Course work for TEP Secondary Education History candidates falls into six categories: general education, introductory courses, core courses, methods courses, content area courses, and student teaching.
| TEP 207 | Foundations of American Education | 3 |
| TEP 223 | Adolescent Development for Teachers | 3 |
| TEP 224 | Exceptional Child for Teachers | 3 |
| TEP 227 | Educational Psychology for Teachers | 3 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
| TEP 305 | Technology For Teaching | 3 |
| TEP 315 | Managing the Diverse Classroom | 3 |
| TEP 318 | Curriculum, Planning, and Assessment | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 |
| TEP 415 | Teaching in Secondary Schools | 3 |
| TEP 419 | Content Area Literacy Methods | 3 |
| TEP 438 | Social Studies Methods for Middle and Secondary Grades | 3 |
| Total Hours | 9 |
| ENS 332 | ECCE: Cultural Geography | 3-4 |
| or ENS 304 | Mapping our Physical and Social World |
| or ENS 411 | ECCE: Introduction to Environmental Education |
| or TEP 335 | Teaching Middle Grades Geography and Interdisciplinary Social Studies |
| HIS 118 | Making of the West | 3 |
| HIS 160 | Topics in Middle Eastern History | 3-4 |
| or HIS 365 | ECCE: Culture Wars/Europe |
| or HIS 375 | ECCE: Conflict in the Middle East |
| HIS 202 | European History | 3 |
| HIS 204 | U.S. History to 1877 | 3 |
| HIS 205 | U.S. History Since 1877 | 3 |
| HIS 301 | The Historian's Craft | 3 |
| HIS 304 | Illinois History | 3 |
| PSC 171 | Comparative Political Cultures | 3 |
| or PSC 201 | Introduction to the American Political System |
| PSY 201 | Principles Of Psychology | 3 |
| SOA 101 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
| SOA/HIS 106 | Peoples of the Past | 3 |
| SOA 222 | American Society | 3-4 |
| or SOA 356 | ECCE: Coffee, Chocolate and Justice |
| or ENS 311 | ECCE: Global Change in Local Places |
| or HIS 436 | United States, 1945-Present |
| ECCE: Introduction to Environmental Education | |
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Secondary candidates who have completed all general education requirements; all introductory, core, and methods courses; and all course work for content area, and all other requirements will be eligible to complete student teaching. The student teaching semester includes two courses.
Candidates are required to apply for student teaching. Applications are to be completed with the TEP advisor within the prescribed time frame. Candidates must complete a state and federal background check as directed by the host district prior to the start of student teaching.
| TEP 449 | Middle Grade and High School Student Teaching Seminar | 3 |
| TEP 451 | ECCE: Student Teaching - Middle Grade and High School 1 | 9 |
| Total Hours | 12 |
