Secondary Education, BS - Language and Literacy
Secondary education is designed for students who want to teach in a specific content area (English/language arts, reading, and TESOL 7-12).
Total Semester Hours Required for Degree: 120
TCU Core Curriculum: 39 hours
Prior to entry into the College of Education: 9 hours
Schools, Curriculum, and Society | 3 | |
Developmental Psychology of Adolescence | 3 | |
Critical Investigation: Teaching and Learning | 3 |
Junior Year/Semester:
Digital Literacy, Learning, and Citizenship in Education | 3 | |
Educational Psychology | 3 | |
Study of Exceptional Students | 3 | |
Field Experience in Education | 1 |
EDSE 41151 must be taken two semesters
Refer to content area course requirements
Senior Year/Semester 1: 7 hours
Professional Practice Seminar | 1 | |
Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom | 3 | |
OR | ||
Motivating and Managing Students in the Classroom | 3 |
course Professional Practice Seminar must be taken semester prior to student teaching
Senior Year/Semester 2: 6 hours
Student Teaching in the Secondary/School | 6 | |
OR | ||
Advanced Clinical Teaching | 1-6 |
Content Area Course Requirements
Language and Literacy (39 Hour)
Promoting Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 | |
Development of Written Communication | 3 | |
Foundations of Language Acquisition | 3 | |
TESOL Methods and Assessment | 3 |
Select 3 hours from:
Introduction to Fiction | 3 | |
Introduction to Poetry | 3 | |
Introduction to Drama | 3 | |
ENGL 10203 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 |
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