Second Academic Concentration (SAC)
A second academic concentration is an eighteen hour course of study in an academic discipline required
of education students enrolled in a B.S.Ed. program in elementary education. The concentration areas
available are the following: art, English, health promotion and wellness, history, mathematics, natural
science, psychology, sociology, Spanish, or TESOL.
Art-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
ART 131 - Introductory Drawing
ART 137 - Art History Survey II
ART 132 - Two-Dimensional Design or ART 142 - Three-Dimensional Design
2D or 3D Concentration: 2D track requires ART 132 plus 9 additional hours from courses in painting, drawing,
printmaking, photography, or book arts. 3D track requires ART 142 plus 9 additional hours from courses in
ceramics or sculpture.
English-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
ENGL 231 - The Intrepretation of Literature
ENGL 312 - Grammar for Teachers
ENGL 319 - The Teaching of Grammar
ENGL 413 -ESL Methods for Content Teachers or ENGL 416 - Teaching English as a Second Language
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Choose 6 hours from: ENGL 240, 241, 242, 333*^, 350*^, 351*^, 352*^, 353*^, 366 ^, 367*^, 368*^, 378, 390*^,
394, 411, 419, 420, 421, 430, 431, 440, 441, 450, 451, 463, 464, 465, 469, 470, 471, 472, 473, 475, 477, 478, 479,
* This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P4 requirement.
# This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P6 requirement.
^ This course satisfied the Upper-Level Perspective.
Health Promotion & Wellness - SAC ( 18.000 credits )
HPE 312 - Health Education Pedagogy
HPE 350 - Current Health Problems
HPE 360 - Sexual Health Throughout the Lifespan
HPE 358 - Healthy Living Concepts or ND 330 - Human nutritional Needs
Choose 6 hours from: ATTR 150, COUN 325, ENVH 230$, HPE 355, HPE 325, HPE 255, PE 240, PE 365, PE 375,
PSY 331%^, PSY 426, SOC 365
% This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P1 requirement.
$ This course satisfies the Liberal Studies C5 requirement.
^ This course satisfied the Upper-Level Perspective.
History-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
HIST 231 - American History to 1865 - (This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P3 requirement.)
HIST 232 - American History Since 1865 - (This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P3 requirement.)
Choose 12 hours Upper-Level History^
^ Certain courses will meet the ULP, check the LS Checklist.
Revised 5/2014
Mathematics-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
MATH 146 - Precalculus
MATH 311 - Informal Geometry
MATH 170 - Applied Statistics or MATH 270 - Statistical Methods I
MATH 153 - Calculus I
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Choose electives as needed to reach total of 18 hours. Select from: MATH 250, 255, 300, 301 ^, 400
& This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P3 requirement.
^ This course satisfied the Upper-Level Perspective.
Natural Science-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
BIOL 140 - Principles of Biology I
CHEM 132 - Survey of Chemistry I
GEOL 150 - Methods in Geology
PHYS 130 - Introductory Physics I
Choose Science electives as needed to reach a total of 18 hours
Completing 2 of these courses will satisfy the Liberal Studies C5 requirement.
Psychology-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
PSY 150 - General Psychology - (This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P1 requirment.)
Choose 15 hours of PSY Electives^ (excluding PSY 320 and 323)
^ Certain courses will meet the ULP, check the LS Checklist.
Sociology-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
SOC 103 - Human Society - (This course satisfies the Liberal Studies P1 requirment.)
Choose 15 hours of SOC Electives^ (200 level or higher)
^ Certain courses will meet the ULP, check the LS Checklist.
Spanish-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
SPAN 102 - Experiencing Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking World II - (This course satisfies the LS P6 requirement.)
SPAN 231 - Intermediate Spanish I and SPAN 232 - Intermediate Spanish II
or
SPAN 240 - Accelerated Second-Year Spanish
SPAN 301 - Spanish Conversation & Composition
SPAN 302 - Topics of the Hispanic World II
Choose 3 hours of Upper-level (300-400) Elective Spanish
TESOL-SAC ( 18.000 credits )
ENGL 415 - Introduction to Linguistics
ENGL 413 - ESL Methods Content Teachers
ENGL 492 - ESL Practicum
Choose 9 hours from the following:
ENGL 312 - Grammar for Teachers
ENGL 319 - The Teaching of Grammar
ENGL 325 - Language and Culture
ENGL 326 - Policies and Politics of ESL
Revised 5/2014