Dec 05, 2025

2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

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2025-2026 Undergraduate Bulletin

Secondary Education BS Semester Guide

Freshman

1st semester (15 hours)

ENG 101 - Composition One 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Endorsement/Content Area Course/Elective 3hrs

Select 1 course: (3 hours)

MAT 100 - Quantitative Reasoning 3 hrs.
MAT 101 - College Algebra 3 hrs.
Higher-level MAT course

Select 1:

2nd semester (15 hours)

ENG 102 - Composition Two 3 hrs.
HIS 101 - World Civilizations: Beginnings to 1500 C.E. 3 hrs. or
HIS 102 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the present 3 hrs.
Endorsement Area/Content Area Course/Elective 3hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area Course/Elective 3hrs

Select 1:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
ANT 221 - Introduction to Cultural & Linguistic Anthropology 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

Sophomore

1st semester (16 hours)

Laboratory Science 4 hrs.
ENG 203 - World Literature 3 hrs.
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs

Select 1 not previously taken:

ANT 101 - The Human Experience: A Global Perspective on Human Diversity 3 hrs.
ANT 221 - Introduction to Cultural & Linguistic Anthropology 3 hrs.
ECO 101 - Basic Economics 3 hrs.
GHY 101 - World Geography: Dynamics of a Changing Earth 3 hrs.
HHS 100 - Concepts of Wellness 3 hrs.
PS 101 - American Government 3 hrs.
PSY 110 - General Psychology 3 hrs.
SOC 101 - Understanding Society: Principles of Sociology 3 hrs.

2nd semester (13 hours)

Natural Science and Laboratory (GEC 02) 4 hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3 hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3 hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3 hrs

Junior

Summer (3 hours)

CIS 280 - Introduction to Secondary Education 3 hrs.

1st semester (15 hours)

CIS 352 - The Adolescent Learner 3 hrs.
CIS 354 - Literacy in the Content Areas 3 hrs.
CIS 356 - The Emerging Practitioner 3 hrs.
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs

2nd semester (15 hours)

CIS 436 - The Advanced Practitioner: Science & Math 3 hrs. or
CIS 438 - The Advanced Practitioner: English and Social Studies 3 hrs.
REF 469 - Tests and Measurements 3 hrs.
CIS 358 - Contemporary Issues in Secondary Education 3 hrs.
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs
Endorsement Area/Content Area/Elective 3hrs

Senior

Summer (3 hours)

CIS 400 - Introduction to Residency 1 hr.

1st semester (12 hours)

2nd semester (12 hours)

CIS 496 - Residency in Secondary Education II 9 hrs.
CIS 495 - Seminar in Secondary Education 3 hrs.