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 426 Philosophical Foundations of Education
• EDUC 427 Introduction to Special Education
• EDUC 427L Special Education Practicum
• EDUC 494 Senior Seminar
• EDUC 496 Student Teaching

Elementary Program Courses (required for initial elementary certificate)

• EDUC 312 Theories and Methods: Elementary and Middle School Reading
• EDUC 313 Theories and Methods of Teaching Elementary and Middle School Students
• EDUC 313L Methods Practicum for Elementary and Middle School
• 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 324L Methods Practicum
• EDUC 462 Curriculum Integration and Classroom Demeanor

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

• EDUC 515 Learning and Culture
• 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 551 Psychology of Human Learning
• EDUC 562 Curriculum Integration and Classroom Demeanor (instead of EDUC 462)
• EDUC 562L Content Reading Practicum
• EDUC 587 Philosophical Foundations of Education (instead of EDUC 426)
• 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 241 Outdoor Education (only offered at Honey Rock during the summer)
• EDUC 298L Middle Grade Practicum (required for Middle Grade Endorsement for students who did Teacher Aiding in grades K-5)
• EDUC 329x Children’s Literature
• EDUC 345 Early Childhood Education
• EDUC 429 Literacy Assessment

Secondary and Special Program Electives

• EDUC 298L Middle Grade Practicum (required for Middle Grade Endorsement if Teacher Aiding Practicum was not completed in a Middle School.)