| Program Requirements | Semester Hours Required | Course Prefixes And Numbers | Course Titles | |
| GENERAL EDUCATION (30 semester hours) | English (6 semester hours) |
3 | ENG 101* | Freshman Composition I |
| 3 | ENG 102* | Freshman Composition II | ||
| Mathematics (6 semester hours) |
3 | MATH 147 | Pre-calculus I | |
| 3 | MATH 148 | Pre-calculus II | ||
| Sciences (9 semester hours) |
3 | BIOL 103 | Principles of Biology I | |
| 3 | CHEM 101 | Environmental Chemistry | ||
| 3 | BIOL 104 | Principles of Biology II | ||
| Social Studies (6 semester hours) |
3 | SOC 101 | Introduction to Social Science | |
| 3 | ECON 201* | Macroeconomics | ||
| Arts (3 semester hours) |
3 | ART 210 | Fine & Performing Arts | |
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KNOWELDGE OF THE LEARNER AND LEARNING ENVIRONMENT |
3 | ED 204* or ED 200 |
Adolescent Psychology or |
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| 3 | ED 300 | Educational Psychology | ||
| 3 | ED 312 | Introduction to Education of Exceptional Children | ||
| 3 | ED 427* | Classroom Management | ||
| 3 | ED 317* | Multicultural Education | ||
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METHODOLOGY & TEACHING |
Reading (3 semester hours) |
3 | ED 322* | Reading in Middle, Junior/Senior High School |
| Teaching Methodology & Strategies (6 credit hours) |
3 | SS 406* | Methods of Teaching Social Studies | |
| 3 | ED 453* | Secondary Advanced Teaching Methods II | ||
| Student Teaching (9 semester hours) |
9 | ED 455* | Student Teaching | |
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PRIMARY TEACHING AREA (Note: Students should complete a minimum of 31 semester hours when completing the semester hours in this section and the semester hours in the General Education Section for their specific area of certification. As an example, a teacher candidate could complete 6 semester hours of English in the General Education section and 25 semester hours of English in this section for a total of 31 semester hours.) (NOTE: Programs for social studies certification may require 50 or more semester hours.) (33 semester hours) |
3 | HIST 101* | History of Western Civilization I | |
| 3 | HIST 104 | Modern World History | ||
| 3 | HIST 201* | American National Multicultural History | ||
| 3 | HIST 202* | Recent American History | ||
| 3 | HIST 320 | African-American History since 1877 | ||
| 3 | HIST 322* | Louisiana History | ||
| 3 | HIST 312 |
Twentieth-Century Europe |
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| 3 | GEO 201* | Cultural Geography | ||
| 3 | PS 201* | American National Government | ||
| 3 | PS 300 | State and Local Government | ||
| 3 | PSY 200 | General Psychology | ||
| FLEXIBLE HOURS FOR THE UNIVERSITY’S USE (26-35 semester hours) (26 semester hours) |
1 1 3 6 3 3 3 3 3 |
ED 111/ SOC 200 ED 162 |
FYE for Education Majors I## |
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| TOTAL HOURS (120 or more semester hours) |
122 | |||
*courses approved by the Board of Regents and Board of Elementary and Secondary Education during the previous teacher preparation program evaluations.