JMU Secondary Education practitioners are passionate about helping their students discover the wonders of learning.
They are eager to explore content in deep and meaningful ways with their students in grades 6 through 12, teaching at a higher level of cognitive complexity than typically experienced in middle- or elementary-school classrooms. Because the secondary education field is so content-focused, our students major in their content area. This gives them a firm foundation from which to build appropriately challenging and integrated lessons that will impact their students for years to come.
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Accredited
The major is a part of Middle, Secondary & Mathematics Education Department, an academic unit within the College of Education.
The undergraduate major in secondary education provides candidates with course offerings and experiences that form the required foundation for licensure in secondary education through James Madison University. In addition to the secondary education major, students also complete a major in a discipline closely associated with the desired teaching area.
The state-approved licensure areas in the secondary education concentration at JMU include English, mathematics, biology, chemistry, physics and history/social sciences. Licensure endorsements for other teaching areas (e.g., Algebra I, journalism and gifted education) are available as add-on endorsements.
Secondary Education
- Degrees Offered:
- B.S. in Secondary Education
- Concentrations:
- Chemistry, Biology or Physics
- English
- Social Studies
- Mathematics
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