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
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required courses for all education studies majors on the licensure track: (20 credit hours)+ | ||
| EDUC 201 | Philosophical and Ethical Reflection in Education | 4 |
| EDUC 202 | Educational Psychology in Classrooms | 4 |
| EDUC 203 | Contemporary/Historical Issues in Education | 4 |
| EDUC 302 | Field Study in Cross-Cultural Education | 4 |
| PSY 224 | Developmental Psychology | 4 |
| In addition to the 5 courses+ listed above, additional required courses for each track are listed below: | ||
Elementary (K-6) track:
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 204 | Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 1 | 4 |
| EDUC 306 | Processes in Teaching Elementary School Science | 4 |
| EDUC 307 | Literacies Across the Curriculum * | 4 |
| EDUC 308 | Internship in Leadership, Collaboration and Community * | 4 |
| EDUC 309 | Planning for Teaching and Learning * | 4 |
| EDUC 409 | EDUC 409: Immersion in Student Teaching--Elementary | 4 |
| EDUC 410 | Elementary Student Teaching Seminar ^ | 4 |
| EDUC 440 | Student Teaching ^ | 8 |
| HP course with HIST prefix | 4 | |
| +5 courses required of all majors | 20 | |
| 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)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 312 | Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching * | 4 |
| EDUC 313 | Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching: Theory into Practice * | 4 |
| EDUC 419 | EDUC 419 Immersion in Student Teaching--Secondary | 4 |
| EDUC 420 | Secondary Student Teaching Seminar ^ | 4 |
| EDUC 440 | Student Teaching ^ | 8 |
| ENGL 380 | The Art of Persuasion 2 | 4 |
| +5 courses required of all majors | 20 | |
| 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)
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| EDUC 312 | Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching * | 4 |
| EDUC 313 | Seminar in the Processes of Secondary and K-12 Teaching: Theory into Practice * | 4 |
| EDUC 419 | EDUC 419 Immersion in Student Teaching--Secondary | |
| EDUC 420 | Secondary Student Teaching Seminar ^ | 4 |
| EDUC 440 | Student Teaching ^ | 8 |
| PSCI 101 | The American Political System | 4 |
| PSCI 103 | International Relations | 4 |
| or PSCI 105 | Comparative Politics | |
| ECON 221 | Macroeconomic Principles: “Global Vision: the U.S. in the World Economy” | 4 |
| +5 courses required of all majors | 20 | |
| 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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EDUC409 and 410 (Elementary) or EDUC 419 and EDUC 420 (Secondary) must be taken with EDUC 450 in the Fall term, usually in the student's Senior year.
*For Secondary English- this course, ENGL 380, Rhetoric and Comp, is now ENGL 380: The Art of Persuasion.