The Secondary Education program at Concordia University Chicago offers a choice of Senior High School Endorsements required of candidates seeking Secondary Licensure. CUC’s approved secondary education endorsements are included below:

English/Language Arts Coursework

This content area requires coursework in English Language Arts studies and a passing score on the appropriate state content test.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Courses
ENG-2100	Linguistics	3
ENG-2500	Classical World Literature	3
or ENG-2600	Modern World Literature
ENG-3100	British Literature to 1785	3
ENG-3200	British Literature II	3
ENG-4000	Literary Theory & Criticism	3
ENG-4150	Literature/Related Media for Adolescents	3
ENG-4370	Shakespeare	3
ENG-4960	Research and Writing Capstone	1
ENG-4980	Practicum in Teaching Composition	3
Electives
Select two additional ENG courses		6
ENG-2200	Non-Western Literature
ENG-2300	Greek & Roman Mythology
ENG-2350	Lewis and Tolkien
ENG-2400	African American Literature
ENG-2220	U.S. Latina/o Literature(s)
ENG-4520	Twentieth Century American Fiction
ENG-4530	Twentieth Century Poetry
Total Hours		34

Mathematics Coursework

This content area requires coursework in Mathematics and passing score on the appropriate state content test.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
MAT-2300	Problem Solving with Number Theory	3
MAT-2500	Calculus I	4
MAT-2600	Calculus II	4
MAT-3010	Probability and Statistics	3
MAT-3100	Calculus III	4
MAT-3300	History of Mathematics	3
MAT-3500	Mathematical Proof	3
MAT-3600	Linear Algebra	3
MAT-3700	College Geometry	3
MAT-4610	Group Theory	3
MAT-4810	Real Analysis (Total Hours )	3
Total Hours		36

Science – Biology Designation Coursework

This content area requires coursework in the Natural Sciences and a passing score on the appropriate state content test. 

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Natural Science
BIO-2011	General Biology I (With Lab)	4
PHY-1110	Physics of Things We Use (With Lab)	4
Required Biology Core
BIO-2012	General Biology II (With Lab)	4
BIO-3215	Microbiology (With Lab)	4
BIO-3240	Molecular and Cell Biology (With Lab)	4
BIO-3310	General Ecology (With Lab)	4
BIO-4225	Genetics (With Lab)	4
BIO-4900	Seminar in Biology	3
Biology Electives
Select six to eight additional hours from BIO courses 1		6-8
Coursework from other Science Designations
CHE-2211	General Chemistry I (With Lab) 2	4
or CHE-2200	Fundamentals of Chemistry (With Lab)
CHE-2212	General Chemistry II (With Lab) (Total Hours ) 2	4
or CHE-2300	Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry (With Lab)
Total Hours		49-51

¹

Excluding BIO-1201 Biology in the World Today (With Lab)

²

Che-2300 Introduction to Organic and Biological Chemistry (With Lab) must be taken if CHE-2200 Fundamentals of Chemistry (With Lab) is selected above 

Social Science - History Coursework

This content area requires coursework in the Social Sciences and a passing score on the appropriate state content test.

Course List

Code	Title	Hours
Required Social Science Core
ECO-2101	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
GEO-1200	World Geography: Culture Patterns	3
HIS-1425	World History Since 1500	3
HIS-2100	Seminar in Writing and Researching History	3
HIS-2800	A History of Illinois	3
HIS-4900	Senior Seminar	3
Choose 9 hours from the following courses:
Select 3 hours from American History		3
HIS-4225	Antebellum America
HIS-4240	Contemporary America
HIS-4250	The American Religious Experience
HIS-4910	Topics and Readings in History (when topic is appropriate)
3 hours from European History		3
HIS-4130	The Age of Reform, 1400-1650
HIS-4150	Europe In Our Time: 1918-Present
HIS-4910	Topics and Readings in History (when topic is appropriate)
3 hours from Non-Western History		3
HIS-4125	African History
HIS-4300	Twentieth Century World History
HIS-4310	Non-Western Historical Studies
HIS-4910	Topics and Readings in History (when topic is appropriate)
Total Hours		39

Electives as needed to equal 120 credits for the degree.