2001-2002 Academic Catalog

School of Social Sciences and Professional Studies 87 Teacher Education Program Retention and Completion Requirements To maintain regular standing in the Teacher Education Program, and/or to receive an education degree, students must maintain and/or complete the following requirements: 1. Maintain a GPA of2.7 or above in all courses. 2. Obtain a "C" or above in all methods courses. 3. Satisfactorily complete field and clinical experiences. 4. Satisfactorily complete the student teaching experience. 5. Earn a passing score on state required Praxis II exams (for licensure only). Demographic Profile The number of teacher education program completers for the 1999-2000 reporting periodwas 148. Demographic profile of program completers forthe 1999-2000 reporting period: Number Percent White 143 96.6 AfricanAmerican Hispanic 1 0.7 1 0.7 Asian 3 2.0 Other 0 0 Male 25 16.9 Female 123 83.l General Education Requirements for Education Majors EarlyChildhoodEducation(EC) MiddleChildhoodEducation(MC) SpecialEducation (SpE) Biblical Education ................................................................ 24 BEGE-171 TheChristianLife .................................................... 4 BEGE-172 Introduction to Bible Study ..................................... 4 BEGE-273 OldTestament Survey ............................................. 4 BEGE-274NewTestamentSurvey ........................................... 4 BEGE-375 GodandHistory ...................................................... 4 BEGE-376GodandtheChurch ................................................ 4 Communications ............................................................. 10-15 COM-110 Fundamentals ofSpeech .......................................... 5 ENG-110 EnglishCompositionI* ............................................. 5 *May be waived based on qualifYing ACT or SAT score. ENG-140 English Composition II .............................................. 5 Humanities ...................................................................... 16-17 EDU-320Children'sLiterature[EC,SpE] ................................. 3 (orCOM-230VoicesofDiversity[MC] ................................. 4) EDU-450PhilosophyofEducation .......................................... 3 HUM-140 Introduction to the Humanities ............................... 5 Literature Elective (200-level) ................................................... 5 Mathematics ...................................................................... 5-10 EDU-180PrinciplesofMathematicsI* .................................... 5 *Course may be waived based on departmental test. EDU-280 Principles ofMathematics II ..................................... 5 Physical Education ................................................................. 3 PEF-199 Physical Activity and the Christian Life ..................... 2 Physical Education elective ..................................................... 1 Science .................................................................................. 15 BI0-100 Principles ofBiology .................................................. 5 (or BI0-114 Introduction to Biology ..................................... 5) GSCI-160 Principles ofEaiih/Space Science ............................ 5 GSCI-222 Physical Science for ElementaryEducation .............. 5 Social Science ....................................................................... 15 GSS-100 Foundations ofSocial Science ................................... 5 GE0-250 Introduction to Geography ....................................... 2 GEO- Global Geography elective .............................................. 4 HIST-375 SocialMovements ................................................... 4 Foreign Language ............................................................ 0-15 See the global awareness section of the General Education Requirements. Early Childhood Education The early childhood education major prepares students to teach preschool and early elementaiy school (pre-K to grade 3) in public and Christian schools. Course requirements involve 104 quarter hours including: Education Core ..................................................................... 19 EDSP-202 Teaching Childrenwith Exceptionalities .................. 3 EDSP-206 Specia!EducationFieldExperience ......................... 1 EDU-100 The Education Profession ......................................... 1 EDU-101 Contemporary Christian Schools .............................. 0 EDU-200 Introduction to Teaching .......................................... 3 EDU-204MulticulturalFieldExperience ................................... 2 EDU-210 Technology in the Classroom ................................... 2 EDU-250 Educational Psychology ........................................... 4 EDU-310 Classroom Planning and Assessment ....................... 3 -- Dr. Cheryl Irish, assista11t professor of education, brings a wealth of practical teaching experience to the classroom.