Adolescent to Young Adult Education (grades 7-12)

Required Courses:

Required Supporting Courses:

Required Courses for Areas of Licensure:

Integrated Language Arts:

EDUC 242 - Adolescent Literature and Literacies
EDUC 310 - Writing: Theory and Practice
EDUC 352 - Language Arts Pedagogy for Middle Childhood
EDUC 356 - Language Arts Pedagogy for Adolescents to Young Adults
COMM 131 - Media and Society - (Same course as
ENGL 122 - Media and Society
)
COMM 313 - Advanced Public Speaking
ENGL 150 - Introduction to Literature
ENGL 230 - New Media and Writing
Choose
ENGL 250 - Survey of British Literature I
or
ENGL 251 - Survey of British Literature II
ENGL 255 - Survey of American Literature
ENGL 263 - Latin American Literature or ENGL 265 Middle Eastern Literature
ENGL 340 - English Language
ENGL 343 - Shakespeare & Company
Choose one
ENGL 270 - Ethnic and Women’s Literature
or
ENGL 275 - Native American Literature and Culture
or
ENGL 368 - African American Literature
TH 121 - Introduction to Theatre
Plus the requirements for a major in English (Literature or Professional Writing or Creative Writing), or a major in Communication.

Integrated Mathematics:

Integrated Social Studies

Single Science Licensures:

Required for all areas:

Must Choose One Area of Licensure:

Chemistry:

Choose

Life Science:

BIOL 270 - Genetics
BIOL 360 - Ecology
4 credits of BIOL 200 level or above
6 credits of BIOL 300 level or above

Choose One

BIOL 324 - Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy

Take Both

Dual Science Licensures:

All of the courses are required for Chemistry and Life Science.

Signature Learning Requirements for Education Majors:

First Year Seminar - EDUC 151 Foundations of the Education Profession (Grade of C or better required)
Reading and Writing - (Grade of C or better required)
Oral Communication - UC 120 Oral Communication (Grade of C or better required)
Ethics
Quantitative Reasoning * - (Grade of C or better required)
Fine Arts
Social Science - (Requirement fulfilled with Major)
Religion
Cultural Pluralism
Natural Science * (Students must take six (6) credit hours of Natural Science (the combination of the Natural Science and Society requirement and the Laboratory Science requirement)
Humanities
Global Systems

See Signature Learning Pathways for a complete listing of applicable cognate courses. Requirements for Education Majors may change depending upon the area of Licensure chosen.