Panola Pathway to a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies

Panola Pathway with SFA 

Earn a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies without leaving Panola College! 

SFA’s Department of Education Studies within the James I. Perkins College of Education offers the Panola Pathway with SFA — a unique distance education program that allows a student to expand on their Panola College degree to eventually earn a Bachelor of Science in Interdisciplinary Studies from SFA.*

Through the program, students who earned an Associate of Arts in teaching from Panola College will enroll in SFA courses taught online or on the Panola campus to eventually earn a BSIS from SFA. This program will also prepare students to sit for the Texas teaching certification exams.

This program offers two concentrations – early childhood through grade 6 or 4-8 middle-level education. Students will also have six different areas of content focus to choose from:

• Core subjects EC-6: The core curriculum includes 42 credit hours in communication, mathematics, life and physical sciences, language/philosophy/culture, creative arts, American history, political science, and social and behavioral sciences.
• Core subjects 4-8: This generalist path certifies students to teach all four academic areas in grades 4-8.
• English, language arts and reading 4-8: This content specialist degree qualifies students to teach middle grade English language arts and reading curricula.
• Math 4-8: This content specialist degree qualifies students to teach middle grade mathematics.
• Science 4-8: This content specialist degree qualifies students to teach middle grade science.
• Social studies 4-8: This content specialist degree qualifies students to teach middle grade social studies.

Though primarily online, the program offers at least one course per semester that will be face-to-face on the Panola College campus. A minimum of 10 enrolled students will be required for the course to be offered in a face-to-face format. Throughout the program, students will be exposed to field-based experiences and complete field hours, which are hours spent in Texas prekindergarten through grade 12 classrooms to provide hands-on, authentic experience with teaching.

Application Process

1. Apply through the Apply to SFA page.
2. Send an email to Dr. Susan Reily, associate professor and program coordinator, at reilys@sfasu.edu indicating the certification path you are interested in pursuing and request additional information about applying for the Panola Pathway to SFA program.

For more information, contact edstudies@sfasu.edu or Dr. Elizabeth Gound, assistant professor and program advisor, at goundeliza@sfasu.edu.