Academic Planning Tools for Future High School and Middle School
Teachers
Obtaining your bachelor's degree and meeting the requirements for
the single subject credential program in a timely and expedient
fashion takes careful planning. We have provided these planning
tools to help you streamline your education and prepare you for
the credential program.
CSUF Academic Plans: We have prepared sample academic plans
to help students navigate through the intersecting requirements
for general education, major, credential program prerequisites,
and the subject matter preparation program. We do not recommend
following these plans without consulting regularly with an advisor
from your major and/or the CCT as requirements are subject to
change.
These sample academic plans are organized according to major.
In most cases, it is clear what major a future teacher should
choose. For example, the best major for a future math teacher
is mathematics! In the case of social science, there are a variety
of majors to choose from because the social science subject matter
preparation program can be efficiently combined with American
Studies, Anthropology, Geography, History, Political Science or
Sociology. Students interested in teaching History, Economics,
Geography or Government at the middle school or high school level
should consider one of these majors.
General Education Recommendations: To most
efficiently combine the requirements for GE, major, subject matter
preparation and credential program prerequisites, students should
carefully select GE classes that double count with other requirements
whenever possible. In some cases there are few double count opportunities
available to the future teacher while in other cases there are
many.
Select the single subject content area to view
a table showing possible GE double counts with major, subject
matter preparation and/or credential program prerequisites:
