Secondary Education
The Secondary Education Program is committed to preparing teachers who are able to meet the challenges of today’s classrooms. The teacher education faculty provides an educational program that enables students to: develop a strong foundation of knowledge about teaching and learning; display a love of learning; value democracy and pluralism; and engage in reflective practice about one’s growth as a teacher. To accomplish this, the program offers students: A strong liberal arts education with emphasis in the particular academic discipline in which the student will be teaching; background in the foundations of secondary education; methods for instruction in the academic disciplines; background in educational psychology and human development; methods for educating culturally diverse and special needs populations; methods for effective use of technology in instructional settings; and experience teaching in public schools.
Degrees Offered: BA, BS
Minor available? Yes
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Emphasis (es):
- Agriculture
- Anthropology
- Art
- Biological Sciences
- Business
- Chemistry
- Computers
- Earth Science
- Economics
- English
- English as a Second Language
- Family and Consumer Science
- French
- General Science
- Geography
- German
- Health
- History
- Industrial Arts
- Journalism
- Mathematics
- Music
- Physical Science
- Physics
- Political Science
- Social Studies
- Sociology
- Spanish
- Special Education
- Speech Communication
- Technology
- Theatre
- Trade and Industrial
College of Education
The College of Education is committed to inspire learners through collaboration and innovation. The school’s mission is to prepare the next generation of educators in a research environment while honoring the University’s land-grant tradition through innovative educational outreach partnerships with the community and state. Whether you want to become a teacher, school administrator, counselor or school psychologist, the College of Education will help you prepare in any of these disciplines.