Teacher Education Minor in Secondary School Teaching
This minor is a component of the teaching option within the following
Science and Letters majors: biology, chemistry, English, geology,
history, mathematics, and physics. Enrollment is limited to candidates
in these options. For admission to the teaching option within those
majors, see the College of Liberal
Arts and Sciences.
Transfer into the teaching option within a major can be made only
by students who have received approval to complete the minor in education.
Approval for admission to the minor in education is gained by successful
application to the Department of Curriculum and Instruction in the
College of Education, upon recommendation by the subject area committees
of the Council on Teacher Education. Illinois law and Council on Teacher
Education policy require that all candidates for admission to a teacher
preparation program pass the Illinois Certification Testing System
test of Basic Skills prior to admission.
Prerequisites for the minor: Students must pass the Illinois Certification
Testing System test of Basic Skills; be in good academic standing;
have a minimum UIUC and cumulative gpa of 2.5; and successfully complete
EPSY 201 and EPS 201 or 202. Additionally, each major stipulates other
prerequisite courses that must be completed before admission to the
teaching option. Interested students should see the academic advisers
in the major or the LAS Coordinator of Secondary Education Advising
for information on prerequisite courses.
Some students will be able to complete all the prerequisite courses
for transfer into the teaching option of their major by the spring
of their sophomore year; those students may be able to complete the
requirements for the bachelor's degree in LAS, as well as the minor
in education and all other requirements for teacher certification
in four years. Students who establish eligibility to transfer into
the teaching option of their major in the spring of their junior year
will need five years to satisfy the requirements for teacher certification.
In order to be recommended for certification, candidates are required
to maintain UIUC, cumulative, content area, and professional education
grade point averages of 2.5 (A=4.0). Candidates should consult their
advisor or the Council on Teacher Education for the list of courses
used to compute these grade point averages.
| Hours |
Required Courses |
| 1 |
CI 335–Content Area App of
Educ Tech |
| 3 |
CI 401–Intro Tchg in a Diverse
Societ |
| 3 |
CI 402–Tchg Diverse Middle
Grade Stu |
| 3 |
CI 403–Tchg Diverse Senior
High School Stu |
| 4 |
CI 404–Tchg
and Assessing Secondary School Students1 |
| 1 |
CI 473-Literacy in Content Areas1 |
| 1 |
EOL 440–Prof Issues for Teachers |
| 3-4 |
EPS 201/202–Foundations of
Education |
| 3 |
EPSY 201–Educational Psychology |
| 2 |
EPSY 430–Early Adolescent Development |
| 2 |
EPSY 485–Assessing Student
Performance |
| 1 |
SPED 205–Introduction to Special
Needs |
| 2 |
SPED 405–Gen Educator's Role
in SPED |
| 8 |
EDPR 442–Ed Prac in Secondary
Ed2 |
| 37-38 |
Total |
1. Students completing the Teacher Education Minor
in Secondary School Teaching with a specialization in English complete
the requirements for a course in the teaching of reading in the
content area through successful completion of CI 401and 404. They
are not required to complete CI 473.
2. Illinois law and Council on Teacher Education policy require that
all candidates for certification pass the appropriate Illinois Certification
System test in their content major prior to student teaching.
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