Department of TE > Elementary Special Education >MSU Disciplinary Minors for Elementary Teacher Certification

Disciplinary teaching minors are available for prospective elementary school teachers. Students electing to complete the requirements for two Disciplinary Teaching Minors should make their choices from the list below.

CREDITS

(i)	Mathematics	20
(ii)	Computer Science	21-22
(iii)	East Asian Languages and Cultures (Japanese)	24
(iv)	English	21-23
(v)	Environmental Studies ¹	24-26
(vi)	French	21
(vii)	German	24
(viii)	Geography	22
(ix)	History	23-26
(x)	Russian	23
(xi)	Spanish	21
(xii)	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) ²	20-25

1. NOTE: Change pending. See elementary education advisor.

2. As mandated by the Michigan Department of Education/MDE: The subject area of English as a Second Language/ESL (known at MSU as "TESOL") must be paired with a core academic major and cannot be one of two minors for Elementary Education or Special Education. The TESOL/ESL minor can be completed for elementary or special education as an additional, optional minor, along with a major in any of the following areas: Language Arts, Social Studies, Integrated Science or any of the disciplinary majors approved for elementary education, as listed at:http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/te/ele/options.htm or http://ed-web3.educ.msu.edu/cepse/ungrad/options.htm
Note that admitted elementary and special education students already pursuing TESOL as one of two minors may be allowed to finish under this option. See an advisor in the College of Education to discuss this.

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