Courses

Core Courses (required for all teacher certification)

 

  • EDUC 125 School and Society
  • EDUC 125L Multicultural Tutoring Practicum
  • EDUC 225 Learning and Development: The Psychological and Developmental Contexts of Education
  • EDUC 225L Teacher Aiding Practicum
  • EDUC 305 Learning Differences
  • EDUC 305L Learning Differences Practicum
  • EDUC 494 Senior Seminar
  • EDUC 496 Student Teaching
  • EDUC 497 Philosophy of Education


Elementary Program Courses (required for initial elementary certificate)

 

  • EDUC 311 Theories and Methods of Teaching Elementary and Middle School Students
  • EDUC 311L Methods Practicum for Elementary and Middle School
  • EDUC 312 Theories and Methods: Elementary and Middle School Reading
  • EDUC 315 Theories and Methods of Teaching Elementary and Middle School Mathematics
  • EDUC 317 Theories and Methods of Teaching Elementary and Middle School Language Arts
  • EDUC 321 Theories and Methods of Teaching Elementary and Middle School Social Studies


Secondary and Special Program Courses(required for initial secondary or initial special certificate)

 

  • Teaching Methods Course (offered by the department of the major)
  • EDUC 306  Classroom Communication and Curriculum Integration
  • EDUC 324L Methods Practicum


M. A. T. Program Courses (Required for initial secondary certificate with the Master of Arts in Teaching)

 

  • EDUC 515 Learning and Culture
  • EDUC 521 Psychology of Human Learning
  • EDUC 527L Curriculum and Instruction/Methods Practicum (instead of EDUC 324L)
  • EDUC 531 Ethical Perspectives on Teaching
  • EDUC 541 Statistics in Education
  • EDUC 542 Research Methodologies in Education
  • EDUC 506 Classroom Communication and Curriculum Integration (instead of EDUC 306)
  • EDUC 502L Content Reading Practicum
  • EDUC 587 Philosophical Foundations of Education (instead of EDUC 497)
  • EDUC 594 Craft of Teaching (instead of EDUC 494)
  • EDUC 596 Student Teaching (instead of EDUC 496)
  • EDUC 598 Action Research Paper


Elementary Program Electives

 

  • EDUC 329x Children’s Literature
  • EDUC 304 Early Childhood Education
  • EDUC 498 Literacy Assessment
  • EDUC 507L Middle Grade Practicum (required for Middle Grade Endorsement for students who did Teacher Aiding in grades K-5) 
  • EDUC 563 Advanced Curriculum in Elementary Education


Secondary and Special Program Electives

 

  • EDUC 405L Middle Grade Practicum (required for Middle Grade Endorsement if Teacher Aiding Practicum was not completed in a Middle School.)


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