Secondary Education B.A. (English, General Science, History, Mathematics, Social Studies)

Retention Requirements

1. A minimum cumulative G.P.A. of 2.75 each semester.
2. A minimum grade of B- in all teacher education courses.
3. A satisfactory G.P.A. in the content specific areas.
4. Positive recommendations from all education instructors based on academic work, fieldwork, and professional behavior.

If a student’s G.P.A. falls below the minimum 2.75, or if the required G.P.A. in the major falls below the minimum, the student will be put on probation, which means the student cannot continue to take courses in the professional education sequence until the probationary status is removed. If either the overall G.P.A. or the required G.P.A. in the major falls below the minimum for two consecutive semesters, the student may be suspended or dismissed from the secondary education program.

Course Requirements

Courses

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CEP 215	Introduction to Educational Psychology	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FNED 101	Introduction to Teaching and Learning	2	Fall, Spring, Summer.
FNED 246	Schooling for Social Justice	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SED 206	Educational Assessment and Pedagog	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
SED 306W	Inquiry into Discourses, Literacies, and Policies	4	Fall, Spring.
SED 421/TECH 421/WLED 421	Student Teaching in the Secondary School	9	Spring.
SED 422/TECH 422/WLED 422	Student Teaching Seminar in Secondary Education	3	Spring.
SPED 333	Introduction to Special Education: Policies/Practices	3	Fall, Spring.
TESL 401	Introduction to Teaching Emergent Bilinguals	4	Fall, Spring.

Note: To be admitted into SED 306 students must be admitted into FSEHD, and to take their Practicum I course (SED 31X) they must submit passing scores for both the Praxis II content tests and the Praxis II: Principles of Learning and Teaching Tests.

Total Credit Hours: 37

Secondary Education English Major

Students electing a major in English apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (G.P.A.). Students must maintain the content G.P.A. of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain English Certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 313	Critical Writing and Teaching in Schools	4	Spring.
SED 413	Social Justice Teaching in English Education	4	Fall.
SPED 433	Special Education: Best Practices and Applications	3	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
TESL 402	Applications of Second Language Acquisition	3	Fall, Spring.

English

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 200W	Reading Literature and Culture	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 208	British Literature	4	Annually.
ENGL 209	American Literature	4	Annually.
ENGL 212	Adolescent Literature: Images of Youth	4	Annually.
ENGL 300W	Introduction to Theory and Criticism	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 345	Shakespeare: Histories and Comedies	4	As needed.
	-Or-
ENGL 346	Shakespeare: The Tragedies and Romances	4	As needed.
ENGL 432	Studies in the English Language	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE (Advanced Literature) from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 301	Reading America to the Civil War	4	As needed.
ENGL 302	Studies in American Literature 1860-1945	4	As needed.
ENGL 304	Studies in British Literature to 1500	4	As needed.
ENGL 305	Studies in British Literature 1500-1700	4	As needed.
ENGL 306	Studies in British Literature 1700-1914	4	As needed.
ENGL 307	Studies in Modernist and Contemporary Literature	4	As needed.
ENGL 315	Literature, Environment and Ecocriticism	4	As needed.
ENGL 324	Literature by Women	4	As needed.
ENGL 326	Studies in African American Literature	4	As needed.
ENGL 327	Studies in Multicultural American Literatures	4	As needed.
ENGL 335	Literatures of the World to 1500	4	As needed.
ENGL 336	Reading Globally	4	As needed.
ENGL 340	Studies in Poetry, Drama or Prose	4	As needed.
ENGL 341	Studies in Literature and Film	4	As needed.
ENGL 350	Topics Course in English	4	As needed.

ONE COURSE (Diverse Literatures) from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 324	Literature by Women	4	As needed.
ENGL 326	Studies in African American Literature	4	As needed.
ENGL 327	Studies in Multicultural American Literatures	4	As needed.
ENGL 336	Reading Globally	4	As needed.
ENGL 350	Topics Course in English	4	As needed.

NOTE: ENGL 350 - when on appropriate topic.

ONE COURSE (Writing) from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ENGL 220W	Introduction to Creative Writing	4	Fall, Spring.
ENGL 222W	Introduction to Professional Writing	4	Annually
ENGL 231W	Multimodal Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 232W	Public and Community Writing	4	Spring.
ENGL 378W	Advanced Workshop in Professional Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 379W	Rhetoric for Professional Writing	4	Alternate years.
ENGL 460W	Seminar in English	4	Fall, Spring.

Note: There are 88 total required credits for a Secondary Education English Major: 37 credits as required of all SED students and 51 credits of English Content courses.

Secondary Education General Science Major (Enrollment currently suspended.)

Students electing a major in General Science apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 2.50 in their content grade point average (GPA) and a minimum grade of C. Students must maintain the content GPA of 2.50 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain General Science certification.  In addition to the requirements below, students must choose an additional area of certification (CUS in biology, CUS in chemistry, CUS in physics, or middle level certification) to pair with the General Science certification requirements.

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 316	Teaching Science, Society, and Technology	4	Spring.
SED 416	Practicum in Secondary Science Education	4	Fall.
SPED 433	Special Education: Best Practices and Applications	3	Fall, Spring.
	-Or-
TESL 402	Applications of Second Language Acquisition	3	Fall, Spring.

Biology

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 111	Introductory Biology I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
BIOL 112	Introductory Biology II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Chemistry

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
CHEM 103	General Chemistry I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
CHEM 104	General Chemistry II	4	Spring, Summer.

History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 108	History of Science and Medicine	4	Annually.

Mathematics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 209	Precalculus Mathematics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

TWO COURSES from

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PSCI 211	Introduction to Astronomy	4	Fall, Spring.
PSCI 212	Introduction to Geology	4	Fall, Summer.
PSCI 214	Introduction to Meteorology	4	Fall.
PSCI 217	Introduction to Oceanography	4	Spring.

Physics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
PHYS 101	Physics for Science and Mathematics I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
PHYS 102	Physics for Science and Mathematics II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE RESEARCH COURSE from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
BIOL 491-494	Research in Biology	1	Fall, Spring, Summer
CHEM 491-493	Research in Chemistry	1	As needed.
PHYS 491-493	Research in Physics	1	As needed.
PSCI 491-493	Research in Physical Science	1	As needed.

Note: There are 89 total required credits for a Secondary Education General Science Major: 37 credits as required of all SED students and 52 credits of General Science Content courses.

Secondary Education History/Social Studies Major

Students electing a major in History/Social Studies apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include a 3.00 in their content grade point average (GPA). To be admitted into SED 306W students must be admitted into FSEHD, and to take their Practicum I course (SED 314) they should submit passing scores for the Praxis II content test (5081). Students must maintain a content GPA of 3.00 for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain Social Studies, Grade 7-12 certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 314	Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning I	4	Spring.
SED 414	Responsive Social Studies Teaching/Learning II	4	Fall.

Economics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ECON 200	Introduction to Economics	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

Geography

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
GEOG 401	Geography for Social Studies Educators	4	Spring.

Political Science

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
POL 102	American Government	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

ONE COURSE from Social Science:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
ANTH 101	Introduction to Cultural Anthropology	4	Fall, Spring.
GEOG 200	World Regional Geography	4	Fall, Spring.
GLOB 260	Global Studies and the World	4	Annually.
POL 103	Global Politics	4	Fall, Spring.
POL 204	Introduction to Political Thought	4	As needed.
POL 358	The American Congress	4	Every third semester.
SOC 200	Introduction to Sociology	4	Fall, Spring.
SOC 204	Urban Sociology	4	As needed.
SOC 208	The Sociology of Race and Ethnicity	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.

History

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 281W	History Matters I: Methods and Skills	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 282W	History Matters II: Historical Research	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 389W	History Matters III: Senior Research Project	2	Fall, Spring.

TWO COURSES from:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 201	U.S. History: 1400-1800	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 202	U.S. History: 1800-1920	3	Fall, Spring.
HIST 203	U.S. History: 1920 to the Present	3	Fall, Spring.

ONE COURSE from U.S. History:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 209	The American Revolution	3	Annually.
HIST 217	American Gender and Women’s History	3	Annually.
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 219	Popular Culture in Twentieth Century America	3	Alternate years.
HIST 243	Latino Peoples and US History	3	Annually.
HIST 320	American Colonial History	3	Annually.
HIST 323	The Gilded Age and Progressive Era	3	Alternate years.
HIST 324	Crises of American Modernity, 1914-1945	3	Annually.
HIST 325	Superpower America 1945-1990	3	Annually.
HIST 328	History of the American West	3	As needed.
HIST 329	Civil War and Reconstruction	3	As needed.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 331	Rhode Island History	3	Spring.
HIST 334	African American History	3	Annually.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.

ONE COURSE from European History:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 220	Ancient Greece	3	Alternate years.
HIST 221	The Roman Republic	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 223	Medieval History	3	Alternate years.
HIST 224	The Glorious Renaissance	3	Fall.
HIST 234	Challenges and Confrontations: Women in Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 235	Voices of the Great War	3	Alternate years.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 307	Europe in the Age of Enlightenment	3	As needed.
HIST 308	Europe in the Age of Revolution, 1789 to 1850	3	As needed.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 311	The Origins of Russia to 1700	3	Alternate years.
HIST 312	Russia from Peter to Lenin	3	Alternate years.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.

ONE COURSE from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East:

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 274	The History of the Dominican Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 345	Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

ONE COURSE from Global History or Non-Western History (Africa, Asia, Latin America, Middle East):

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
HIST 218	American Foreign Policy: 1945 to the Present	3	Fall.
HIST 222	The Roman Empire	3	Alternate Years.
HIST 236	Post-Independence Africa	3	Annually.
HIST 238	Early Imperial China	3	As needed.
HIST 239	Japanese History through Art and Literature	3	Alternate years.
HIST 241	Colonial and Neocolonial Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 242	Modern Latin America	3	Annually.
HIST 243	Latino Peoples and US History	3	Annually.
HIST 258	Environmental History	3	Annually.
HIST 272	Globalization, 15th Century to the Present	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
HIST 274	The History of the Dominican Republic	4	Annually.
HIST 309	Europe in the Age of Nationalism, 1850 to 1914	3	As needed.
HIST 310	Twentieth-Century Europe	3	As needed.
HIST 313	The Soviet Union and After	3	Alternate years.
HIST 330	History of American Immigration	3	As needed.
HIST 336	The United States and the Emerging World	3	Spring.
HIST 340	The Muslim World from the Age of Muhammad to 1800	3	As needed.
HIST 341	The Muslim World in Modern Times, 1800 to the Present	3	As needed.
HIST 345	Conflict, Globalization, and Modern East Asia	3	As needed.
HIST 348	Africa under Colonial Rule	3	Annually.

Note: ECON 200 will double-count as the General Education Social and Behavioral Sciences distribution (SB).

Note: Only Connections Courses listed here can be used to satisfy program requirements.

 

Note: There are 87 total required credits for a Secondary Education History/Social Studies Major: 45 credits as required of all SED students and 42 credits of History and Social Science Content courses.

 

 

Secondary Education Mathematics Major

Students electing a major in Mathematics apply to the Feinstein School of Education and Human Development and meet admission requirements that include an average grade of 2.50 or higher in all (completed) mathematics courses in the program as well as completion of 8 credits of mathematics courses in the program. Students must maintain an average grade of 2.50 or higher in all (completed) mathematics courses in the program for retention and, along with satisfactorily completing required courses in secondary education (minimum grade B-), complete the following courses to obtain Mathematics certification:

Requirements

Secondary Education

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
SED 315	Teaching Mathematics in a Diverse Classroom	4	Spring.
SED 415	Rethinking Mathematics Teaching and Learning	4	Fall.

Mathematics

Course	Title	Credits	Offered
MATH 212	Calculus I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 213	Calculus II	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 240	Statistical Methods I	4	Fall, Spring, Summer.
MATH 300W	Bridge to Advanced Mathematics	4	Spring.
MATH 314	Calculus III	4	Fall, Spring.
MATH 315	Linear Algebra	4	Fall.
MATH 324	College Geometry	4	Spring.
MATH 431	Number Theory	3	Fall, Spring.
MATH 432	Introduction to Abstract Algebra	4	Spring.
MATH 441	Introduction to Probability	4	Fall.
MATH 458W	History of Mathematics	4	Fall.

Note: There are 90 total required credits for a Secondary Education Mathematics Major: 37 credits as required of all SED students and 53 credits of Mathematics Content courses.

Note: To enroll in SED 415, students must have completed the calculus sequence: MATH 212, MATH 213, MATH 314; in addition to MATH 240, MATH 300, MATH 315, MATH 324; and at least concurrent enrollment in MATH 432. Prior to enrollment in SED 421 and SED 422, students must have completed all requirements in the mathematics major.