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    Dec 06, 2025  
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog

Teacher Education Academic Endorsement Requirements

Location(s): Hattiesburg Campus, Tradition Campus, 100% Online, Hybrid


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Elementary Education (K-6 Licensure), B.S. (121 hrs) - PENDING APPROVAL MAY 2026  has the following endorsements: English (7-12), General Science (7-12), Reading (K-12), and Social Studies (7-12). Elementary education students may add additional endorsements by completing specific coursework as indicated below. All coursework, including any additional endorsement coursework, must be completed prior to enrolling in EDU 4830 Residency II: Student Teaching in the Elementary School .

Students majoring in secondary or K-12 teacher education programs may elect to add supplemental academic endorsements to their degree plan by completing specific coursework as indicated below. Students interested in adding an endorsement(s) to their degree plan must notify and obtain consent from their major area of study prior to enrolling in the required courses. Students interested in enrolling in an ECE, EDR, or EDU-prefix course, other than those courses required by their respective degree plan, must obtain permission from the School of Education prior to enrolling. All coursework, including endorsement coursework, must be completed prior to enrolling in EDU 4840 Residency II: Student Teaching in the Secondary School  or EDU 4960 Residency II: Student Teaching in K-12 Subjects .

The Pre-K endorsement is available only to elementary education majors; secondary and K-12 teacher education majors are not eligible.

Remedial and developmental courses cannot be used to satisfy an endorsement requirement. All endorsement courses require a minimum grade of ‘C’.

K-6 ENDORSEMENTS (18hrs) & 7-12 ENDORSEMENTS (21 hrs)


A minimum grade of ‘C’ is required in each course.

ENGLISH 

   

SCIENCE 

   

MATH (7-8) 

   

MILD/ MODERATE 

   

READING 

ENG 1010 

 

LAB (4) 

 

MAT 1160  or higher 

 

EDU 3720 

 

EDR 3060 

ENG 1020 

 

LAB (4) 

 

MAT 1310  

 

EDU 4600 

 

EDR 3080 

ENG 2110 

 

LAB (4) 

 

MAT 3160 or higher 

 

EDU 4680 

 

EDR 3110 

ENG        

 

SCI (3) 

 

EDU 4130 

 

EDU 4690 

 

EDR 4070 

ENG         

 

EDU 3460 

 

MAT       

 

EDU 4630 

 

EDR 4410 

EDR 4070 

 

 

 

MAT       

 

EDU 4640 

 

 

 

SOCIAL STUDIES 

   

Pre-K

   

MATH 7-12 

HIS 1010/2010

 

ECE 4300

 

MAT 1500 

HIS 1020/2020 

 

EDR 3080

 

MAT 1510 

ANY SOCIAL SCIENCE 

 

EDU 3720

 

MAT 1520 

PSY 2010 

 

EDU 4090

 

MAT 2700 

PSY 2020 OR 2040 

 

 

 

MAT 3410 

EDU 3450 

 

 

 

MAT 3450 

 

 

 

 

MAT 4360 

 

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