MINOR IN SECONDARY EDUCATION:
BACHELOR OF ARTS OR BACHELOR OF SCIENCE

Coordinator:  Dr. Tina Heafner

Departments:  An appropriate academic department in the College of Arts and Sciences in collaboration with the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education (MDSK) in the College of Education

Minor in Secondary Education: A minor in Secondary Education requires 33 hours, including a 3-hour introductory course and 15 hours for the student teaching semester.  Students wishing to minor in Secondary Education must be approved for admission to the minor by meeting statewide teacher education program admission requirements.  Advising and admission to the minor are administered through the Office of Teacher Education and Licensure (TEAL) in the College of Education.  The criteria for admission include 45 earned credit hours, a GPA of 2.5 or higher, a major in a subject area for which there is teacher licensure (English, math, biology, chemistry, earth sciences, physics, history, and geography), a grade of C or better in MDSK 2100, passing scores on the SAT, ACT, or Praxis I tests, and the recommendation of their major advisor. After admission to the minor, advising is offered through the Department of Middle, Secondary, and K-12 Education in collaboration with advising in the student's major department.  The minor is designed to be coordinated with junior and senior level coursework in the major, with the final semester being full-time student teaching.  Successful completion of the minor will lead to a recommendation for the initial teaching license in the high school subject area associated with the student's major.

Licensure: The Minor in Secondary Education qualifies graduates for an entry-level (“A”) license to teach in one of the following subject areas in grades 9-12:  English, History, Comprehensive Social Studies, Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, Physics, or Comprehensive Science.  Students major in an appropriate Arts and Sciences discipline and also complete a sequence of courses (including student teaching) in secondary education.  The Comprehensive Social Studies license builds on a major in History; the Comprehensive Science license builds on a major in Earth Sciences.

Program Objectives. Graduates of the Minor in Secondary Education program are prepared to:  design a curriculum that is integrated, competency- and technology-based, and relevant to students’ future academic and career expectations; transform their knowledge of a discipline so that it is accessible to high school students; use teaching methods appropriate to the unique developmental needs of adolescents; make informed decisions about curricular issues and instructional practices in secondary education; demonstrate pervasive caring and innovative leadership in their work with students and colleagues; and function as lifelong learners, especially in their discipline.

Degree Requirements.  The Minor in Secondary Education requires a major in the College of Arts and Sciences in a discipline relevant to the curriculum in grades 9-12 and a maximum of 128 hours as follows:

Faculty:

	Lilian Brannon, Ed.D. Texas A & M-Commerce
	Rosslyn Crandell, M.Ed. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	Myra Dietz, M.S. Nazareth College of Rochester
	Tarra Ellis, M.Ed. University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	Warren DiBiase, Ed.D. West Virginia University
	Adam Harbaugh, PhD. Texas A&M University
	Laura Hart, MAED Western Carolina University                       MSA University of North Carolina at Charlotte
	Tina Heafner, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
	Charles Hutchison, Ph.D. Georgia State University
	Vicki Jaus, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
	Jeanneine Jones, Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
	Scott Kissau, Ph.D. University of Windsor
	Theresa Perez, Ph.D. Stanford University
	Teresa Petty, Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	David Pugalee, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Lan Quach, Ph.D. University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
	Spencer Salas, Ph.D. University of Georgia
	Melba Spooner, Ed.D. University of North Carolina at Greensboro
	Rosemary Traore, Ph.D. Temple University
	Greg Wiggan, Ph.D. Georgia State University