Secondary Education, BSE (41-695) - Speech Communication and Theatre Option (E362) (123 hours)

Major Requirements: 40 Semester Hours

• THEA 1500  -  Acting (3)
• THEA 1600  -  Stagecraft (3)
• THEA 1900  -  Theatre Practicum (1) (2) - (1) Costume Shop and (1) Scene Shop
• THEA 2610  -  Design Fundamentals (3)
• THEA 3630  -  Studio Theatre I (1)
• THEA 3700  -  Directing (3)
• THEA 4400  -  Literature and History of the Theatre I (3)
• THEA 4730  -  Studio Theatre II (1)
• COMM 1000  -  Public Speaking GE (3)
• COMM 1200  -  Introduction to Mass Communication GE (3)
• COMM 2100  -  Introduction to Communication Theory (3)
• COMM 2330  -  Communication in Small Groups/Teams (3)
• COMM 2340  -  Argumentation and Debate (3)
• COMM 3391  -  Teaching High School Speech and Debate (3)
• DANC 3210  -  Musical Theatre Dance (3)

Professional Education: 41 Semester Hours

Must earn a 3.00 GPA or higher with no grade lower than a C in Professional Education courses.

• EDFL 2100  -  Introduction to the Teaching Profession (3)
• EDFL 2240  -  Educational Psychology GE (3)
• EDFL 2250  -  Introduction to English Language Learners and Culturally Responsive Pedagogy (2)
• EDFL 4210  -  Introduction to Content Area Literacy (2)
• EDFL 4212  -  Literacy in the Disciplines I (2)
• EDFL 4970  -  Secondary Teaching and Behavioral Management (2)
• EDFL 4972  -  Literacy in the Disciplines II (2)
• EDFL 4973  -  Classroom Management in Content Areas (1)
• EDFL 4974  -  Content Specific Assessment (1)
• EDSP 2100  -  Education of the Exceptional Child (3)
• FLDX 2150  -  Introductory Field Experience (1)
• FLDX 3000  -  Field Experience in the Content Area (1)
• FLDX 4970  -  Field Experience II in the Content Area (1)
• THEA 4984  -  Methods of Teaching Speech and Theatre (2)

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• CFD 1220  -  Child and Adolescent Development (3)

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• PSY 2220  -  Child and Adolescent Psychological Development (3)

• OR

• PSY 3220  -  Life-Span Development (3)

General Education: 42 Semester Hours

All students must complete a minimum of 42 credits hours in general education.  See The General Education Program Requirements  for full listing of requirements.  Some General Education courses included in the major are used to satisfy General Education requirements, but additional courses within the same General Education categories are not.
Besides those listed above, the following General Education classes are required in this program: 

• COMM 1000  -  Public Speaking GE (3)
• COMM 1200  -  Introduction to Mass Communication GE (3)
• COMM 3000  -  Film Appreciation GE (3)
• EDFL 2240  -  Educational Psychology GE (3)
• POLS 1510  -  American Government GE (3)
• THEA 1100  -  Oral Interpretation GE (3)
• THEA 2400  -  Discovering Theatre GE (3)
• WGS 2000  -  Intersections: Gender, Race, Class GE (3)

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• HIST 1350  -  History of the United States to 1877 GE (3)

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• HIST 1351  -  History of the United States from 1877 GE (3)

Speech Communication and Theatre Option Total: 123 Semester Hours

¹⁰ Competency 10 course