Teacher Certification
General admission requirements: 56 semester hours of completed work with a 2.75 GPA overall and in French; experience working with youth, successful completion of the PLACE Basic Skills Assessment; 40 hours of liberal arts courses with at least 6 credits each in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences; $20 fee; written personal statement; letter of recommendation.
Teaching field courses: French requirements
are 30 semester hours in French and 6 hours
in a related field (i.e., Linguistics,
Political Science, History, etc.), all
at the 3000 level or above.
REQUIRED COURSES FOR SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATION:
FRENCH COURSES*:
- FREN 3010 - French Phonetics and Pronunciation (3 semester hours)
- FREN 3050/3060 - Grammar and Composition I,II (6 semester hours)
- FREN 3110/3120 - Survey of Literature I,II (6 semester hours)
- FREN 3500 - Current Events (or study abroad in France) (3 semester hours)
- FREN 4750 - Methods of Teaching French (3 semester hours)
- FREN 4960 - Supervised H.S. French Teaching (6 semester hours)
- Two other courses at the 3000 or 4000 level (1 literature, 1 culture) (6 semester hours)
TOTAL SEMESTER
HOURS = 33
*Note: Please see "Checklist for Secondary
French Teacher Licensure" in the Education
program office for residency and hours
requirements.
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES:
- EDUC 3013 - School and Society (4 semester hours)
- EDUC 3023 - Teaching in American Schools (4 semester hours)
- EDUC 4112 - Educational Psychology and Adolescent Development (3 semester hours)
- EDUC 4122 - Principles and Methods of Secondary Education (3 semester hours)
- EDUC 4232 - Language and Literacy Across the Curriculum (3 semester hours)
- EDUC 4513 - Education and Practice (2 semester hours)
- EDUC 4722 - Student Teaching-Secondary (concurrent with FREN 4960) (8 semester hours)
- Seminar in Student teaching (taken with EDUC 4722)
TOTAL SEMESTER HOURS = 27
