The Education Department offers a minor in secondary education. Students completing this minor will have met all the requirements to be licensed in the high school setting (grades 9-12). The high school program is approved by the Indiana Department of Education Division of Professional Standards and the National Council for Accreditation of Teacher Education.
Saint Mary’s students planning to complete the secondary education minor must have a major or complete the approved coursework in one of the following: business, English, modern languages (French, Spanish), mathematics, science (science majors must complete licensing requirements in one of the following areas: chemistry or life science), history (history majors must complete additional coursework in political science and one of the following: sociology, psychology, economics), political science (political science majors must complete additional coursework in history and one of the following: sociology, psychology, economics).
Minor in Secondary Education (33 hours)
Certification in Middle School
Certification in English as a New Language and Bilingual Bicultural Education may also be added.