Minor Requirements

Early Adolescence and Adolescence Minor (Grades 6-12)

Students preparing for middle/secondary teaching must complete an appropriate major in the academic area in which they plan to teach and an early adolescence and adolescence education minor.

Please note: Current students should follow the printed version of the College Catalog, and work with their advisors and the department chair to ensure all requirements are met.

Required Courses

The minor consist of the following education courses:

EDU 1010 Education and Society
EDU 1050 Characteristics of Exceptional Learners
EDU 2220 Methods and Materials: Portfolio
EDU 3510 Techniques and Strategies for K-12 Schools (Required of Music and Physical Education majors only)
EDU 3520 Developmental and Content Reading
EDU 3540 Language Arts in Middle and Secondary Schools (Not required of Music and Physical Education majors)
EDU 3570 Classroom Management Middle/Secondary (Not required of Music and Physical Education majors)
(DEPT) 4200 Methods and Materials in the Major Field

Note: English majors must also take EDU 4130 Children's & Early Adolescent Literature.

Wisconsin Teacher Licensure Requirements

The following courses are required to complete the Wisconsin teacher licensure requirements:

EDU 2010 Educational Psychology and Assessment
EDU 4900 Student Teaching & Seminar

General Education Requirements

The following courses are required for licensure and taken as general education requirements for the Carthage degree:

HIS 1000 Issues in American History
Any appropriate Social Science course
Any appropriate Biological Science course*
Any appropriate Physical Science course*
*At least one must be a lab science.

Science and social science majors must satisfy the environmental education requirement by completing BIO 1020: Plants and People or BIO 1030: Conservation as their biological science, or GEO 1700: Physical Geography or GEO 2400: Environmental Geography Working with the Earth as their physical science requirement and other appropriate science courses.

Secondary Education students will complete the Senior Thesis in their major field.

Note: Topics courses may not be used to satisfy content course requirements.

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