Certificate in Educational Foundations: Secondary

If you are preparing to be a middle or high school teacher, you should major in the subject area you plan to teach.

This certificate is designed to complement your subject area preparation on your path to becoming a middle or high school teacher.

Rather than waiting until graduate school to begin developing the knowledge necessary for classroom life, this certificate gives you a running start as an undergraduate.

This certificate program runs parallel to the educational foundations major for elementary education preparation.

This pre-professional certificate prepares highly competitive students for admission into graduate teacher education programs or other graduate programs in Oregon and around the country.

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Certificate Requirements

Lower Division — 12 Credits

TitleCredits
EDST 111 Education Issues and Problems14
EDST 225 School and Representation in Film24
Subject Area Elective in Major (100 or 200 level)4

Upper Division — 24 Credits

TitleCredits
SPED 406 Field Experience41
SPED 411 Foundations of Disability3
LING 444 Second Language Acquisition4
Subject Area Elective in Major (300 or 400 level)4
EDST 420 Living in a Stratified Society34

Equal Opportunity Courses (Choose 2):***

CourseTitleCredits

EDST 410 and
EDST 458

Equal Opportunity: Food and Education and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4

3
1

EDST 452 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Poverty and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4 		3
1
EDST 453 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Racism and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4		3
1
EDST 454 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Patriarchy and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4		3
1
EDST 455 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Homophobia and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4		3
1
EDST 456 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Colonization and Genocide and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4		3
1
EDST 457 and
EDST 458		Equal Opportunity: Diaspora and Immigration and
Equal Opportunity: Field Experience4		3
1

1 Social Science General Education Course
2 American Cultures General Education Course
3 EDST 420 is a prerequisite for all Equal Opportunity courses
4 To participate in field experience (SPED 406 and EDST 458), international students must meet English language proficiency requirements.

Successful completion of the Certificate in Educational Foundations: Secondary major results in waiving the following courses in UOTeach:

TitleCredits
SPED 511 Foundations of Disability3
EDST 614 Cultural Context in Education4
LT 629 Foundations in Language Theory-