Teacher Education: Courses

• Elementary Education
• Secondary Science

Elementary Education

General Education (64 credits)

Course Descriptions (276 KB PDF)

Pre-Requisite

• EDUC 200 Introduction to Teaching Profession (2)

First Semester – Strand One: Foundations of Teaching and Learning (19 credits)

• EDUC 235 Preparation for Praxis I (1)
• EDUC 300 Educational Technology (2)
• EDUC 310 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
• EDUC 321 Multicultural Ed/Human Diversity (3)
• EDUC 329 Curriculum Planning & Evaluation (3)
• EDUC 330 Foundations of Education (3)
• EDUC 350 Practicum I (1)
• PSYC 353 Child & Adolescent Psychology (3)

Second Semester – Strand Two: Theory and Practice (19 credits)

• EDUC 320 Native Issues in Education (3)
• EDUC 331 Learning Environments (3)
• EDUC 404 Music Methods (2)
• EDUC 406 Science Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 407 Creative Arts Methods (3)
• EDUC 408 Health & Physical Education Methods and Materials (2)
• EDUC 410 Educational Assessment (3)

Third Semester – Strand Three: Methods and Materials (15 credits)

• EDUC 236 Praxis II (1)
• EDUC 360 Practicum II (1)
• EDUC 402 Foundations of Reading and Reading Diagnosis (4)
• EDUC 403 Social Studies Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 405 Math Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 409 Methods and Materials for Language Arts (3)

Fourth Semester – Strand Four: Student Teaching (13 credits)

• EDUC 414 Student Teaching (12)
• EDUC 415 Seminar: Classroom Teaching (1)

Secondary Science

General Education (66 credits)

Course Descriptions

• Content Courses (275 KB PDF)
• Method Courses (191 KB PDF)

First Semester (19 credits)

• EDUC 235 Praxis I (1)
• EDUC 300 Education Technology (2)
• EDUC 310 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
• EDUC 321 Multicultural Ed/Human Diversity (3)
• EDUC 329 Curriculum Planning & Evaluation (3)
• EDUC 330 Foundations of Education (3)
• EDUC 350 Practicum I (1)
• PSYC 353 Adolescent Psychology (3)

Second Semester (16 credits)

• EDUC 320 Native Issues in Education (3)
• Content Courses (13)

Summer Session

• Content Courses (6-9)

Third Semester (15-17 credits)

• MATH 212 Statistics (3)
• EDUC 236 Praxis II (1)
• EDUC 360 Practicum II (1)
• EDUC 375 Reading in the Content Area (2)
• EDUC 470 Methods of Secondary Science (2)
• Content Courses (6-8)

Fourth Semester (11-13 credits)

• EDUC 414 Student Teaching (10-12)
• EDUC 415 Teaching Seminar (1)