May 19, 2024  
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

Secondary Education, BSEd


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The Bachelor of Science in Education (B.S.Ed.) :Secondary Education degree is designed for students seeking to teach various subject areas in secondary school settings or K-12 Settings (Art, HPE). Through this program, students build knowledge of pedagogical principles as well as Educational theory. This undergraduate degree program meets all education requirements for teaching certification in Pennsylvania.

Student Learning Outcomes


  • Candidates will develop, implement, assess, and modify curriculum and lessons that integrate research-based pedagogy and are developmentally appropriate to their content area, the PA PreK-12 Academic Standards, and concentration level: Secondary Education, Technology Education, Health and Physical Education, and Art Education. 
  • Candidates will plan, adapt, and implement developmentally, culturally, and linguistically appropriate evidence-based instructional practices and strategies that integrate appropriate and effective classroom management in various educational settings.
  • Candidates will communicate deep content knowledge as they plan and implement lessons and instructional practices that use active student engagement and formal and/or informal assessment to measure student responsiveness to instruction.
  • Candidates will develop professional dispositions with respect to students, parents and families, and will demonstrate integrity, ethical behavior and professional conduct as stated in Pennsylvania’s Code of Professional Practice & Conduct for Educators.
  • Candidates will identify, administer, and interpret multiple assessments (formative, summative, benchmark, behavioral, diagnostic, cognitive, and/or affective and psychomotor) that are developmentally appropriate and aligned with content area standards and learning objectives to inform planning and instruction for groups and individual students.

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