Required Courses for Certification in Adolescence Education (Gr 7-12)
EDAD 502 Foundations of Literacy Instruction
(includes 30 hours of classroom field experience)
EDU 505 Foundations of Education
EDAD 534* Teaching Strategies & Assessment: Adolescence
EDAD 561-566 Methods of Teaching: Adolescence
(select area of certification)
561 Business
562 English
563 Mathematics
564 Modern Language
565 Science
566 Social Studies/History
EDAD 503* Literacy in Secondary School
EDAD 535 Learning & Human Development: Adolescence
EDAD 536 Differentiated Instruction for Diverse Learners
EDAD 537 Advanced Methods: Adolescence
(includes 70 hours of classroom field experience)
EDAD 593 Student Teaching
* Business and Marketing candidates substitute EMC 552/553 for these courses
New York State Teacher Certification Examinations Required:
1. LAST: Liberal Arts and Sciences Test
2. ATS-W: Assessment of Teaching Skills-Written
3. CST: Content Specialty Test (in academic area of certification)
Additional Courses for Master of Science in Education (Adolescence)
EDAD 538 Contemporary Issues in the Methods of Teaching: (select one)
Social Sciences & Education
New Literacies
EDAD 616 Research Methods in: (select one)
Prerequisite: EDAD 538
Social Sciences & Education
New Literacies
Students will complete EDAD 538 and EDAD 616 by taking courses from the same strand, i.e., Social Sciences & Education or New Literacies.
Candidates wishing to obtain an extension to teach grades 5-6 (middle childhood) must take the following additional courses:
EMC 552 Human Growth & Development: Middle Childhood
EMC 553 Cognition, Learning, Assessment & Diagnostic Teaching: Middle Childhood