Adolescence to Young Adult Education (grades 7-12)

Education Coursework:

• EDUC 101 - Developing as a Professional Educator I
• EDUC 151 - Foundations of the Education Profession
• EDUC 201 - Developing as a Professional Educator II
• EDUC 231 - Introduction to Exceptionalities and Interventions
• EDUC 243 - Instructional Technology
• EDUC 301 - Developing as a Professional Educator III
• EDUC 374 - Content Area Literacy
• EDUC 401 - Developing as a Professional Educator IV
• EDUC 430 - Student Teaching: Adolescence to Young Adult

Psychology Coursework:

• PSYCH 121 - General Psychology or PSYCH 120 Introduction to Psychology  
• EDUC 232 - Educational Psychology

Required Courses for Licensure Programs:

Integrated Social Studies

• ECON 101 - Macroeconomic Principles
• ECON 115 - Microeconomic Principles
• EDUC 355 - Social Studies Pedagogy for Middle Childhood
• EDUC 359 - Social Studies Pedagogy for Adolescents to Young Adults
• HIST 100 - World Civilizations: Ancient to 1500
• HIST 101 - World Civilizations: 1500 to the Present
• HIST 120 - History of The United States: Colonial to 1877
• HIST 121 - History of The United States: 1877 to the Present
• HIST 470 - Seminar
• GEOG 111 - World Geography
• POLS 105 - American Government and Politics
• POLS 120 - Introduction to Political Theory
• POLS 210 - International Relations
• SOC 120 - Introduction to Sociology or SOC 115 Principles of Sociology      

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  History Electives (8 credits)

   

  Chose Two Non-Western: (8 credits):

• HIST 220 - History of Africa
• HIST 236 - History of the Modern Middle East
• HIST 325 - History of Modern China

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  Political Science Coursework Track:

• POLS 230 - Comparative Politics
• POLS 495 - Political Science Internship
• SOSCI 210 - Social Science Statistics
• SOSCI 220 - Social Science Research Methods

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  Global Elective (choose one):

• POLS 313 - Human Rights in a Global Perspective
• POLS 331 - Political Development
• POLS 334 - Democracy and Democratization
• POLS 340 - Latin American Politics and History
• HIST 385 - Russian/Soviet History

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  American Government (choose one):

• POLS 205 - Intro to Public Policy
• POLS 225 - The American Presidency
• POLS 370 - Parties and Elections

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  Political Theory Elective (choose one):

• POLS 202 - Philosophy and Politics I: Ancient and Medieval
• POLS 209 - Philosophy and Politics II: Modern and Contemporary
• POLS 350 - Modern Political Ideologies

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) - (EDUC 243 Instructional Technology  = 2 credits )
• Humanities 
• Global Systems - (EDUC 283 Intercultural Student Teaching and Community Engagement Seminar  fulfills this requirement)

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.