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Single Subject Credential Prerequisites

Single Subject Credential Prerequisites

Finish your Single Subject Credential Prerequisites with CSUF

Need your teaching credential prerequisites?

Complete them online with the Prerequisite Courses for Single Subject (PCSS) Program at Cal State Fullerton!

The PCSS Program is a fully online program that lets you complete all your teaching-credential prerequisites and prepares you to enter a teaching credential program.

For information about admission requirements for the Single Subject Credential Program, click here and attend an overview.

CSUF Single Subject Credential Prerequisites Courses

Whether you’re fresh out of your degree program and looking to teach, contemplating a career change or just want to see what teaching is like, these classes will help you learn what you need to know before taking the next step.

EDSC 310 The Teaching Experience: Participation

EDSC 320 Adolescent Development

EDSC 330 Developing Literacy in Secondary Schools in Secondary Education

EDSC 340 Diversity in Secondary Schools

You Will:

  • Complete your teaching-credential prerequisites.
  • Build the educational, cultural and philosophical foundations you’ll need as a California teacher.
  • Foster your critical and creative thinking skills.
  • Learn best practices in curriculum, assessment and instruction.

Program Stats:

  • Four courses.
  • 100% online.