Five-Year B.A./M.S. Program: Secondary Education

Note that course requirements for the Education Minor are subject to change in order to meet Maryland State Department of Education certification regulations and accreditation requirements.

The program provides undergraduate teacher candidates with an option to complete an initial teaching certification five year program that also leads to a Master’s degree in Secondary Education.  The teacher certification areas include: Social Studies (history, political science, and sociology), English, Science (biology, chemistry, and physics), Mathematics, and the following world languages – French, German, and Spanish.  During the four year undergraduate program, candidates complete all requirements for their major plus any supplementary content coursework required for their certification area.  In addition, undergraduate students take three undergraduate education courses and one course at the graduate level.  In the fifth year, candidates continue to complete the rest of the courses at the Master’s degree level.  Upon completion of four years, a successful candidate will earn a Bachelor’s degree in the major and at the conclusion of the fifth year, a Master’s degree and teacher certification in their respective field of Secondary Education.