B.A. English Secondary Teaching Area
Teaching Certification Program
You must make formal application for admittance to the Teacher Education Program. Applications are available at the Education Department office.
The student must meet the requirements for a B.A. degree in English (36 credits), complete a minor (18 credits), and complete the following requirements for certification, as listed in the Education section of this Bulletin.
Professional Development Courses for Teacher Certification
The courses below are required for Elementary Education, Secondary Education, and All-Level Music and Physical Education Certification. These courses are required in addition to Academic Foundations and any other courses required for a specific major. Admission to the Educator Preparation Program is required to take upper-division courses.
- PSYCH 220 Human Growth and Development
- EDUC 254 Intro to Teaching
- EDUC 312 Educational Psychology
- EDUC 322 Child and Adolescent Psychology
- EDUC 326 Learners with Exceptionalities
- EDUC 350 Digital Literacy Proficiency
- EDUC 385 Philosophy of Christian Education (SDA credential)
- EDUC 418 Legal Foundations of Education
- EDUC 434 Classroom Assessment
- EDUC 436 Classroom Management
- EDUC 450 Teaching Methods*
- EDUC 475/485 Directed Student Teaching*
- CERTIFICATION TEST REVIEW COURSES for State of Texas Credentials
- EDUC 496 TExES Prep Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities (All State of Texas Certification levels)
Seventh-Day Adventist Credential:
- RELT 201 Bible Study Methods
- RELH 230 History of the Seventh-Day Adventist Church
- EDUC 385 Philosophy of Christian Education (listed above)
*A minimum of 30 hours of field-based experience is required prior to student teaching.