Some students who cannot complete the entire Teacher Education licensure program in four years may decide to complete the coursework to meet the requirements of the content major and come back to complete their licensure requirements on the graduate level. Declaring a minor in Teacher Education would designate this on their transcript and also be beneficial for them as they seek employment. All courses must be a 2.75 GPA or higher.  This minor is also available to any undergraduate student who completes the required courses with the approval of the Chair of Teacher Education.  While the minor alone does not complete the requirements for teaching licensure, the remaining courses, field experience, and clinical practice may be completed at the graduate level through the Department of Teacher Education. 

Students wishing to complete the Teacher Education minor must complete the following courses (20 credits):

• EDUC 210 Education’s Place in Society and Field (4 credits)
• EDUC 211 Field Experience I: Exploration (0 credits)
• EDUC 330 Psychology for Teaching & Learning (4 credits)
• EDUC 332 Field Experience II: Learning & Teaching (0 credits)
• EDUC 329 Diverse Learners and Families (4 credits)
• EDUC 355 Reading for the 5-12 Teacher OR EDUC 350 Language Dev, Literacy & Literature (4 credits)
• One elective (4 credits) selected in consultation with the Chair of Teacher Education
  • Recommended courses include:
    • SPUG 450 Survey of Exceptionality
    • EDUC 327 Engineering in the P-12 Classroom
    • EDUC 361 Language and Culture for Academic Development
    • SOCI 110 Social Problems
    • PSYC 200 Infancy and Childhood
    • PSYC 202 Lifespan Development
    • PSYC 203 Psychology of Adolescence
    • COJO 220 Interpersonal Communication
• Completion of Assessment at Transition Points I and II