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Five Tracks in Secondary STEM Education

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STEM Education at Towson University

Secondary Education Tracks

Students who are pursuing a secondary teaching certificate in the STEM areas will begin their undergraduate careers as a mathematics major or science major in Biology, Chemistry, Earth and Space Science, or Physics. An advisor from one of these content areas will be assigned. Upon beginning their secondary education coursework, a faculty member with expertise in secondary school science teaching will be assigned as an additional advisor. Upon completion of the program, the student will receive a B.S. or B.A. degree from the Fisher College of Science and Mathematics.

The undergraduate requirements to obtain a secondary teaching certificate program are listed below. For student teaching, a minimum 2.75 is required in the professional education courses, and a minimum overall of 2.75 is required.

University Core Curriculum Courses: 41 credits + WRIT 312 History of Science (3)
         (12 of these credits satisfy both the University's Core Curriculum and Sec. Ed. requirements)

Major Courses: 32 - 45 credits, depending upon major

Education Courses

         Introductory Courses (12 credits)

  SCED 200 Foundations of Education

  SCED 305 Adolescent Learning, Development, and Diversity

  ISTC 301 Integrating Instructional Media

  SPED 301 Introduction to Special Education

         Core courses: (45 credits)

  SCED 341 Principles of Secondary Education

  SCED 460 Using Reading and Writing in Secondary School

Professional Year

         Internship semester (11 credits), Fall of Senior year

  SCED 499 Internship in Secondary Education

  SCED 461 Teaching Reading in the Secondary Content Area Methods

  SCIE 380 or MATH 423 Methods of Teaching Major Subject

         Student Teaching Semester (15 credits), Spring of Senior year

  SCIE 393 or MATH 426 Student Teaching (12 credits)

  SCED 401 Analyzing Student Teaching (2 credits)

  SCED 462 Seminar in Teaching Reading in the SCED Content Area (1 credit)

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         Five Tracks in Secondary STEM Education at Towson University.

The Jess and Mildred Fisher
College of Science and Mathematics
Smith Hall, Room 312 (campus map)
Phone: 410-704-2121
Fax: 410-704-2604
E-mail: fcsm@towson.edu