Speech Communication - Teaching, Composite Major

Required Core - 54 semester hours

• MCOM 300/400 level Elective - 3 semester hours
• Electives from SPCM, MCOM, or THEA - 6 semester hours

• ENGL 211 - World Lit I

• (gen ed)

• or

• ENGL 212 - World Lit II
• ENGL 221 - British Literature I

• (gen ed)

• ENGL 241 - American Lit I
• ENGL 242 - American Lit II

• or

• ENGL 222 - British Literature II
• ENGL 306 - Grammar for the English Teacher
• ENGL 426 - History/Structures of English
• ENGL 484 - Literary Criticism
• SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods
• SPCM 201 - Interpersonal Communication
• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking

• (gen ed)

• SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate
• SPCM 405 - Theories of Communication
• SPCM 410 - Organizational Communication
• SPCM 466 - Principles of Rhetoric
• THEA 131 - Introduction to Acting

• (gen ed)

Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 21 semester hours

• EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission
• EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education
• EDFN 475 - Human Relations
• EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology
• INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies
• PSYC 101 - General Psychology

• (gen ed)

• PSYC 422 - Psychology of Adolescence
• SPED 405 - Educating Secondary Students with Disabilities

Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core - 24 semester hours

• EDFN 365 - Computer-Based Technology & Learning
• MLED 480 - Middle Level Methods
• SEED 408 - Professional Teacher-Secondary Only
• SEED 450 - 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area
• SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching
• SEED 495 - Practicum

Gen Ed Requirements - 28 semester hours

• MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science - 6 semester hours 
• Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab - 8 semester hours

• ENGL 101 - Composition I
• ENGL 201 - Composition II
• WEL 100 - Wellness for Life
• WEL 100L - Wellness Lab
• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking

• satisfied by major

Note

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 128 hours. Students are encouraged to pursue a minor, but to be certified to teach, a content praxis exam must be passed in both the major & minor areas of study.