Requirements

The candidate must to be certified under standards mandated by the State Texas Education Agency as follows:

1. Completion of the courses which fulfill the standards in one of the following teaching fields: Business; Computer Science; English, Language Arts, Reading; History; Mathematics; Science; Spanish; Speech.
2. Completion of all degree requirements for an academic degree incorporating one of the areas above.
3. Completion of professional development courses as listed below.
4. Pass TExES in Professional Development and appropriate secondary field TExES.
5. Apply for teaching certificate when all course work has been completed.
6. Students already holding a bachelor’s degree should request a certification plan.
7. Meet all TExES Academic Program requirements.

• CUIN 3323 Instructional Design
• CUIN 4313 Secondary Teaching Strategies
• LITY 4364 Content Area Literacy and Study Skills
• INDS 3323 Child Development and Its Application To Learning

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• SEDU 4303 Secondary School Student Teaching or
• SEDU 4304 Secondary School Student Teaching

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• CUIN 4307 Professional Seminar: Capstone Course
• FEDU 3321 Educational Foundations for Teaching