Mar 04, 2025  
[DRAFT] 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
[DRAFT] 2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Secondary Education, B.S.Ed.

Location(s): On Campus


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Program Description

These single field programs are designed to prepare teachers of adolescents, largely at the secondary school level (grades 6 through 12). They lead to 6-12 teacher certification in the teaching fields of mathematics, broad field science (with a biology emphasis), chemistry, and physics in Georgia.

Program Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete this program will be able to: 

  1. Demonstrate their ability to plan and implement curriculum, utilize a range of instructional strategies including the effective use of technology, and differentiate instruction to meet the needs of all adolescent learners.
  2. Demonstrate their understanding of appropriate assessment strategies and their ability to design and implement effective assessment tools to measure student progress.
  3. Demonstrate their ability to create a positive, student-centered, and academically challenging learning environment where all students feel welcomed and valued.
  4. Demonstrate professional dispositions and the ability to communicate effectively with all stakeholders.

[icon]This program is a part of the Leland and Clarice C. Bagwell College of Education .

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Admissions, Enrollment, and Graduation Criteria

Admissions Criteria

Admission to teacher education is separate from Admissions  to Kennesaw State University. Students must meet the admission retention and graduation requirements outlined in the Teacher Education Admission, Enrollment, and Graduation Requirements  catalog page to pursue this degree program.

Enrollment Criteria

This program does not have specific enrollment requirements. 

Graduation Criteria

Each student is expected to meet the requirements outlined in Academic Policy 5.0 PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS & GRADUATION .

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Program Course Requirements

Core IMPACTS Curriculum (42 Credit Hours)


KSU’s General Education Core IMPACTS Curriculum  

Core IMPACTS Curriculum Requirements Specific to This Major


Science Majors: Students should take MATH 1113  or higher in Mathematics & Quantitative Skills and MATH 1179  or higher in Applied Math.

 

Science and Engineering Majors: Students should take two four-hour laboratory sciences in the Natural Sciences. Students may choose from CHEM 1211 /1211L  , CHEM 1212 /1212L  , PHYS 1111 /1111L  *, PHYS 1112 /1112L  , PHYS 2211 /2211L  *, PHYS 2212 /2212L , BIOL 1107 /1107L  , or BIOL 1108 /1108L .

*Students cannot take both PHYS 1111/L and PHYS 2211/L nor PHYS 1112/L and PHYS 2212/L.

Core Field of Study (18 Credit Hours)


Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses.

Major Requirements (28-29 Credit Hours)


Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses.

Major Concentrations - Teaching Field Requirements (31-32 Credit Hours)


Students must earn a grade of “C” or better in these courses.

Biology Teaching Field


Chemistry Teaching Field


Mathematics Teaching Field


Physics Teaching Field


Program Total (120 Credit Hours)