Secondary Education

Allison Dolloff & Haley Plush
Mar 30, 2017
2 min read

The process of getting a secondary education degree is designed to help prepare student to become teachers. Helping students to choose a major topic and graduate with the ability to teach at a upper level.

Within the education department the exact number is unknown, however education is one of the most prominent departments at the university.

Education: The typical class sizes in this area as the students go more into their subjects and majors are about 25-30 people in some, and in others 15-20 people. As the students start dispersing from the giant lectures they start to go into smaller classes where the teacher per student ratio is closer.

The different concentrations within the major/discipline in secondary education;

Agricultural Education
Art Education (K-12)
English Education
Mathematics Education
Modern Languages Education
Science Education
Social Studies Education
Technical Education (UW/CC)
For a major in secondary
- English Education: for a general knowledge of human culture. Physical and natural world, and the US/ WY Constitution: ECON 1200, HIST 1211, HIST 1221, HIST 1251, POLS 1000, additional required courses (48 hours minimum): one Shakespeare of Renaissance Literature course, two 4000-level-Pre-20th century courses (6 hours), one emerging fields and approaches course, Senior Seminar in English: requires advanced standing, Young Adult Literature: offered only in Spring and Summer semesters, Linguistics, miscellaneous English electives (6 hours minimum; 2000 level or above), foreign language requirement of 12 hours

-math education: For a general knowledge of human culture. Physical and natural world, and the US/ WY Constitution: ECON 1200, HIST 1211, HIST 1221, HIST 1251, POLS 1000. Algebra sequence, Applied sequence, Analysis sequence, Math through 4600, two math depth classes, EDST through 4500, 42 hours minimum required

-science education: for a general knowledge of human culture. Physical and natural world, and the US/ WY Constitution: ECON 1200, HIST 1211, HIST 1221, HIST 1251, POLS 1000, Life through 3600, MOLB 3610 and 4100, Geology 4777, Biochemistry, Chemistry through 4507

There are multiple opportunities for clubs and groups in these disciplines for education. For science: botany and biology club, UWYO soil science club.

Education:
GPA minimums: 2.0

Internships: practicums (one semester)

Prerequisite courses (before declaring major) and Required courses: Basic Gen Eds. and Communication class 3, first aid and CPR

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