Grades 7-12 Certification - Speech Communication (BAEd/BSEd)
DEGREE REQUIREMENTS
courses | credit hours (baED) | credit hours (bSED) |
|---|---|---|
I. GENERAL STUDIES REQUIREMENTS | ||
Developing A Christian Mind | 3 | 3 |
English | 12 | 9 |
ENGL 1301 - Composition and Rhetoric I ENGL 1302 - Composition and Rhetoric II | ||
ENGL 2301 - World Literature I and/or ENGL 2302 - World Literature II | ||
Fine Arts | 3 | 3 |
Foreign Language | 14* | 0 |
Foundations for Excellence | 0-1 | 0-1 |
FOUN 1101 - Foundations for Excellence is required of all first-year and transfer students with fewer than 15 credit hours. (AP, CLEP, IB, or dual/concurrent credit earned while in high school does not count toward these 15 credit hours.) | ||
History | 6 | 6 |
HIST 1301 - U.S. History to 1865 HIST 1302 - U.S. History Since 1865 | ||
Kinesiology | 2 | 2 |
KNES 1101 - Fitness for Living and one additional activity course (KNES 1102-1122); for veterans or those 25 years of age or older prior to enrollment at DBU, KNES courses are waived. | ||
Mathematics | 3 | 3 |
MATH 1303 - College Algebra or MATH 1405 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I | ||
Natural Science | 4 | 12 |
(BAEd) BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology (BSEd) BIOL 1401 - Principles of Biology GEOL 1401 - Meteorology and Space Science PHSC 1401 - Physical Science I | ||
Religion | 9 | 9 |
RELI 1301 - Old Testament Survey RELI 1302 - New Testament Survey and three additional credit hours depending on credit hours transferred at time of initial enrollment | ||
Social Science | 3 | 3 |
Speech | 3 | 3 |
TOTAL GENERAL STUDIES HOURS | 63 | 54 |
II. PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY | ||
COMA 4010 - Speech 7-12 Seminar | 0 | 0 |
EDUC 1017 - Introduction to Teacher Certification* | 0 | 0 |
EDUC 3313 - Foundations of Teaching* | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 3320 - Instructional Assessment* | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 4021 - EC-12 Pedagogy and Professional Responsibilities Seminar | 0 | 0 |
EDUC 4608 - Clinical Teaching* | 6 | 6 |
TOTAL PROFESSIONAL RESPONSIBILITY REQUIREMENTS | 12 | 12 |
III. INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | ||
COMA 2302 - Voice and Articulation | 3 | 3 |
COMA 2304 - Introduction to Broadcast/Digital Media | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3301 - Nonverbal Communication | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3302 - Argumentation and Debate | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3303 - Small Group Communication | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3308 - Persuasive Communication | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3319 - Visual Communications | 3 | 3 |
COMA 3350 - Social Media | 3 | 3 |
COMA 4301 - Readers Theater (S-L) | 3 | 3 |
COMA 4324 - Pedagogy of Speech Communication | 3 | 3 |
COMA 4325 - Communication in the Digital Age | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 3302 - Development of Infants, Children and Adolescents* (S-L) | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 4312 - Teaching Special Populations* (S-L) | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 4313 - Discipline and Classroom Management in Culturally Diverse Settings* (S-L) | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 4314 - Best Practices in Teaching* (S-L) | 3 | 3 |
EDUC 4320 - Instructional Technology* | 3 | 3 |
ESLS 4304 - Methods in Teaching ESL* | 3 | 3 |
READ 4331 - Reading in the Content Area* | 3 | 3 |
TOTAL INTERDISCIPLINARY ACADEMIC MAJOR REQUIREMENTS | 54 | 54 |
IV. ELECTIVES | ||
Upper-Level | 0 | 0 |
Lower or Upper-Level | 0 | 0 |
TOTAL CREDIT HOURS REQUIRED | 129 | 120 |
*Indicates Signature Course requiring download of Signature Assessments in TaskStream Reminder.
A 120-credit-hour minimum for a bachelor's degree is required, including 42 upper-level credit hours.
NOTE: Degree plan subject to adjustment as state policy changes.
Retention in the Educator Preparation Program:
Students must maintain and graduate with an overall institutional GPA of 3.0 and must maintain and graduate with an institutional GPA of 3.0 in their teaching fields/academic concentrations.
At least 12 credit hours in the major program must be completed at Dallas Baptist University, including nine upper-level course hours.
Minimum GPA Required for Graduation from Dallas Baptist University: DBU requires a minimum institutional cumulative, major, and minor GPA of 2.0.
(S-L)=Course(s) with field-based service-learning component.
Refer to individual course descriptions for course requisites.
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