Education, Required Professional Courses

Requirements

(Elementary, Secondary, and Special Subject Areas)

For teacher licensure, required professional education courses are:

EDU 300 - Introduction and Foundations of Education Credit Hours: 2
EDU 300.1 - Pre-Teaching Field Experience Credit Hours: 1
EDU 372 - Survey of the Exceptional Child Credit Hours: 3
EDU 436 - Classroom Management Credit Hours: 3
EDU 450 - Tests, Measurements, and Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
EDU 478 - The Teaching Residency I Credit Hours: 3

Six or More Hours of Student Teaching

EDU 483 - Student Teaching Internship in the Elementary School Credit Hours: 6-12
EDU 484 - Student Teaching Internship in the Secondary School Credit Hours: 6-12
or
EDU 496 - Student Teaching Internship in Special Subject Areas (Art, Health and Physical Education, and Music) Credit Hours: 6-12

Residency II—Student Teaching Internship Requirements

A teacher candidate may take directed teaching (EDU 483 , EDU 484 , EDU 496 ) in one of the cooperating school districts during his/her senior year provided the following requirements have been met:

Be a senior (completed at least 90 semester hours).
Have been admitted to teacher education for one trimester.
Have earned an overall grade point average of 2.75 or higher.
Have earned grades of C or better in all professional education courses.
Have earned a grade of C or better in all courses in major teaching field.
Hold a valid Pre-service License from the Mississippi Department of Education.
Have approval of the chair of the curriculum and instruction department and director of Residency I.
In addition to admission to teacher education requirements, the student must pass Residency I, have the approval of the director of student teaching, and have achieved the required scores on all exams required by Mississippi Department of Education.
Must have completed all specialty and professional courses with a minimum grade of C or better in each course. Special permission from the chairman of the department of curriculum and instruction must be secured to take courses during or after student teaching.

Licensure applications cannot be processed until all requirements are met.

Notes:

All students, including teacher assistants, are required to complete Residency I and Residency II (student teaching internship).