Students choosing this program option must make a formal application for admission to the Middle & Secondary Education Department (MSE). Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met. See the description under the College of Education.
General Education 42
Foundations Requirements 13
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030 and COMM 1402: Requires a grade of B- or better.
MATH 1000: Requires a grade of C or better.
Note: A student whose qualifying score on the placement test make them eligible to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free electives instead of MATH 1000 to total 120 credits.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements 29
Humanities 9
ENG 2403: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Foreign Languages (Must take I and II for credit) | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
| HIST 1062 | WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS | 3 |
HIST 1062: GE Distribution Course required of all students.
Select Two GE Approved courses from two areas below:
| Economics or ES 1010 World Geography | 3 |
| Political Science | 3 |
| Psychology | 3 |
| Sociology or Anthropology | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Science and Mathematics 11
MATH 1054, BIO 1000 and ENV 1100: Requires a grade of C or better.
Note: A student whose qualifying score on the placement test makes them eligibles to take either MATH 1054 or MATH 2411 may start with that course instead. In that case, the student may take 3 additional credits of free elective instead of Math 1000 to total 120 credits.
Additional Required Courses 17
Additional Required Courses 17
Optional Course 1-2
Optional Course 1-2
ES 1996 (Optional) Freshman Research Experience (1 credit) course. Note: Suggested Optional course; This is a 1 credits research course that is not counted toward the credits required for the BA Degree. This course can be taken up to two (2) times.
Academic Major 61
Major Required Courses 27
Select 3 courses from ES, ENV or SUST
| 3000-4000 Level | 3 |
| 3000-4000 Level | 4 |
| 3000-4000 Level | 4 |
Major Capstone Course 3
| ES 4981 | ENVIRONMENTAL ISSUES SEMINAR | 3 |
ES 4981: Writing Emphasis (WE) course required by Major.
Professional Education 31
Sophomore Level
| EMSE 2801 | CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12 | 3 |
EMSE 2801: Secondary Education Major.
Acceptance into the University is not acceptance into the Secondary Education Department. This is a separate process. No Education courses beyond EMSE 2801 may be taken until the student is declared into the program. Please see admission/declaration requirements.
Junior Level
| EDUC 3000 | CURRICULUM, EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER | 3 |
| EDUC 3401 | LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING | 3 |
| EMSE 3122 | TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION | 3 |
| EMSE 3903 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS | 1 |
Senior Level
EMSE 4711 and EMSE 4811: Requires submission of application to the Teaching Performance Center (TPC). Clinical I and II must be done back to back an din consecutive semesters.
EMSE 3230: Should be completed in conjunction with Clinical I.
EMSE 4811: Requires a grade of C or better. As an NJDOE requirement, Clinical II must be done in the final semester prior to graduation and taken in conjunction with EDUC 4000, the Capstone Education class. Any additional course work left to that final Clinical II semester is discouraged and may only be done with written permission of the Dean of Education. All students are highly encouraged to complete all course requirements beyond EMSE 4811 (Clinical II) and EDUC 4000 prior to this final clinical II semester, as the even a few remaining credits will delay NJDOE's issue date of the Certification of Eligibility with Advanced Standing.
Students must successfully complete the edTPA in order to be eligible for certification.