The secondary education program prepares students to teach in grades 7 through 12. Secondary educators teach in high schools, junior high schools, and middle schools.
Secondary teachers prepare to teach in one or more content areas.
A general description of the three parts of the 126 credit program is listed below. Details of program requirements are in the next section of this handbook. General Education . Courses in communications, humanities, social sciences, quantitative sciences, and natural sciences provide prospective secondary teachers with broad content background. A teacher is, first of all, a well-educated citizen.