Figure 1
Secondary Science Broad Field Program Overview*
General Education (50 Semester Hours)
Written Communications (6 hrs)
Mathematics & Statistics (5-6 hrs)
Human Behavior, Culture, & Social Organizations (9 hrs)
Science & Technology (9-12 hrs, endorsement courses may be used)
Historical Studies (3 hrs)
Humanities (9 hrs) (must include Philosophy & Literature)
Arts (3 hrs)
Ethnicity & Gender (3 hrs, also meets humanities requirement)
Speech (3 hrs)
Physical & Mental Health (3 hrs)
Pre-Professional Education (15 Semester Hours)
Foundations of Education (3 hrs)
Adolescent Development for Education (3 hrs)
Practicum for Adolescent Development (1 hrs)
Multicultural Education (3 hrs)
Learning in the Classroom (3 hrs)
Instructional Technology (2 hrs)
Endorsement area
Broad Field (72 hrs)
Professional Education (25 hrs)
Methods I - Science Teaching Principles (3 hrs)
Informal/Nonformal Practicum (1 hrs)
Methods II - Science curriculum Principles (3 hrs)
Practicum, two or more class periods each day (2 hrs)
Mainstreaming (3 hrs)
Student Teaching Semester
Student Teaching credit (10 hrs)
Mainstreaming Experience (1 hrs)
Multicultural Experience (1 hrs)
Student Teaching Seminar (1 hrs)
* This represents an undergraduate program that generally totals 162 hours.