Teacher Certification - Secondary

Nevada State College offers upper-division course work leading to teacher certification in Secondary Education for individuals who have earned their Bachelor of Arts or Science in any area.  These courses are offered in a variety of formats to include online, accelerated, day and evenings.

A teaching certificate from Nevada State College will prepare you for employment opportunities in Clark County School District, each school district in the state of Nevada, as well as school districts throughout the country.

Prerequisites:

1. Bachelors degree with an overall GPA 2.0 or higher.
2. Passing score on the Pre-Professional Skills Test (PPST or Praxis I).
3. Admittance into the School of Education.

Secondary Education Licensure Requirements (42 credits)

EDU 250-Foundations of Education (3 credits)
EL 401-Law and Ethics for Educators (3 credits)
EDSC 231-Secondary Pedagogy I (3 credits)
EDSC 403-Teaching Methods Secondary (Specific Subject Area) (3 credits)
EDSP 411-Students with Disabilities in General Education Settings (3 credits)
EDSC 404-Secondary Pedagogy II (3 credits)
EDRL 471-Language Aquisition, Development and Learning(3 credits)
EDRL 427-Writing throughout the Curriculum (3 credits)
EDSC 483-Secondary Supervised Teaching Internship* (12 credits)
PSY 307-Principles of Educational Psychology (3 credits)
PSY 434-Developmental Psychology: Adolescence to Adulthood (3 credits
*Student Teaching application is required.