Requirements for a minor in Secondary Education:

Restricted Minor open only to students majoring in Biology, English, History, Social Studies or Mathematics

(Housed in the Cato School of Education)

EDUC 222 Foundations of American Education in Secondary Education
EDUC 270 Educational Technology
EDUC 310 Educational Psychology
EDUC 345 Content Area Reading
EDUC 436 Secondary Methods/ Materials

Plus EDUC 499C Professional Internship: Secondary Student Teaching
This course fulfills the internship requirement

Application to the Teacher Education Program

Students must apply to the Cato School of Education for admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP) by the end of the sophomore year, and prior to completing six Education courses for the Elementary Education program or two education courses for a secondary education program. Read the overview about the Praxis I testing requirement for getting accepted into the TEP and Praxis requirements for obtaining your North Carolina Teaching License.

Print, complete and return to the Cato School of Education the Teacher Education Program application.