Education Studies Major

Please note:   Education courses are not currently available in the evenings.  Given this situation, we are not currently able to offer a Residency Program.   Our licensure only program is conditionally available if day time attendance is possible. 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education Studies

Required courses for all education studies majors on the licensure track: (20 credit hours)+
EDUC 201Philosophical and Ethical Reflection in Education4
EDUC 202Educational Psychology in Classrooms4
EDUC 203Contemporary/Historical Issues in Education4
EDUC 302Field Study in Cross-Cultural Education4
PSY 224Developmental Psychology4
In addition to the 5 courses+ listed above, additional required courses for each track are listed below:

Elementary (K-6) track:

EDUC 204Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 14
EDUC 306Processes in Teaching Elementary School Science4
EDUC 307Literacies Across the Curriculum *4
EDUC 308Internship in Leadership, Collaboration and Community *4
EDUC 309Planning for Teaching and Learning *4
EDUC 410Elementary Student Teaching Seminar ^4
EDUC 440Student Teaching ^8
EDUC 450 Immersion in Student Teaching (3 weeks in Fall) ^4
HP course with HIST prefix4
+5 courses required of all majors20
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree with Elementary (K-6) licensure = 60

Secondary English (9-12) track:  (requires a double major with English)

EDUC 312Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching *4
EDUC 313Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching: Theory into Practice *4
EDUC 420Secondary Student Teaching Seminar ^4
EDUC 440Student Teaching ^8
EDUC 450 Immersion in Student Teaching (3 weeks in Fall) ^4
ENGL 380Rhetoric and Composition 24
+5 courses required of all majors20
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree with secondary licensure in English = 48
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Offered only in Spring

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Offered every other Spring

Secondary Social Studies (9-12) track: (requires a double major with History)

EDUC 312Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching *4
EDUC 313Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching: Theory into Practice *4
EDUC 420Secondary Student Teaching Seminar ^4
EDUC 440Student Teaching ^8
PSCI 101The American Political System4
PSCI 103International Relations4
or PSCI 105 Comparative Politics
ECON 221Macroeconomic Principles: “Global Vision: the U.S. in the World Economy”4
+5 courses required of all majors20
Total credit hours required for A.B. degree with secondary licensure in social studies = 56
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EDUC 307, 308 and 309 (Elementary) or EDUC312/313 (Secondary) must be taken together in the Spring term, usually in the student’s Junior year. This group of courses and accompanying fieldwork is called the “internship” and are only open to students who have been accepted into the Licensure Program (See Department for criteria).  During the internship, students become what are called teaching candidates.  Teacher candidates are required to be  in  a classroom two full days a week, at our partnership school or the classroom in which they teach as resident/licensure only candidate. (Courses only offered in Spring Semester)

 
 
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EDUC410 (Elementary) (or) EDUC420 (Secondary) must be taken with EDUC440 and EDUC450 (3-week) in the Fall term, usually in the student’s Senior year.  This group of courses and accompanying fieldwork is the Student Teaching semester.  To enroll in Student Teaching, candidates must have successfully completed the internship courses. During Student Teaching, candidates are required to be in the public school classroom five full days a week at our partnership school or the approved classroom in which they teach as a resident/licensure only candidate.  (Courses only offered in the Fall Semester)