits
• HIST 112 – United States in Perspective since 1865, 4 credits
• HIST 313 – Black American History, 4 credits
• HIST 315 – Indians of North America, 4 credits
• 4 credits from the following:
– HIST 132 – European History in Perspective since 1500, 4 credits
– HIST 151 – World in Perspective to 1500, 4 credits
• PSC 311 – U.S. Political System, 4 credits
• GS 117 – Systems, Policies and Institutions: An Intro to Global Studies, 4 credits
• PSYC 206 – Developmental Psychology, 4 credits
• PSYC 357 – Abnormal Psychology, 4 credits
• SOC 111 – Human Society, 4 credits
• SOC 217 – Cultural Anthropology, 4 credits
• EDUC 210 – Foundations in K-12 Education, 2 credits
• EDUC 221 – Teaching in the Middle School, 2 credits
• EDUC 350 – The Art and Science of Teaching, 2 credits
• EDUC 351 – Ecology of the Educational Setting, 2 credits
• EDUC 399 – Orientation to Student Teaching, no credit
• EDUC 420 – Knowledge, Literacy and Inquiry, 2 credits
• EDUC 425 – Education of the Exceptional Child, 2 credits
• EDUC 439 – Human Relations, 2 credits
• EDUC 498 – Student Teaching, 10 credits
• PSYC 212 – Educational Psychology, 4 credits
Required Methods Courses
• EDUC 379 – Methods of Teaching in Social Studies, 4 credits