Teaching is a highly demanding, multifaceted, complex, and rewarding professionand so is our secondary education teacher preparation program. We look for students who possess a strong academic background, a desire to deepen their academic knowledge, and a strong commitment to the intellectual, social, and emotional well being of all children.<br><br>The URI program in secondary education is a fully-accredited certification program that prepares students to work in both high schools and middle schools (grades 712).<br><br>Secondary certification programs are offered in biology, chemistry, general science, physics, English, social studies/history, and math.<br>Students in the secondary education program take a sequence of professional courses in addition to courses in their academic content area.<br>Successful completion of the program leads to a B.A. degree, a double major in secondary education and in an academic content area, and an initial teaching certificate for grades 7-12 in the certification content area.