Alternative Route Areas
The Program of Alternative Certification for Educators (PACE) requires an earned bachelor's degree or above from a regionally accredited college with a major in a South Carolina certification area. Applicants can be evaluated for a major equivalent if they have thirty or more semester hours earned in content area coursework, twenty-one of which were earned at the junior or senior level or above; or twenty-four or more semester hours earned in content area coursework at the graduate level.
Applicants who do not have a degree in the content area or who do not meet the thirty-hour requirement can request a college or university department chair to complete the major equivalency statement.
Approved Teaching Areas and Their Required Praxis for Alternative Routes to Certification
Degree Equivalency Chart 2007-08
| Teaching Areas | Corresponding Degree | Required Examination |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Agriculture | NO EXAM AVAILABLE: An initial certificate will be issued to individuals who seek certification in a subject for which no teaching area examination exists provided they meet all requirements for certification in effect on the date the Office of Educator Certification receives all required documentation for certification. Once a specific subject area examination is adopted by the State Board of Education, individuals holding certification in that area may be required to present a passing score for this exam within one year following the Board's action. Those teachers affected by such an action will be notified when a test becomes available. |
| Art | Art
Art Studio/Design |
Art: Art Making (0131) and Art: Content Knowledge (0133) |
| Biology - Secondary | Biology | Biology and General Science (0030) |
| Business | Business Administration
Marketing Accounting Management |
Business Education (0100) |
| Chemistry - Secondary | Chemistry
Chemical Engineering (requires a major equivalency statement) |
Chemistry, Physics and General Science (0070) |
| Dance | Dance | NO EXAM AVAILABLE: An initial certificate will be issued to individuals who seek certification in a subject for which no teaching area examination exists provided they meet all requirements for certification in effect on the date the Office of Educator Certification receives all required documentation for certification. Once a specific subject area examination is adopted by the State Board of Education, individuals holding certification in that area may be required to present a passing score for this exam within one year following the Board's action. Those teachers affected by such an action will be notified when a test becomes available. |
| Emotionally Disabled | Psychology
Sociology Guidance and/or counseling |
A total of three examinations:
Education of Exceptional Students: Core Content Knowledge (0353) and Special Education: Teaching Students with Behavior Disorders (0371) and Elementary Ed: Content Area Exercises (0012) or Elementary Ed: Curriculum Instruction and Assessment (0011) |
| English - Secondary | English
Language Arts Linguistics (requires a major equivalency statement) Communications (requires a major equivalency statement) |
English Language Literature, & Composition: Content Knowledge (0041) and English Language Literature & Composition: Essays (0042) |
| Family and Consumer Science (Home Economics) | Home Economics
Food Science (requires a major equivalency statement) Fashion (requires a major equivalency statement) Clothing (requires a major equivalency statement) Nutrition (requires a major equivalency statement) |
Family and Consumer Sciences (0120) |
| Foreign Languages | French | French: Content Knowledge (0173) and French: Productive Language Skills (0171) |
| Latin | NO EXAM AVAILABLE: An initial certificate will be issued to individuals who seek certification in a subject for which no teaching area examination exists provided they meet all requirements for certification in effect on the date the Office of Educator Certification receives all required documentation for certification. Once a specific subject area examination is adopted by the State Board of Education, individuals holding certification in that area may be required to present a passing score for this exam within one year following the Board's action. Those teachers affected by such an action will be notified when a test becomes available. | |
| Spanish | Spanish: Content Knowledge (0191) and Spanish: Productive Language skills (0192) | |
| German | German: Content Knowledge (0181) and German: Productive Language Skills (0182) | |
| Health | Health | Health Education (0550) |
| History - Secondary | History | Social Studies: Content (0081) and Social Studies: Interpretation of Materials (0083) |
| Industrial Technology | Industrial Arts | Technology Education (0050) |
| Library Science/Media Specialists | Library and Information Science
Public Library |
Library Media Specialist (0310) |
| Mathematics - Secondary | Mathematics
Engineering (requires a major equivalency statement) Computer Science (requires a major equivalency statement) Technology (requires a major equivalency statement) |
Mathematics: Content Knowledge (0061) and Mathematics: Proofs, Models and Problems, Part 1 (0063) |
| Middle Level Language Arts | As a base, applicants would need thirty semester hours in English/Language Arts related coursework with twenty-one hours at the upper division level. Fifteen hours must be traditional English courses (ENGL prefix). Requires a transcript review by the Office of Educator Certification. | Middle Level Language Arts (0049) or both of the following tests English Language Literature, & Composition: Content Knowledge (0041) and English Language Literature & Composition: Essays (0042) |
| Middle Level Mathematics | As a base, applicants would need thirty semester hours in math related coursework with twenty-one hours at the upper division level. Fifteen hours must be traditional mathematics courses (MATH prefix). Requires a transcript review by the Office of Educator Certification. | Middle Level Mathematics (0069) or both of the following tests Mathematics: Content Knowledge (0061) and Mathematics: Proofs, Models and Problems, Part 1 (0063) |
| Middle Level Science | As a base, applicants would need thirty semester hours in science related coursework (biology, chemistry, physics, earth science, environmental science, life science) with twenty-one hours at the upper division level. Coursework must include at least six hours of biology, three hours of chemistry, and three hours of physics. Requires a transcript review by the Office of Educator Certification. | Middle Level Science (0439) or Biology and General Science (0030) or Chemistry, Physics and General Science (0070) |
| Middle Level Social Studies | As a base, applicants would need a combination of social studies content courses (history, government, geography, anthropology, economics, sociology, or Juris Doctorate) equal to thirty semester hours with twenty-one at the upper division level. The thirty hours cannot include more than six semester hours in either of the following areas: anthropology, economics or sociology. The thirty hours must include at least three semester hours in government and six semester hours in United States history. Requires a transcript review by the Office of Educator Certification. | Middle Level Social Studies (0089) or both of the following tests Social Studies: Content (0081) and Social Studies: Interpretation of Materials (0083) |
| Music Education - Choral | Music (requires transcript review) | Music: Content Knowledge (0113) and Music: Concepts and Processes (0111) |
| Music Education - Instrumental | Music (requires transcript review) | Music: Content Knowledge (0113) and Music: Concepts and Processes (0111) |
| Music Education - Piano | Music (requires transcript review) | Music: Content Knowledge (0113) and Music: Concepts and Processes (0111) |
| Music Education - Violin | Music (requires transcript review) | Music: Content Knowledge (0113) and Music: Concepts and Processes (0111) |
| Music Education - Voice | Music (requires transcript review) | Music: Content Knowledge (0113) and Music: Concepts and Processes (0111) |
| Physical Education (PACE participants in this subject area must be employed in a Critical Need district) | Physical Education Exercise Science (requires a major equivalency statement) |
Physical Education: Content Knowledge (0091) and Physical Education: Movement Forms-Video Evaluation (0093) |
| Physics - Secondary | Physics | Chemistry, Physics and General Science (0070) |
| Science - Secondary | Biology majors as long as they have 6-8 additional hours in both Chemistry and Physics. Physics majors as long as they have 6-8 additional hours in both Chemistry and Biology. Chemistry majors as long as they have 6-8 additional hours in both Biology and Physics. | Biology and General Science (0030) or Chemistry, Physics and General Science (0070) |
| Social Studies - Secondary | Major in a Social Studies Content Area (History, Economics, Government, Geography, Sociology, Psychology, or Juris Doctorate) and the following:
|
Social Studies: Content (0081) and Social Studies: Interpretation of Materials (0083) |
| Theatre | Theatre
Drama |
If you do not attain employment in time to attend the July 2008 preservice, you will need to pass Theater (0640) to maintain your eligibility |