Content Area Course Requirements: 

Content Area Courses : An undergraduate major in History or 32 semester hours in the social sciences.  Either option must include coursework from the following:

• At least 24 hours of history including
  • U.S. Survey course
  • Western Civilization survey course
  • Global or world history
  • Illinois history
• One course in Psychology
• At least one course in two other social science disciplines (Sociology, Anthropology, Economics, Geography, and Political Science)

Professional Sequence Course Requirements: 

• Year One Spring Semester
  • CI 401 T Introductory Teaching in a Diverse Society
  • CI 473 Disciplinary Literacy
• Year Two Fall Semester
  • CI 403 T Teaching a Diverse High School Student Population
  • CI/EPSY 485 Assessing Student Performance
  • SPED 405 General Educator's Role in SPED *or*
  • SPED 517 Disability Issues in SPED
• Year Two Spring Semester
  • CI 404 T Teaching and Assessing Secondary School Students
  • EDPR 442 Educational Practice in Secondary Education (Student Teaching)

Prior to Student Teaching

• Pass the ILTS Social Science: History content-area test.

Minimum GPA Requirements

• Content and Professional Education GPA: 2.5
• Graduate GPA: 3.0
• *Note: State rules mandate that no course with a grade lower than C- can be used towards licensure, endorsement, or approvals.  This means courses with a D+ or lower cannot be used. 

Master Degree Requirements

In addition to the above professional sequence, students must complete the following to obtain a Master's degree:

• Three 500-level courses in Education (CI, EOL, EPOL, EPS, EPSY, HRD, SPED) or two 500-level courses in Education if SPED 517 is taken
• One approved 4-credit-hour foundations course

More information on the Master of Education program, including information on approved foundation courses, can be found in the College of Education Handbook and the Academic Catalog.

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