Subject Matter Domains and CSET Examinations by Subtest
Subject Matter Domains and CSET Examinations by Subtest
CSET: Agriculture
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Plant and Soil Science
- I: Ornamental Horticulture
- II: Animal Science
- II: Environmental Science and Natural Resource Management
- III: Agricultural Business and Economics
- III: Agricultural Systems Technology
CSET: Art
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Creating
- I: Presenting
- II: Responding
- II: Connecting
CSET: Business
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Business Management
- I: Marketing
- II: Accounting and Finance
- II: Economics
- III: Information Technology
- III: Business Environment and Communication
CSET: Dance
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I and II: Creating
- I and II: Performing
- I and II: Responding
- I and II: Connecting
CSET: English
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Reading Literature and Informational Texts
- I: Composition and Rhetoric
- II: Language, Linguistics, and Literacy
- III: Composition and Rhetoric
- III: Reading Literature and Informational Texts
- IV: Communications: Speech, Media, and Creative Performance
CSET: English Language Development
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Knowledge of English Learners in California and the United States
- I: Applied Linguistics
- II: Cultural Foundations
- II: Foundations of English Learner Education in California and the United States
- III: Principles of ELD Instruction and Assessment to Promote Receptive and Productive Language Proficiency
CSET: Health Science
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Foundations of Health Education
- I: Human Growth and Development
- I: Chronic and Communicable Diseases
- II: Nutrition and Fitness
- II: Mental and Emotional Health
- II: Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs
- III: Family Life and Interpersonal Relationships
- III: Consumer and Community Health
- III: Environmental Health
CSET: Home Economics
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Personal, Family, and Child Development
- II: Nutrition, Foods, and Hospitality
- III: Fashion and Textiles
- III: Housing and Interior Design
- III: Consumer Education
CSET: Industrial and Technology Education
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Nature of Technology
- II: Power and Energy
- II: Information and Communication
- II: Project and Product Development
CSET: Mathematics*
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Number and Quantity
- I: Algebra
- II: Geometry
- II: Probability and Statistics
- III: Calculus
*Subtests I and II satisfy the subject matter requirement for the Foundational-level Mathematics credential
CSET: Multiple Subjects
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Reading, Language, and Literature
- I: History and Social Science
- II: Science
- II: Mathematics
- III: Physical Education
- III: Human Development
- III: Visual and Performing Arts
CSET: Music
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Creating
- I: Performing
- II: Responding
- II: Connecting
CSET: Physical Education
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Growth, Motor Development, and Motor Learning
- I: The Science of Human Movement
- II: The Sociology and Psychology of Human Movement
- II: Movement Concepts and Forms
- II: Assessment and Evaluation Principles
- III: Professional Foundations
- III: Integration of Concepts
CSET: Science*
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Scientific Practices, Engineering Design and Applications, and Crosscutting Concepts
- I: Physical Sciences
- I: Life Sciences
- I: Earth and Space Sciences
- II: Concentration: Life Science
- II: Concentration: Chemistry
- II: Concentration: Earth and Space Sciences
- II: Concentration: Physics
*Subtest I covers the general science content while Subtest II covers the candidate’s area of concentration. Subtest 1 alone satisfies the subject matter requirement for the Foundational level General Science credentials, while the full Science credential in any one of the concentration areas requires Subtest 1 and the appropriate Subtest II.
CSET: Social Science
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: World History
- I: World Geography
- II: U.S. History
- II: U.S. Geography
- III: Principles of American Democracy
- III: Economics
- III: California History
CSET: Theatre
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I and II: Creating
- I and II: Performing
- I and II: Responding
- I and II: Connecting
CSET WL: American Sign Language
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- I: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
- II: General Linguistics
- II: Linguistics of the Target Language – American Sign Language (Language Structures; Contrastive Analysis; Sociolinguistics and Pragmatics)
- III: Linguistics of the Target Language – American Sign Language (Error Analysis)
- III: Language and Communication: Receptive Comprehension
- III: Language and Communication: Expressive Production
CSET WL: Arabic, Armenian, Farsi, Filipino, Hmong, Khmer
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: General Linguistics
- I: Linguistics of the Target Language
- I: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- I: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
- II: Language and Communication: Oral Expression
- II: Language and Communication: Listening Comprehension
- II: Language and Communication: Reading Comprehension
- II: Language and Communication: Written Expression
CSET WL: Cantonese
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: General Linguistics
- I: Linguistics of the Target Language
- II: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- II: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
- III: Language and Communication: Listening Comprehension
- III: Language and Communication: Reading Comprehension
- III: Language and Communication: Written Expression
- III: Language and Communication: Oral Expression
CSET WL: French, German, Japanese, Korean, Mandarin, Punjabi, Russian, Spanish, Vietnamese
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: General Linguistics
- I: Linguistics of the Target Language
- II: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- II: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
- III: Language and Communication: Oral Expression
- III: Language and Communication: Listening Comprehension
- III: Language and Communication: Reading Comprehension
- III: Language and Communication: Written Expression
CSET WL: Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, Portuguese, Turkish*
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: General Linguistics
- I: Linguistics of the Target Language
- II: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- II: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
*To use the CSET examinations in Hebrew, Hindi, Italian, and Portuguese toward certification, the individual must also pass the language and communication skills examinations offered by other entities approved by the Commission.
CSET WL: Writing Skills*
Subtest Number and Domains Measured
- I: Expository Writing
- I: Expository Writing
- II: Literary and Cultural Texts and Traditions
- II: Cultural Analysis and Comparisons
*CSET Writing Skills is used to satisfy the basic skills requirement for those who want to take it with all three sections of CSET Multiple Subject exam as an option for meeting the basic skills requirement
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