BS Four-Year Degree Plan: Teacher Certification Track
Sample schedule
The below schedule is only one example of a possible degree plan and is provided for
informational purposes only. Meet with an advisor early to develop a degree plan that
best suits your needs.
The following degree plan, last reviewed 04-07-2022, is based on the 2021-22 catalog and Missouri State general education requirements.
First semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| GEP 101 First-Year Foundations |
2 |
| COM 115 Fundamentals of Public Speaking |
3 |
| PLS 101 American Democracy and Citizenship |
3 |
| Elementary Language I (101) |
3 |
| Life Sciences (lab) - General Education |
4 |
| Total hours |
15 |
Second semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Elementary Language II (102) |
3 |
HST 121 Survey of the History of the United States to 1877
or HST 122 Survey of the History of the United States since 1877 |
3 |
| Quantitative Literacy - General Education |
3 |
| The Arts - General Education |
3 |
| ENG 110 Writing I |
3 |
| Total hours |
15 |
Third semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Intermediate Language I (201) |
3 |
| Written Communication and Integrative and Applied Learning - General Education |
3 |
| Humanities - General Education |
3 |
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| PSY 121 Introductory Psychology |
3 |
| SEC 302 General Methods of Instruction in the Middle and Secondary Schools |
3 |
| Total hours |
15 |
Fourth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Intermediate Language II (202) |
3 |
| Social and Behavioral Sciences - General Education |
3 |
LCR 100 Language and Culture in Global Context
or IDS 297 International Culture and Study Abroad |
3 |
| Language conversation course (205 or 311) |
3 |
| PSY 360 Educational Psychology |
3 |
| Physical Sciences (no lab) - General Education |
3 |
| Total hours |
18 |
Fifth semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Language composition course (312) |
3 |
| Public Issues - General Education |
3 |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
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| EDT 365 Educational Applications of Technology and Media |
3 |
| Total hours |
18 |
Sixth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| SPE 340 Educational Alternative for Exceptional Students |
2 |
| LCR 413 Teaching of Foreign Languages |
3 |
| SFR 486 Management and Assessment in the Middle and Secondary Classroom |
3 |
| Total hours |
17 |
Seventh semester (fall)
| Courses |
Hours |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| Language elective (upper level) |
3 |
| LCR 414 Practice and Application in K-12 World Language Teaching |
3 |
| LTC 474 Reading and Writing in the Content Fields |
3 |
| LCR 495 Languages and Society Capstone |
3 |
| Total hours |
15 |
Eighth semester (spring)
| Courses |
Hours |
| LCR 493 Supervised Teaching Seminar |
2 |
| LCR 496 Supervised Teaching |
10 |
| Total hours |
12 |
Tips for success
- Enrollment in MCL 413 and subsequent education courses requires Admit to Teacher Ed.
status
- Students must take at least one Language Upper-Division course in literature and one
Language Upper-Division course in culture or history.
- PSY 121 is required for teacher certification and also fulfills one of the Social
and Behavioral Science requirements (GEC 110) of General Education.
- Students with prior language experience may be eligible to begin at a more advanced
level based on dual-credit transfers and/or placement tests results. Students who
test out of lower-level courses may receive retroactive credit upon successful completion
of more advanced courses.
- Students may complete the Bachelor of Science in Modern Language Teacher Certification
with a concentration in Chinese, French, German, Japanese or Spanish. This 8-semester
plan applies to all language concentrations. (Japanese and Chinese programs requires
at least a semester abroad.)
- Students must meet with an advisor in their language area to design an advised course
list.
- The Language Composition course (312) represented in Semester 5 above is a prerequisite
for all language courses after it and should be taken as early as possible. Students
wishing to earn a Bachelor of Arts degree in a modern language may pursue an individualized
major.
- EDC 150 is required of transfer students bringing in credit for SEC 302. In that case,
SEC 302 would not be required. Students must meet with the departmental Program Coordinator
to pursue this substitution.
- The Sixth Semester course, MCL 413 and its companion course MCL 414 each contain a
45 contact-hour practicum in a K-12 school, so students should arrange schedules to
have blocks of time to complete practicum between 8am and 3pm, approximately.
- All Teacher Certification program candidates must take the Missouri Content Assessment
for the language of concentration prior to being approved for Student Teaching. Since
the testing windows available by language vary, students are advised to consult the
State website a year prior to the planned student teaching semester.
- The variable hour semesters make allowances for prerequisites and electives. 33 hours
of language beyond 101 and 102 are required.
- Students may not take any coursework other than Student Teaching during their final
semester; all coursework must be completed in order to be eligible for Student Teaching.
