Admission Requirements

Prior to admission to the certificate program, all students must have successfully completed the following courses as required in the K-12 Education Minor:

• ICL 3000 Principles of Teaching
• EDPR 3302 Child/Adolescent Development
• ICL 3333 Student Assessment/Instructional Decision Making
• ICL 4001 Teaching/Diverse Environment
• IDT 3600 Technology in Education
• SPED 2000 Foundations for Exceptional Learners

Admissions to the Secondary Education Certificate program will be completed on a rolling basis. 

Track A

Students with a degree in English, math, science, history, or World Languages through the College of Arts and Sciences 

1. Must have an undergraduate GPA of 2.75
2. Must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program 
   • For more information regarding the Teacher Education Program Requirements please click here.  
3. Must secure a teaching position prior to beginning certificate coursework

Track B

Students with a degree other than English, math, science, history, or World Languages through the College of Arts and Sciences 

1. Must have an undergraduate GPA of 2.75
2. Must pass the Praxis II content exam for the area they plan to teach
3. Must be admitted to the Teacher Education Program 
   • For more information regarding the Teacher Education Program Requirements please click here.  
4. Must secure a teaching position prior to beginning certificate coursework

Program Requirements:

• EDPR 7521 - Introduction to Research Design and Methodology ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ICL 7168 - Semnr Secondary Educ Credit Hours: (3)
• ICL 7303 - English Language Composition in the Secondary School ** Credit Hours: (3)

• or

• ICL 7502 - Teaching Mathematics in the Middle and Secondary School ** Credit Hours: (3)

• or

• ICL 7602 - Teaching Science in the Secondary School ** Credit Hours: (3)

• or

• ICL 7652 - Teaching Social Studies in the Middle and Secondary School ** Credit Hours: (3)
• ICL 7993 - Current Trends/Topics Exploring Diverse Issues in Education ** Credit Hours: (3)
• LITL 7545 - Tchg Lit Subject Areas ** Credit Hours: (2)

Graduation Requirements:

In order to graduate with the certificate, students must complete all five required courses with an overall GPA of 3.0 and no grades lower than C.
 

Additional requirements must be met in order to become eligible for the Tennessee Professional Teacher license.

Retention Requirements:

Students must maintain an overall GPA of 3.0 in all graduate certificate coursework, with no grades lower than C.