Students in the Secondary Education Licensure Program who are recommended for graduation from Gustavus Adolphus College and for a secondary teaching license must complete the following (subject to change due to MN Licensure Rule changes):
The Department of Education offers licensure programs for students interested in teaching in secondary schools grades 5 - 12.
For those who wish to teach Art, Music, Physical Education, Health, or a World Language the license is for grades Kindergarten through 12. Each of these teaching licenses requires a Bachelor's Degree from Gustavus in a teaching major and the completion of the professional studies sequence. A student may also wish to earn a coaching minor.
These courses may be taken before admission to the Education Department.
___ A. EDU 266/268*/269 Career Orientation to Teaching
___ B. EDU 230* Social Foundations of Education
___ C. EDU 241 Educational Technology
___ D. PSY 100* General Psychology
___ E. HES 221 Drug Education and Prevention
* Required for admission to Education Department
The following courses may only be taken after admission to the Education Department.
Education Foundation Courses
___ F. EDU 330 Developmental and Educational Psychology (take concurrently with EDU 340)
___ G. EDU 340 Middle School Philosophy and Methods (take concurrently with EDU 330)
___ H. EDU 389 Inclusive Classrooms
___ I. EDU 398 Human Relations (take concurrently with EDU 390)
___ J. EDU 390 Student Needs
Education Methods Block (These classes are taken during the same semester)
___ K. EDU 350 Reading in the Content Area
___ L. EDU 351 Secondary Methods and Materials
___ M. EDU 368 Secondary Interdisciplinary Models and Practicum ___ N. EDU 353-363 Special Methods in the Teaching Major (except for PE and Health, Com/Lit, and Foreign Language)
Student Teaching Semester (These classes are taken during the same semester)
___ O. EDU 399 Seminar in Elementary and Secondary Education
___ P. EDU 394 Secondary Directed Teaching (5-12 Licensure)
or
___ Q. EDU 395 K-12 Directed Teaching
___ R. EDU 394J/395J Extended student teaching for students with
double majors and those students teaching abroad
Coaching Minor for Elementary and
Secondary Education Majors
Coaching Certification is no longer an option or required in Minnesota. However, a coaching minor allows graduates to document their competence to be a head coach to officials in school districts that hire them.
Required Core: 2.25 courses
_____ HES 126: First Aid/CPR
_____ HES 205: Prevention and Care of Athletic Injuries (fall semester only)
_____ HES 207: Motor Learning (fall semester only)
_____ HES 208: Physiology of Exercise for P.E. and Coaching (fall semester only)
_____ HES 302: Foundations of Sport & Coaching
_____ HES251-285: Coaching Practicum (Choose One)
Required Electives: Minimum of 2.0 courses
_____ HES 116: Weight Training
_____ HES 222: Nutrition and Exercise
_____ HES 251-285: Coaching Practicum (a second experience)
_____ HES 305: Kinesiology (fall semester only)
(May only choose one of the following two)
_____ HES 221: Drug Education and Prevention
_____ HES 231: Drugs, Sport and Human Performance (spring semester only)
(May only choose one of the following two)
_____ HES 122: Relaxation
_____ HES 223: Stress Management
(May only choose one of the following two)
_____ EDU 330: Developmental and Education Psychology or
_____ PSY 234: Developmental Psychology
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