The Education Department offers nine certification programs at the adolescence level (formerly secondary level). The curriculum and eight-semester recommended sequence of courses are listed below.
Candidates wishing to obtain an extension to teach grades 5-6 (thus enabling candidates to teach middle childhood grades 5-6 as well as childhood grades 7-12) must take EMC 352 and EMC 391 in addition to the courses listed below.
CODES
EDE Childhood Education
EDY Early Childhood Education
EDU Teacher Education (applies to several or all programs)
EDS Adolescence Education
EMC Middle Childhood Education
SPE Students with Disabilities
AS Area Studies
M Major
CN Concentration
FE Free Elective
Adolescence Education Curriculum:
| 1. | College Core: ENG 101, ENG 102, PHI 101, RST 101 (4 courses) |
(12 credits) | |
| 2. | Area studies: One course each from AS I, III, IV, V, VI, VII, VIII (none from AS II); Plus, choose four more AS courses, but not more than one from any area, and none from AS II.(9-10 courses) |
(27-32 credits) | |
| 3. | Concentration/Content Area of Certification: | ||
| 4. | Pedagogical Core: (13-14 courses) | (41-44 credits) | |
| EDS 101 Human Growth and Social Development: Adolescence | (3 credits) | ||
| EDU 122 Technology in Education | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 223 Foundations of Literacy | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 224 Teaching Literacy in Grades 7-12 | (3 credits) | ||
| EDU 250 Foundations of Education | (3 credits) | ||
| EDU 341 Inclusive Strategies | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 360 Evaluation and Teaching Strategies | (4 credits) | ||
| EDS 390 Cognition, Learning, and Assessment: Adolescence | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 402, 403, 404, 405, or 406 Methods of Teaching (in concentration area) | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 432-436 Applied Methods of Teaching: Adolescence | (3 credits) | ||
| EDS 450 Student Teaching Seminar | (1 credit) | ||
| EDU 451 Child Abuse Seminar | (0 credits) | ||
| EDU 4525 Prevention of School Violence Workshop | (0 credits) | ||
| EDS 470 Student Teaching | (12 credits) | ||
| Free Electives: 0-2 depending on concentration | (0-6 credits) | ||
| Total (41-43 courses) | (124-142) | ||
Recommended Schedule:
| Fall | Spring | |||||
| Freshman Year | ||||||
| ENG 101 | 3 credits | ENG 102 | 3 credits | |||
| EDU 122 or EDS 101 | 3 credits | EDU 122 or EDS 101 | 3 credits | |||
| Major/AS | 3 credits | AS/Major | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS/Concentration | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Sophomore Year | ||||||
| EDS 223 | 3 credits | EDS 224 | 3 credits | |||
| RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | RST 101 or PHI 101 | 3 credits | |||
| EDU 250 or AS | 3 credits | EDU 250 or AS | 3 credits | |||
| M/AS | 3 credits | M/AS | 3 credits | |||
| Elective/AS | 3 credits | Elective/AS | 3 credits | |||
| AS | 3 credits | AS | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 18 credits | Total | 18 credits | |||
| Junior Year | ||||||
| EDS 360 | 3 credits | EDS 390 | 3 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | EDS 402-406 | 3 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | AS/M/FE | 3 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | AS/M/FE | 3 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | AS/M/FE | 3 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | Total | 15 credits | |||
| Senior Year | ||||||
| EDS 432-436 (prereq. EDS 402-406) |
3 credits | EDS 450 | 1 credit | |||
| EDU 341 | 3 credits | EDU 451 | 0 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | EDU 452 | 0 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | EDS 470 | 12 credits | |||
| AS/M/FE | 3 credits | Total | 13 credits | |||
| Total | 15 credits | |||||
| TOTAL | 124-142 credits |