Secondary Education: Non-Licensure Minor

Secondary Education: Non-Licensure Program Information

Clemmer College of Education and Human Development 
P319 Warf-Pickel Hall
PO Box 70685
Johnson City, TN 37614
Phone: (423) 439-7626 | Fax: (423) 439-7560
Web Address: www.etsu.edu/coe/

Secondary Education: Non-Licensure Minor Requirements: 24 credits

If you wish to pursue a license to teach in Tennessee, please see the Secondary Education: Teacher Preparation Minor  .

Required Courses: 21 credits

• EDFN 2400 - Foundations for the Profession of Teaching (3 credits)
• EDFN 3301 - Issues in Education (3 credits)
• EDFN 3310 - Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• MEDA 3570 - Educational Technology (2 credits)
• SPED 2300 - Exceptional Learners in Schools and Communities (3 credits)
• CUAI 4416 - Residency I: Middle and Secondary School Curriculum, Instructional Methods, and Assessment (2 credits)
• CUAI 4426 - Residency I: Secondary School Curriculum and Methodology Field Experience (1 credit)
• CUAI 4571 - Pre-Residency: Classroom and Instructional Management in Middle and Secondary Schools (1 credit)

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  Choose one of the following READ courses:

• READ 4557 - Adolescent Literacy: Assessment and Instruction (3 credits) (For English majors)
• READ 4657 - Disciplinary Literacy: Assessing and Instructing Adolescents (3 credits) (For non-English majors)

Additional Required Course: 3 credits

Choose one of the following, as appropriate to the major:

• ARTA 4417 - Teaching Art in Elementary and Secondary Schools (3 credits)
• COMM 4417 - Teaching Secondary Speech and Theatre (3 credits)
• ENGL 4417 - Residency I: Teaching English in Middle and High Schools (3 credits)
• HIST 4417 - Residency I: Methods of Teaching History (3 credits) (also for economics, political science, and geography)
• LANG 4417 - Residency I: Teaching Foreign Languages in Secondary Schools (3 credits)
• MATH 4417 - Residency I: Teaching Secondary Mathematics (3 credits)
• MUSC 4417 - Residency I: Teaching General Music (3 credits)
• SCED 4417 - Residency I: Teaching Science in Secondary Schools (3 credits)
• THEA 4417 - Residency I: Teaching Theatre in Grades K-12 (3 credits)

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Minor Requirement

A minor is a secondary area of study outside of the major program of study with a structured curriculum composed of at least 18 credits of which at least 9 credits must be at the 3000-level or above.