Secondary Education - Interpersonal Relationship Management Communication
Effective Fall, 2009
Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in Communication Studies must declare majors in both Communication Studies (Interpersonal Relationship Management, Leadership and Social Influence, or Organizational Communication) and the corresponding Secondary Education Communication Studies track and complete the Communications Studies major course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.
A total of 121 credits are required for a bachelor of science in secondary education with a specialization in communications - interpersonal relationship management.
Required courses include:
Communication
20.311 Structures of English
20.312 History of the English Language
25.104 Interpersonal Communication
25.207 Investigating Communication
25.215 Communication Theory
25.220 Intercultural Communication
Select 4 courses (12 credits) from the following:
- 25.309 Gender Issues in Communication
- 25.313 Communication and Conflict
- 25.419 Communication in the Family
- 25.425 Communication in Relationships
- 25.426 Leadership and Team Building
Select electives from other areas of specialization (3 credits) from interpersonal relationship management:
- 25.306 Computer Applications for Professional Communicators
- 25.307 Communications For Business Professionals
- 25.407 Interviewing
- 25.423 Communications Training in Organizations
- 25.424 Corporate Communication
Secondary Education
60.206 Teachers, Schools and Society
60.251 Psychological Foundations of Education.
60.291 Principles of Teaching
60.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment
60.351 Teaching Communication
60.406 Multicultural Education
60.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience
60.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience
70.275 Linking Assessment
70.358 Methods of Instruction
Choose one of the following three courses:
- 60.204 Educational Computing and Technology
- 60.350 Instructional Design Systems
- 60.351 Virtual Learning Communities
General Education
Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:
20.101 Composition I
20.203 Approaches to Literary Study
25.103 Public Speaking
An American Literature Course
An English Literature Course
25.417 Evaluating Media Influence
26.102 Introduction to Theatre Arts
A mathematics course
46.211 Principles of Sociology
48.101 General Psychology
48.212 Adolescent. Psychology
70.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals
72.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or
79.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods
Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.