Select a Minimum of 24 Credit Hours From the Following

• HLED 1120 - American Red Cross First Aid & CPR/AED Credit Hours: 2

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• KINS 300 - Nutrition Credit Hours: 3

• or

• HLTH 300 - Nutrition Credit Hours: 3

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• HLTH 360 - Introduction to Personal and Community Health Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• HLTH 400 - Curriculum and Methods in Health Science Education Credit Hours: 3
• HLTH 460 - Wellness Program Planning and Evaluation Credit Hours: 3
• KINS 340 - Human Physiology Credit Hours: 3

Select One of the Following:

• HLTH 464 - Substance Use/Abuse Credit Hours: 3

• or

• CHDP 465 - Pharmacology Credit Hours: 3

• or

• SWK 415 - Psychopharmacology for Social Workers Credit Hours: 3

Select One of the Following:

• HLTH 465 - Wellness of the Senior Population Credit Hours: 3

• or

• KINS 460 - Exercise and Aging Credit Hours: 3

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• HLTH 470 - Human Sexuality Credit Hours: 3

Total Minimum Credit Hours 26

Elementary/Secondary Education Teaching Endorsement Fields (24-36)

For Elementary Education New Mexico State Licensure, students must qualify for a competency based teaching field (24-36 credits). To be licensed in New Mexico, you must pass the PRAXIS Teaching Reading Elementary test (5205). 

If a student wishes to teach at the middle school level, they must pass the secondary content test for their selected teaching field.

Secondary PRAXIS Content Test

ART: Content Knowledge (5134) Passing Score 158
English Language Arts: Content Knowledge (5038) Passing Score 167
English to Speakers of Other Languages (5362) Passing Score 155
Family and Consumer Sciences (5122) Passing Score 153
General Science: Content Knowledge (5435) Passing Score 152
Health Eduction (5551) Passing Score 160
Accepted thorugh August 31, 2022  Mathematics: Content Knowledge (5161) Passing Score 160
Mathematics (5165) Passing Score 5165
Music: Content Knowlege (5113) Passing Score 161
Physical Education: Content Knowledge (5091) Passing Score 148
Psychology (5391) Passing Score 154
Teaching Reading: K-12 (5206) Passing Score 156
Library Media Specialist (5311) Passing Score 151
Social Studies: Content Knowledge (5081) Passing Score 154
Spanish World Language (5195) Passing Score 168
Technology Education (5051) Passing Score 159