What is Secondary Education?

These single field programs are designed to prepare teachers of adolescents, largely at the secondary school level (grades 6 through 12). They lead to 6-12 teacher certification in the teaching fields of mathematics, broad field science (with a biology emphasis), chemistry, and physics in Georgia.

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Bagwell College of Education

Admission Requirements

Students may initially declare an "-Interest" based major in this subject, but must still meet additional requirements to be formally accepted into the degree program.

Teacher education admission requirements

Recommended IMPACTS Courses

Students should take MATH 1113 or higher in Mathematics & Quantitative Skills and MATH 1179 or higher in Applied Math.
Students should take two four-hour laboratory sciences in the Natural Sciences. Students may choose from CHEM 1211/1211L , CHEM 1212/1212L , PHYS 1111/1111L *, PHYS 1112/1112L , PHYS 2211/2211L *, PHYS 2212/2212L, BIOL 1107/1107L , or BIOL 1108/1108L.

*Students cannot take both PHYS 1111/L and PHYS 2211/L nor PHYS 1112/L and PHYS 2212/L.

Sample Classes