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    Nov 21, 2024  
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin 
    
Missouri Baptist University 2024-2025 Graduate Bulletin

Social Science (Grades 9-12) Certification


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CIP Code: 13.1317

NOTE: Secondary school candidates may opt to complete certification in one or two concentration areas. In addition, secondary certification may be combined with middle school certification in the same content area, earning subject-specific certification in grades 5-12. Driver Education is available as an add-on area.

Content areas for secondary certification (9-12) include the following: Biology, Business Education, Chemistry, English, Marketing Education, Mathematics, Social Science, and Speech/Theatre.

Content area courses are undergraduate-only unless otherwise noted.

See your advisor for certification requirements.

Professional Requirements


Content Planning and Delivery/Individual Student Needs/Schools and the Teaching Profession

Total: 35 Hours


Note(s)


^Teacher Education Program Gateway course – requires a grade of B or better (may be repeated once)
Requires enrollment in EDAS WM7 Watermark 7-Year License as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

1Undergraduate-only courses required for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
2Undergraduate-only course required in preparation for approval to student teach.
3Undergraduate-only course required in conjunction with Student Teaching.
‡Students who transfer in a course for EDRD 423/523  which does not include an equivalent field experience must complete: EDCL 420/520 
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Field and Clinical Experiences


See your advisor for certification requirements.

Total: 14 Hours


Note(s)


1Undergraduate-only courses

^Teacher Education Program Gateway course – requires a grade of B or better (may be repeated once)

Students who transfer in a course for EDCL 211 with a grade of B or better who do not have a MEES evaluation (or equivalent) must take EDCL 200 Transfer Field Experience.1

Requires enrollment in EDAS WM7 Watermark 7-Year License as co-requisite/pre-requisite.

*Candidates pursuing secondary/middle combined certification must complete EDCL 411/511  in a middle school setting.

Instructional Strategies and Techniques in Content Specialty Area


Total: 3 Hours


Content Area Requirements


  • HIWO 113 - World History I
  • HIWO 123 - World History II

Upper Division European, Latin American, Asian, or other World (non-U.S.) history – 3 hours

  • HIUS 213 - United States History I
  • HIUS 223 - United States History II

Upper division American history electives – 6 hours

  • ECON 103 - Survey of Economics for Non-Business Majors
  • EDGE 203 - Introduction to World Geography
  • POLS 103 - U.S. and Missouri Government and Constitution
  • One course from the following:
    • POLS 123 - State and Local Government
    • POLS 363 The African American Constitutional Experience
    • POPH 333 Political Philosophy
    • HIPO 343 The American Presidency
    • HIPO 353 American Political Thought
    • CRPO 453 Constitutional Law I

Behavioral Science – 6 hours from the following:

  • PSYC 133 General Psychology
  • SOCO 113 Introduction to Sociology
  • SOHI 213 Worldview and Social Issues
  • SOCO 353 Cultural Anthropology

Total: 39 Hours


Total: 91 Hours


NOTE(S)

If applied to satisfy political science requirement cannot be used for U.S. history