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Education Course Requirements (30 Credits Required)

  • EDUC 314: LEARNING THEORY AND INSTRUCTIONAL PROCEDURES (3).
  • EDUC 315Y: SOCIAL AND CULTURAL FACTORS IN EDUCATION (3)
  • EDUC 400: CULTURAL AWARENESS AND DIVERSITY PRACTICES IN THE K-12 CLASSROOM (3) (Offered during the fall term only)
  • EDUC 416: TEACHING SECONDARY SOCIAL STUDIES (3) (Offered during fall term only)
  • EDUC 458: BEHAVIOR MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES FOR INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS (3)
  • EDUC 459: STRATEGIES FOR EFFECTIVE TEACHING IN INCLUSIVE CLASSROOMS (3)
  • EDUC 466: FOUNDATIONS OF TEACHING ENGLISH AS A SECOND LANGUAGE (3)
  • EDUC 490: STUDENT TEACHING (9)

Field Experience Requirments (3 Options)

Option One: Year-long Clinical Residency

  • Participate in the year-long clinical residency during the final academic year in the program. This includes enrolling in EDUC 495: Internship (1 credit) in the Fall semester and EDUC 490: Student Teaching (9 credits) in the Spring semester. *Residency can only run from fall to spring.

Option Two: Traditional Approach (clinical residency optional)

  • Take EDUC 313: Field Observation (2 additional credits) concurrently with EDUC 314 (Fall semester only);
  • Take EDUC 490: Student Teaching (9 credits) in the final semester. 

Option Three: Candidate-directed Experience (clinical residency optional)

  • Post-bac candidate arranges own clinical observation experience over the course of the first year, with required documentation and assignments. 
  • Take EDUC 490: Student Teaching (9 credits) in the final semester.

Social Studies Requirements

  • Take and pass the Praxis Social Studies: Content Knowledge (5081) exam by the beginning of the second semester in the program.
  • Take and pass with a C or better any social studies content coursework deemed to be necessary based on transcript analysis and background (to be determined during the intake interview). Such coursework may include courses in American and world history, geography, economics, political science, and others. 

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