General education requirements: students preparing for teacher certification must take World Literature to fulfill the general education literature requirement.
English/Education students must demonstrate competency in standard English grammar and usage in one of the following ways:
Required English Courses
ENGL 2123 Introduction to Creative Writing
ENGL 2303 Critical Reading and Writing
ENGL 2403 Survey of British Literature, Old English to Restoration
ENGL 2703 Survey of British Literature, Romanticism to Present
ENGL 2713 Survey of American Literature, Colonial to Civil War
ENGL 2813 Survey of American Literature, Realism to Present
ENGL 3203 Advanced Grammar and Usage
ENGL 4013 Literature for Adolescents
ENGL 4503 Shakespeare
ENGL 4762 Senior Seminar (spring of junior year)
ENGL 4761 Senior Project (fall of senior year)
One 3000- or 4000-level course with a focus on diversity (must differ from core requirements)
Required Education Courses
EDUC 2001 Introduction to Teaching
EDUC 3103 Human Development
EDUC 3113 Psychology & Assessment of Learning
EDUC 3213 Students with Exceptionalities
EDUC 4233 Methods of Teaching English
EDUC 4413 Technology in the Classroom
EDUC 4513 Classroom Management
EDUC 4663 Student Teaching Seminar
EDUC 4339 Student Teaching K–12
Note: All Education majors, including transfer students with an Associate of Arts or an Associate of Science degree, are required by the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accreditation (OEQA) to complete at least 2 courses in a single foreign language as part of their degree requirements.
Council for Accreditation of Teacher Preparation
Office of Educational Quality and Accountability
Certification Examinations for Oklahoma Educators
Interstate Teacher Assessment and Support Consortium (INTASC)
Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education
Oklahoma State Department of Education
United States Department of Education
Due to COVID, our data collection for Completer Effectiveness for 2019-20 and 2020-21 was disrupted. The data from the 2021-22 school year was never released from the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
• Satisfaction of Employers (Principal/Mentor Teacher Survey)
• Satisfaction of Program Completers (First Year Teacher Survey)
• Candidate Competency at Completion
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY PASS RATE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS FOR OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS | OCU 2019-2020 | STATE 2019-2020 | OCU 2020-2021 | STATE 2020-2021 | OCU 2021-2022 | STATE 2021-2022 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| OGET (GENERAL EDUCATION) | 66.7% | 69.7% | 75.0% | 80.0% | 50.0% | 70.4% |
| OPTE (PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE/PEDAGOGY) | 100.0% | 84.9% | 100.0% | 90.0% | 80.0% | 72.7% |
| OSAT (SUBJECT AREA TEST) | 100.0% | 65.7% | 82.3% | 67.5% | 89.0% | 72.0% |
| OCU OVERALL PASS RATE FOR ALL THREE TESTS | 92.6% | 80.9% | 82.0% | 80.0% | 76.0% | 70.0% |
• Ability of Completers to be Hired
• Impact on P-12 Students (4.1)
OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY PASS RATE FOR CERTIFICATION EXAMINATIONS FOR OKLAHOMA EDUCATORS | OCU 2018-2019 | STATE 2018-2019 | OCU 2019-2020 | STATE 2019-2020 | OCU 2020-2021 | STATE 2020-2021 |
| OGET (GENERAL EDUCATION) | 73.7% | 81.1% | 66.7% | 69.7% | 75.0% | N/A |
| OPTE (PROFESSIONAL KNOWLEDGE/PEDAGOGY) | 100.0% | 87.2% | 100.0% | 84.9% | 100.00% | 86.2% |
| OSAT (SUBJECT AREA TEST) | 92.3% | 67.2% | 100.0% | 65.7% | 76.5% | 67.9% |
| OCU OVERALL PASS RATE FOR ALL THREE TESTS | 88.9% | 81.6% | 92.6% | 80.9% | 82.0% | N/A |
