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Secondary Education

In addition to the Teacher Education Program, which will prepare you as a teacher, you’ll specialize in teaching one or more subject areas at a secondary level.

After you’ve completed Level 1 coursework and been formally admitted to the Teacher Education Program, you’ll pursue certification in secondary education. As a secondary education candidate, you will:

Complete Level 2 and 3 coursework and clinical experiences for the Teacher Education Program.
Complete coursework in a major and a minor.
Pursue any additional minors or endorsements.

Subject Areas

Click the links below to download major and minor course requirements for each subject area offered through the Secondary Education track. Use the advising plans, where they are provided, to assist you in creating a 4-year plan that can then be entered into Degree Works. You can learn more about using the Degree Works planning tools by visiting the Registrar Office's Degree Works Information Page.

Subject Areas	Major Course Requirements Worksheets	Minor/endorsement Course Requirements Worksheets	Advising Plan
Biology	Biology Major	Biology Minor	Science
Chemistry	Chemistry Major	Chemistry Minor	Science
Dance* Major/Minor cannot be declared after January 1, 2018	Dance Major (K–12)	Dance Minor
English	English Major	English Minor	English
ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE ENDORSEMENT**		ESL Endorsement
French	French Major	French Minor	World Languages
Geology/Earth Science	Geology/Earth Science Major	Geology/Earth Science Minor	Science
German	German Major		World Languages
Health Education Minor cannot be declared after Spring 2019. a new combined health and physical education major worksheet is provided below		Health Education Minor
HEALTH AND PHYSICAL EDUCATION	Health and Physical Education Major
History	History Major	History Minor	Social Studies
Integrated Science Group†	ISG Major with Biology Minor ISG Major with Chemistry Minor ISG Major with Geology Minor ISG Major with Physics Minor		Science
Kinesiology/Physical Education* Major/Minor cannot be declared after Spring 2019. a new combined health and physical education major worksheet is provided above	Kinesiology/Physical Education (K–12) Major	Kinesiology/Physical Education Minor
Latin	Latin Major	Latin Minor	World Languages
Mathematics	Mathematics Major	Mathematics Minor	Mathematics
Music*	Music Instrumental (K–12) Major‡ Music Vocal (K–12) Major‡
Physics	Physics Major	Physics Minor	Science
Political Science		Political Science Minor
Psychology		Psychology Minor
Social Studies Group	Social Studies Group Major SSG Major with History Minor SSG Major with Political Science Minor		Social Studies
Spanish*	Spanish Major Spanish (K–12) Major		World Languages
Special Education*	Special Education – Emotional Impairments (K–12) Major§ Special Education – Learning Disabilities (K–12) Major§ Freshman 2019 Special Education Emotional Impairments (K-12) Freshman 2019 Special Education Learning Disabilities (K-12) Freshman 2019 Special Education LD and EI combined (K-12)
Visual Arts Education*	Visual Arts Education (K–12) Major‡
* major offers K–12 teaching certification *cannot be declared as a stand alone minor † major must be paired with a minor in biology, chemistry, geology or physics* ‡ major does not require a minor § major includes required planned program minor in either math or English

Teacher Certification

All program requirements must be completed for students to be recommended for a teaching certificate in the State of Michigan. Learn more about certification requirements.