Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 
    
    Mar 28, 2024  
Undergraduate Catalog 2021-2022 [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Interdisciplinary Studies, EC-6 Certification, BS


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Total number of hours required for this degree:
120 semester hours

Total number of hours in major:
 76 semester hours

Total number of advanced hours required in major:
48 semester hours

(Includes clinical teaching and fulfills all academic requirements for state teacher certification)

EC-6 Certification Electives 6 hrs


EDUC or SPED Elective 6 hrs

Additional Foundation Required Courses: 13 hrs


Suggested Sequence of Courses for BS in Interdisciplinary Studies – EC-6 certification:


Fall - Year One


ENGLISH - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

HISTORY - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

NATURAL SCIENCE - 4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

FINE ARTS - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 16 hrs


ENGLISH - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

MATHEMATICS 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

THEOLOGY - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15 hrs


Summer - Year One


FOREIGN LANGUAGE - 3-4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 3-4 hrs


Note(s):


*Spanish credit can be obtained through Advanced Placement credit (AP), CLEP credit.

**Students may take some GE courses in summer school with advisor approval to reduce load during school year if needed during years one and two.

ORAL COMMUNICATION - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

LITERATURE - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

SOCIAL SCIENCE - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 15 hrs


PHILOSOPHY - 3 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 16 hrs


Total: 15 hrs


Total: 15 hrs


Summer Year Three


NATURAL SCIENCE - 4 hrs


General Education Requirements  

Total: 4 hrs


Total: 15 hrs


Total: 6 hrs


Note(s):


The following components are required in all degrees:
General education, major, and verification completion of:

  • overall semester hours - 120
  • institutional semester hours - 45
  • overall advanced hours - 36
  • institutional advanced hours - 24

Required General Education courses:

HIST 1301 , HIST 1302 , POLS 1301 , MATH 1304 , CSCD 2341  or SPAN 1411  

Two Science courses required one Life Science and one Physical Science, one course must have a lab. 

Recommended Science Courses:

BIOL 1400 , PHSC 1400  

Other course requirements:
Professional Education courses may not be taken until after students are officially admitted to the teacher education program

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification must earn a C or better in all Foundation, Supporting and Professional Education courses.

Candidates seeking EC-6 Certification may earn only one D in PHIL, Foreign Language or THSA as long as the cululative GPA requirement is met.  These three courses fulfull General Education requirements and are not considered “content” courses per TEA.

Acceptable minor fields:
None required

Required Courses for Additional Certitifcations:

ESL: EDUC 3310 , EDUC 4364  

Bilingual - SPAN 1412 , SPAN 2311 , SPAN 2312 , SPAN 3301 , SPAN 3302 , EDUC 3320 , EDUC 4340 , EDUC 4364  

Special Education: SPED 4324 , SPED 4351 , SPED 5343  

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