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Bachelor's

Secondary Teaching

Northwestern University School of Education and Social Policy 231 courses

About This Program

SESP’s interdisciplinary secondary teaching concentration combines subject-area courses in a chosen field from Weinberg College—biological sciences, chemistry, economics, English, history, mathematics, physics, political science, French or Spanish—with teacher education courses like child and adolescent development, and education theory and methods. The program leads to an Illinois Professional Educator license as well as a bachelor of science in education and social policy degree upon completion of licensure and degree requirements. The degree is 42 units. Similar to the other SESP concentrations, which have a four unit practicum in the third year, secondary teaching students must complete a four unit student teaching internship in the last year while enrolled in TEACH_ED 388-0 Student Teaching in Multilingual & Multicultural Contexts: Secondary Humanities or TEACH_ED 385-0 Student Teaching in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts: Secondary Math or TEACH_ED 386-0 Student Teaching in Multilingual and Multicultural Contexts: Secondary Science. Northwestern undergraduates in schools other than SESP (i.e. Weinberg College of Arts and Sciences, School of Communication, etc.) have the option to complete requirements for teacher licensure eligibility while staying in their home schoool.

Degree Requirements

2 additional 300-level chemistry courses credits
2 additional physics courses including at least 1 at the 300 level credits
Additional courses as needed to reach minimum 12 units credits

Professional Core

1 practicum/seminar: TEACH_ED 378-0 may also be replaced by TEACH_ED 376-0.

Professional Core

1 student teaching seminar (4 units): TEACH_ED 388-0 may also be replaced by TEACH_ED 386-0.

Biological Sciences

6 core science courses plus labs:

Biological Sciences

OR

Biological Sciences

2 course from Earth and Planetary Sciences (1 Earth and 1 Planetary):

Biological Sciences

3 additional chemistry courses and required labs:

Biological Sciences

OR

Biological Sciences

5 additional biological sciences courses plus 3 labs:

Biological Sciences

1 additional 300-level genetics or evolution course chosen from but not limited to:

Chemistry

OR

Chemistry

2 courses from Earth and Planetary Sciences (1 Earth and 1 Planetary):

Chemistry

6 additional chemistry courses and required labs: CHEM 142-0 may also be replaced by CHEM 162-0.

Physics

5 core science courses plus labs: CHEM 141-0 may also be replaced by CHEM 181-0.

Physics

2 courses from Earth and Planetary Sciences (1 Earth and 1 Planetary)

English

English

2 British Literature courses or 2 American Literature courses below but not limited to: ENGLISH 250-0 may also be replaced by ENGLISH 270-0.

Spanish

3 literature courses with at least 2 focusing on Latin-American literature selected from the following but not limited to:

French

Culture & Civilization:

Code Course Title Credits
FRENCH 201-0 Culture and Society 1

Mathematics

Additional required courses:

Mathematics

1 geometry course chosen from:

History

No more than 1 AP credit may be counted towards history course requirements. HISTORY 250-2 may also be replaced by HISTORY 201-2.

History

2 non-Western civilization courses such as:

History

4 courses to meet related core requirements in social sciences; no more than 1 may be met by AP credit:

Political Science

1 related core course chosen from the following:

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