Speech Communication Major - Teaching

Take one Emphasis

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)

• 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 - Planning, Managing & Assessing the 7-12 Diverse Classroom
• SEED 450 - 7-12 Reading and Content Literacy
• SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching
• SEED 495 - Practicum

Gen Ed Requirements - 37 semester hours

• MATH - Gen Ed - Mathematics - 3 semester hours
• Gen Ed - Social Science - 6 semester hours
  (See footnote * below)
• Gen Ed - Arts & Humanities - 6-9 semester hours
  (See footnote * below)
• Gen Ed - Natural Science & Lab - 8 semester hours

• ENGL 101 - Composition I
• ENGL 201 - Composition II

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• SPCM 215 - Public Speaking

• satisfied by major

• or

• SPCM 222 - Argumentation and Debate

• satisfied by major

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• WEL 100 - Wellness for Life
• WEL 100L - Wellness Lab

Notes

* Global Requirement: depending on your selection, this requirement will satisfy 3 hours of either Social Science or Arts & Humanities requirements. Take 1 course from AIS/HIST 257, ANTH 210, ARTH 211/212/251, ENGL 211/212, GEOG 210, HIST 121/122/153, HUM 100, MCOM 151, POLS 141/250

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.