Secondary (Grades 5-12)

Required for Licensure

(all content areas)
Licensure requirements may not constitute a full major – please consult with your advisor in this major.

EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society (4)
EDUC 2090 General Methods: Secondary (2)
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health (1)
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas (2)
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education (2)
EDUC 374X Special Methods: Middle School (2)
EDUC 375X Special Methods: Secondary (2)
EDUC 3910 Student Teaching & Seminar: Middle School (4)
EDUC 3950 Student Teaching & Seminar: Secondary (8)

Supporting Courses (all content areas):
PSYC 1001 General Psychology (4)
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology (4)

For this teaching license, students choose one of the following content areas for their major:

Communication Arts/Literature

Courses in Subject Area:
EDUC 3450 Literature for Young Adults (2)

The English component of the Communication Arts/Literature education major includes these seven courses:
COMM 1030 Speaking to Lead and Influence (4)
COMM 2020 Communication Dynamics in Personal Relationships (4)
COMM 2050 Media, Culture and Society (4)
ENGL 2200 Introduction to Literary Theory & Research (4)
ENGL 2480 History & Structure of English (4)
ENGL 2750 Shakespeare (4)
ENGL 3540 British Writers I (4) OR
ENGL 3550 British Writers II (4)
ENGL 3740 American Writers I (4) OR
ENGL 3750 American Writers II (4)

Two writing courses (ENGL2000 and one course at the3000 level or above)

Recommended:
ENGL 2050 Rhetorical Grammar (4)

Two additional courses in consultation with advisor.

Chemistry

Courses in Subject Area:
CHEM 1110 & 1120 General Chemistry I and II (4 ea.)
CHEM 2010 & 2020 Organic Chemistry I and II (4 ea.)
CHEM 3000 Quantitative Analysis (4)
CHEM 3310 & 3320 Physical Chemistry I and II (4 ea.)
CHEM 4000 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry (4)
CHEM 4200 Advanced Analytical Chemistry (4)
CHEM 4400 Biochemistry (4)
CHEM 4850 Seminar (4)

To Add Middle Level (5-8) Science Licensure, the Following are Required:
BIOL 1210 & 1220 General Biology I and II (4 ea.)
PHYS 1040 Astronomy (4)
GEOL XXXX (4) (UST or Macalester)
One Geology course to be taken off campus-ACTC

Family & Consumer Science

Additional Supporting Courses:
CHEM 1010 General Chemistry (4)
INDI 2000 Career Development for Women (2)
SOCI 3210 Marriage and the Family (4)
THEO 3850 Spirituality and Sexuality (4) OR
BIOL 1120 Biology of Women (4)

Courses in Subject Area:
FASH 2050 Textiles (4)
FASH 2100 Apparel Construction and Analysis (4)
FSNU 2200 Food, Nutrition and You (4)
FSNU 2900 Food Science (4)
FACS 3350 Child in the Family (4)
FACS 3360 Parenting Education + (2)
FACS 3650 Personal and Family Financial Management (4)
FACS 3700 Interior Design/Housing + (4)
FACS 4000 Management Approach to Family Systems + (4)
FSNU 4250 Issues in the American & World Food Supply + (2)

+ Courses marked with the (+) symbol are offered alternate years

Life Sciences

Courses in Subject Area:
BIOL 1210 & 1220 General Biology I & II (4 ea.)
BIOL 2800 Cell Biology (4)
BIOL 2900 Genetics (4)
BIOL 3100 Plant Biology (4)
BIOL 3120 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy (4)
BIOL 3140 Comparative Animal Physiology (4)
BIOL 3210 Biology of Microorganisms (4)
BIOL 3300 Evolutionary Biology (4)

To Add Middle Level (5-8) Science Licensure, the Following are Required:
CHEM 1110 & 1120 General Chemistry I & II (4 ea.)
PHYS 1040 Astronomy (4)
GEOL XXXX (4) (UST or Macalester)
One Geology course to be taken off campus-ACTC

Additional Courses Required for the Biology Major:
BIOL 4912 OR 4914 Research (2 or 4 credits)
BIOL 4850 Senior Seminar (2)
CHEM 2010 Organic Chemistry I (4)
Statistics (MATH 1080, PSYC 2050 or ECON 2200)

Mathematics

Courses in Subject Area:
MATH 1130 Calculus I (4) OR
MATH 1110 Functions with Calculus 1A (4) AND
MATH 1120 Functions with Calculus 1B (4)
MATH 1140 Calculus II (4)
MATH 1800 Discrete Mathematics (4)
MATH 2050 Linear Algebra (4)
MATH 2060 Calculus III (4)
MATH 3010 Abstract Algebra (4)
MATH 3130 Probability (4)
MATH 3140 Mathematical Statistics (4)
MATH 3250 Geometry (4)
MATH 4850 Senior Seminar (4)
CSCI 1110 Algorithms and Computer Programming I (4)
CSCI 1120 Algorithms and Computer Programming II (4)

Social Studies

Courses in Subject Area:
ECON 2610 Principles of Microeconomics (4) OR
   ECON 2620 Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
GEOG 2000 Human (Cultural) Geography (4)
HIST 1300 Introduction to US Historiography (4) OR
   HIST 1200 Survey of U.S. Political & Social History, 1600-1900 (4)
HIST XXX A course focusing on the history of a region other than the U.S. or Canada (i.e., Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, Oceania)
POSC 2010 American Government and Politics (4) OR
   POSC 2200 Introduction to Comparative Government (4)
SOCI 1000 Principles and Concepts in Sociology (4)
SOCI 3250 Cultural Anthropology (4)

CONCENTRATION within the Social Studies Major:
The student must take four additional concentration courses (a minimum of 16 semester credits) in ONE of the social sciences (economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology or anthropology) or history. These concentration courses are to be approved by the Social Studies Coordinator and by a full-time professor (preferably the chair) of the particular department of concentration (e.g. Psychology or Political Science). These concentration courses must include one course with an emphasis on the theory, philosophy and/or methodology of the discipline and a total of at least three courses at the 3000-4000 (advanced) level. At least one concentration course in the major must be a College of St. Catherine Writing Intensive course.