Students who wish to become Elementary andMiddle schoolTeachers and receive initial Texas Teacher certification complete a Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies (BIS) offered in the College of Education. The BIS requires the same general education core, cultural foundations concentration, science concentration, and professional studies component of all students. It varies only in the area of specialization within the degree/certificate. There are 17 areas of specialization from which to chose. A description of the BIS follows:

Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Studies

General Education Core (61-62 semester hours)

12 English: ENGL 3111 , 3112 , 3305 , 3454
3 Communication: COMM 3101
6 History: HIST 3101 , 3102
6 Government: POLS 3210 , 3211
9 Mathematics: MATH 3120 *, 3203 , and three hours from
STAT 3180 **, QMB 3201 , SOCI 3212
3 Computer Science: EDT 3371
6 Physical Science: PSCI 3203 , 3304
4 Spanish: SPAN 4102 or higher level Spanish course (three hours minimum). Bilingual Education students complete SPAN 3201 or 3203 .
3 Fine Arts: three hours from ART 3100 , 3110 ; MUSL 3124 , 2121 , 2122 , 3126 , 3127 ; MUST 3111 ; THEA 3113 , 3290
6 Humanities: six hours from HUMN 3301 , 3302 , 3303 ; HIST 3201 , 3202 ; PHIL 3103 , 3314 , 3315 , 3317 , 3451
- Cultural Diversity: (See Socio-Cultural Concentration)
- Economics: (See Socio-Cultural Concentration)
3 Technology and Society: ITS 3350
1 Orientation: TED 1201

Grade of C or better required for ENGL 3111 , ENGL 3112 , COMM 3101 , and MATH 3120 .
* Students with Life-Earth Science and Physical Science specializations take MATH 4109 .
** Students with Math specialization take STAT 3280 .

18-24 Teaching Specialization

Choose one area from: Bilingual Education, Early Childhood, Reading, Special Education; English, French, German, Spanish; History, Social Science; Mathematics, Life-Earth Science, Physical Science; Health, Kinesiology-Sports; Art, Theatre Arts. See list of courses for each teaching specialization below.

SOSC 3330 and CHIC 3339 ; three hours from ECON 3101 , 3203 , 3204 ; and three hours from ARTH 3310 ; ANTH 3259 ; CHIC 3301 , 3311 ; ENGL /ANTH 3374 ; GEOG 3106 , 3310 ; HIST 3309 , 3328 ; LING 3357 ; POLS 3412 ; SPAN 3330 .

6 Reading Concentration:

RED 3340 , 3441 . (Students specializing in Reading choose six hours from English, Communication, Linguistics, or Theatre Arts.)

Professional Education (requires admission to Teacher education). 18 semester hours:

EDPC 3300 , ELED 3302 , 3310 , 3311 and one of the following: BED 6491 , ECED 6491 , ELED 6491 , SPED 6491 depending on the specialization area.

Total: 128-135 hours

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(In order to receive the BIS degree students must complete a minimum of 128 credit hours, and have a 2.0 cumulative GPA, and a 2.50 GPA in both the specialization area and Professional Education.)

List of Teaching Specialization Courses (18-24 semester hours)

• 18 Art: ART 3100 ; ARTF 3101 , 3102 ; ARTE 3317 ; ARTT 3337 , 3427 or 3437
• 24 Bilingual Education: SPAN 3202 or 3204 ; SPAN 3309 ; BED 3427 , 3440 , 3441 , 3442 , 3444 , and 3443 or LING 3308
• 24 Early Childhood Education: ECED 3333 , 3340 , 3453 , 3456 , 3458 , 3459 ; KIN 3318 ; and three hours from ARTE 3317 , MUSE 3334 , THEA 3350
• 18 English: ENGL 3311 , 3312 , and 3303 or 3365 , six hours from ENGL 3213 , 3214 , 3218 ; and three hours from an English 3300 or 3400 level course or THEA 3350
• 18 French: FREN 3201 , 3202 , 3305 , and 3355 plus six upper division hours in French
• 18 German: GERM 3201 , and 3202 , plus twelve upper division hours in German
• 18 Health: HSCI 3101 , 3301 , 3303 , 3406 , and six hours (three upper division) from HSCI 3202 , 3209 , 3305 , 3403
• 18 History: HIST 3201 , 3202 , 3317 , and 3309 or 3328 , plus six upper division hours in History
• 19 Kinesiology-Sports: KIN 3419 , 3318 , 3232 , 2302 , 2304 and six hours from 2301 , 2303 , 2305 , 2306 , 2307 , 2309 , 2310 , 2311
• 180 Life-Earth Science: BIOL 3104 -1104 and 3106 -1108 ; GEOL 3311 and 4305 ; SIED 3330
• 18 Mathematics: MATH 4110 , 4111 or 3200 , and six hours from 3300 , 3303 , or 3304 ; STAT 1282 ; and MTED 3330
• 19 Physical Science: CHEM 4107 , 4108 ; PHYS 4103 , 4104 ; and SIED 3330
• 18 Reading: BED 3427 ; ECED 3340 ; RED 3340 , 3441 , 3443 , 3444 , 3445 , 3446 , or 3447
• 18 Social Science: GEOG 3110 ; HIST 3202 , 3309 or 3328 , 3317 , an additional three upper division hours in History, plus three hours from POLS 3320 or SOCI 3101
• 18 Spanish: SPAN 3201 and 3202 or 3203 and 3204 , 3309 , and 3355 or 3356 , plus six additional upper division hours in Spanish
• 24 Special Education: SPED 3310 , 3325 , 3330 , 3340 , 3345 , 3430 , 3440 , and 3465 or KIN 3414
• 18 Theatre Arts: THEA 3113 , 4213 , and 3350 , plus nine hours (six upper-division) from 3221 , 3222 , 3325 , 3352

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