Secondary Education
Curriculum Requirements
Students who plan to enter degree-seeking or certification-only teacher education programs must make application for admission to the program. Please refer to overview of program for admission requirements. Students must complete one 45-credit teaching major or one 30-credit teaching major and one 20-credit teaching minor along with secondary education required coursework listed below:
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Art
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Biological Sciences
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Business Education
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Chemistry
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Economics
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English
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English as a new language
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French
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Geography
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German
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Health Education
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History
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Library Science
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Mathematics
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Physical Education (Secondary)
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Physics
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Political Science
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Spanish
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English
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Geography
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History
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Mathematics
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Political Science
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Technology Education
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Art
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Biological Sciences
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Chemistry
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Earth Science
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English
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French
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German
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History
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Mathematics
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Physics
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Social Sciences
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Spanish
Secondary Education Required Coursework
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Comm 101 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 cr)
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EDCI 201 Contexts of Education (2 cr)
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EDCI 301 Learning, Development, and Assessment (3 cr)
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EDCI 302 Teaching Culturally Diverse Learners (4 cr)
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EDCI 401 Internship Seminar (1 cr)
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EDCI 410 Technology, Teaching and Learning (2 cr)
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EDCI 453 Phonics, Phonological Awareness, Fluency, and Assessment (1 cr)
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EDCI 463 Literacy Methods for Content Learning (3 cr)
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EDCI 485 Secondary Internship (15 cr)
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EDSP 300 Educating for Exceptionalities (2 cr)
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Psyc 101 Intro to Psychology or
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Psyc 305 Developmental Psychology (3 cr)
Advanced composition course (Engl 207, Engl 208, Engl 209, Engl 291, Engl 292, Engl 309, Engl 313, Engl 317 or Engl 401) (3 cr)
Mathematics elective (math or statistics U of I core course) (3 cr)
Special methods sequence (EDCI 437/EDCI 447, EDCI 431/ EDCI 441, EDCI 432/ EDCI 442, EDCI 433/ EDCI 443, EDCI 434/ EDCI 454, or EDCI 436/ EDCI 446) (4 cr)