Nov 09, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

Speech Communication Major - Teaching BBSED.SCM

Admission to Professional Teacher Preparation Program

Take one Emphasis

Communication Emphasis - 33 semester hours

MCOM - 300/400 level Elective - 3 semester hours
Electives from CMST, MCOM, PHIL 220, or THEA - 6 semester hours

SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods 3 semester hours
CMST 201 - Interpersonal Communication 3 semester hours
CMST 215 - Public Speaking 3 semester hours
CMST 222 - Argumentation and Debate 3 semester hours
CMST 405 - Theories of Communication 3 semester hours
CMST 410 - Organizational Communication 3 semester hours
CMST 466 - Principles of Rhetoric 3 semester hours
THEA 131 - Introduction to Acting 3 semester hours

Theatre Emphasis - 36 semester hours

SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods 3 semester hours
CMST 222 - Argumentation and Debate 3 semester hours
THEA 100 - Introduction to Theatre 3 semester hours
THEA 131 - Introduction to Acting 3 semester hours
THEA 241 - Stagecraft 3 semester hours
THEA 243 - Make-Up 3 semester hours
THEA 344 - Fundamentals of Design 3 semester hours
THEA 351 - Directing 3 semester hours
THEA 361 - Literature and History of the Theatre I 3 semester hours
THEA 364 - Literature and History of the Theatre II 3 semester hours
THEA 450 - Senior Capstone Project 3 semester hours
THEA 495 - Practicum 1 semester hours

Pre-Professional Teaching Core - 18 semester hours

EDFN 295 - Practicum: Pre-Admission 1 semester hours
EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education 2 semester hours
EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology 3 semester hours
EPSY 428 - Child & Adolescent Development 3 semester hours
INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies 3 semester hours
PSYC 101 - General Psychology 3 semester hours
SPED 100 - Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities 3 semester hours

Professional Secondary Ed Teaching Core - 26 semester hours

EDFN 365 - Computer-Based Technology & Learning 3 semester hours
EDFN 375 - Methods of Technology Integration 1 semester hours
MLED 480 - Middle Level Methods 2 semester hours
SEED 408 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 5-12 Diverse Classroom 3 semester hours
SEED 450 - Reading and Content Literacy 3 semester hours
SEED 440 - Classroom Management 1 semester hours
SEED 495 - Practicum 1 semester hours
EDFN 475 - Human Relations 3 semester hours
SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching 1 to 16 semester hours

System Gen Ed Requirements (SGRs) - 30 semester hours

ENGL 101
ENGL 201
CMST- Gen Ed - Speech (1 class) - 3 semester hours
MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics (1 class) - 3 semester hours
Gen Ed - Social Science (2 classes from different subjects) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities (2 classes from different subjects or a foreign language sequence) - 6 semester hours
Gen Ed - Natural Sciences & Lab (2 classes/corresponding labs) - 6-8 semester hours

Electives required

A minor is NOT required with this major but electives are required to total 120 hours, of which 36 hours must be 300-400 level courses.