Urban Teachers – Teacher Preparation in Secondary English Language Arts

Total minimum hours: 42 hours (including 6 hours of certification coursework)

Basic Course Requirements (30 hours)   

• EDC 385G  Learning and Teaching in Urban Contexts
• EDC 382S  Teaching Secondary School Subjects: English & Reading
• EDC 380T  Writing Process and Pedagogy
• EDC 385G  Second Language Acquisition
• EDC 390T Literature for Young Adults
• EDC 382S Methods of Teaching English as a Second Language: Secondary
• EDC 698P Student Teaching Internship
• EDC 385G Literacy and Social Change
• SED 380 Inclusion, Disability, & Diversity in Secondary School Setting

Research Requirements (3 hours)  

• EDC 380R Educational Research and Design

Electives Requirements Outside the Department  (minimum: 6 hours)

Two electives (upper-division undergraduate or graduate courses) must be taken outside of Curriculum and Instruction (course numbers may not begin with “EDC”). We recommend exploring options in the following departments: 

• English
• Rhetoric and Writing
• Educational Psychology
• Special Education
• Educational Leadership and Policy
• African and African Diaspora Studies
• Mexican American Studies
• Asian American Studies

This program requires fieldwork in area schools, and to undertake that fieldwork, school districts require that university students each pass a criminal background check. If a student does not pass the criminal background check, she or he will be unable to complete the required work of the program, and any offer of admission will be canceled.

Once you successfully complete all of the steps to become a teacher, including passing the relevant exams approved by the Texas Education Agency, you may be recommended for certification to the TEA by our certification officer. Be sure to reference the Certification Checklist on the Field Experiences wiki for additional information.

Please see the Graduate School Catalog.