Secondary Education (Bachelor of Science in Education, B.S.E.)

The Department of Education faculty is committed to the professional preparation of teachers for employment in education programs. The goals are to prepare teachers who are:

• Classroom leaders, professionally prepared to accept responsibility for student learning (MWSU Conceptual Framework);
• Highly knowledgeable in their cognitive areas (MoSPE/MWSU/INTASC Standards);
• Skilled in the techniques and methods of teaching across a diverse student population (MoSPE/MWSU/INTASC Standards);
• Practiced in the application of six domains of professional teacher dispositions (MWSU Disposition).

The Professional Semester

EDU 409 Secondary Student Teaching III is to be taken during the senior year. EDU 404 Seminar in Secondary Education and Human Relations is taken concurrently with Secondary Student Teaching III.  This semester is designated as a professional education semester.  A passing score on the Content Area Assessment is required before enrollment in EDU 404 Seminar in Secondary Education and Human Relations or EDU 409 Secondary Student Teaching III.

Coursework during the professional education semester is usually limited to EDU 404 Seminar in Secondary Education and Human Relations and EDU 409 Secondary Student Teaching III.  Petition for any additional coursework must be submitted to the Coordinator of Clinical Experiences in the semester prior to Secondary Student Teaching III.  If granted, approval will be endorsed by the cooperating teacher whom the student is assigned.

Students enrolled in Secondary Student Teaching III will assume the daily teaching schedule of the cooperating teacher.

Admission Requirements

• ACT composite score of 17 or higher
• Overall GPA of 2.50
• Professional GPA of 3.0
• Content GPA of 3.0
• Completion of EDU 202 with a C or higher and credit in EDU 203

*Contact the Department Chairperson for guidelines and procedures regarding alternative pathways to certification.

Students who choose this bachelor degree program will have no more than 6 years from admission or subsequent declaration to meet the requirements listed below. If certification, accreditation or statutory requirements change and additional requirements become effective during this time, the new requirements take precedence. 

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Courses in general studies may also be required within the major. While the course(s) may satisfy both requirements, the credit hours will count only one time in the overall hours earned.

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EDU 430 Teaching Students with Reading Deficits is not required for the Physical Education concentration.

NOTE: In addition to the above major coursework, students may be required to take an Orientation Workshop, EDU 110.  Also, upon Education Department determination, some students will be required to enroll in EDU 200 for state certification requirements.

Concentrations:
Business
English
Physical Education
Social Science

Business

English

Physical Education

Social Science

Program Graduation Requirements

1. Earn a grade of C or higher in all major and concentration coursework.
2. Earn an overall GPA of at least 2.50 and a major GPA of 3.0.

University Graduation Requirements 

1. Earn a minimum of 120 credit hours (100 level and higher, maximum of 6 CED credit hours applicable).
2. Earn a minimum of 30 credit hours in upper-division courses.  Lower-division transfer courses accepted as meeting upper-division departmental course requirements cannot be used to fulfill this requirement.
3. Earn 30 of the last 45 credit hours at MWSU in institutional coursework (exclusive of credit by examination).
4. Participate in required departmental and campus wide assessments. 
5. Fulfill the Missouri Constitution requirement.
6. Successfully pass the Missouri Higher Education Civics Achievement exam.