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The Secondary Education Curriculum  
All students are required to complete the core curriculum of general education. These courses consist of composition, speech, mathematics, history, science, psychology, social science, theology, philosophy, and humanities.

The secondary education curriculum con-sists of a variety of foundation courses, content area coursework and secondary methods courses.
Education at NU
After completion of the required course-work in the area(s) in which secondary education students desire licensure, they complete the foundation and methods courses. The final semester is composed of student teaching.

Degree Requirments

43 total credit hours including:

EDUC 2002 Introduction to Education through Field Experience 1
EDUC 3112 Exceptional Child
EDUC 3113 Political, Historical & Philosophical Issues in Education
EDUC 3123 Methods & Instructional Media
EDUC 3133 Eduation Psychology: Learning & Evaluation
EDUC 3152 Middle School Methods
EDUC 3162 Technology in the Classroom
EDUC 3323 Methods of Different & Multi Education
EDUC 4002 Secondary Education Field Experience
EDUC 4013 Art & Science of Teaching
EDUC 4023 Specific Methods of Secondary Teaching: (Area)
EDUC 4032 Reading Skills Secondary School Content
EDUC 4033 Principles of Secondary Teaching
EDUC 4__5 Teaching Internship
EDUC 4__5 Teaching Internship

Secondary education majors may acquire certification to teach in the following fields and subjects: biology, chemistry, computer science, English, general science, mathematics, speech, social science. Secondary education majors are required to obtain a middle-level endorsement. Students receiving an endorsement from NU must have a minimum of 6 semester hours of content in the endorsement area from Newman, excluding Experiential Learning Credit.