Secondary Education/Theatre Education Certification

Departmental Requirements

• SEED 424 - 7-12 Language Arts Methods (C)
• THEA 141 - Technical Theatre I
• THEA 240 - Stage Costuming (C)
• THEA 243 - Make-Up (C)
• THEA 250 - Play Analysis (C)
• THEA 351 - Directing (C)
• THEA 461 - History of Theatre & Drama: Beginnings to 1600
• THEA 462 - History of Theatre & Drama: 1600-1860
• THEA 463 - Modern Drama & Theatre
• THEA 464 - Contemporary Drama & Theatre
• THEA 495 - Practicum (C)

Nondepartmental Requirements (36 hours)

• EDER 415 - Educational Assessment (C)
• EDFN 338 - Foundations of American Education (C)
• EDFN 475 - Human Relations (C)
• EPSY 302 - Educational Psychology (C)

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• EPSY 422 - Psychology of Adolescence (C)

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• EPSY 440 - Development Through the School Years

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• HLTH 103 - Personal Health (C)
• INED 411 - South Dakota Indian Studies (C)
• SEED 296 - Field Experience (C)
• SEED 394 - Internship (C)
• SEED 400 - Methods and Media in Middle/High School
• SEED 440 - Classroom Management
• SEED 450 - 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area (C)
• SEED 488 - 7-12 Student Teaching (C)

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• SPED 300 - Students With Exceptionalities (C)

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• SPED 405 - Educating Secondary Students With Disabilities (C)

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• TET 200 - Basic Skills in Technology
• TET 435 - Internet in the Classroom

Four-Year Plan

Note

Students must have a CGPA of 2.5 to co-register for EDFN 338 and SEED 296.

Must be admitted into Teacher Education to be enrolled in courses in second semester junior level and beyond.

Students must have an Academic Teaching Minor including a methods course. Speech, English, or a Modern Language are suggested.

Exit Test:

Theatre Education majors are required to complete an exit test which among others will include an item on the ability to organize a comprehensive fine arts curriculum and the knowledge of information of educational and vocational opportunities in fine arts.