2001-2002 Academic Catalog

HIST-201 Hist01yofCivilizationI ............................................ 4 (orHIST-202 History ofCivilization II ................................... 4) (or HIST-203 Hist01y ofCivilization III .................................. 4) HIST-320Hist01yandPoliticsofLatinAmerica ...................... 4 (or HIST-321 History and Politics ofEastAsia ..................... 4) (or HIST-322 History and Politics of the Middle East ........... 4) *HIST-375 SocialMovements ................................................. 4 POLS-261AmericanNationalGovemment .............................. 5 (or POLS-262 American State and Local Government ........... 5) *Global geography elective ..................................................... 4 Science .................................................................................. 40 *BI0-100 Principles ofBiology ................................................ 5 (or BI0-114 Introduction to Biology ..................................... 5) GSCI-162 Chemistiy and the Enviromnent ............................... 5 CHEM-154 Principles ofChemistiy .......................................... 5 *EDMC-441 Middle School Curriculumand Instruction: Science ................................................................................. 5 *GSCI-160 Principles ofEarth and Space Science .................... 5 *GSCI-222 Physical Science for ElementaiyEducation ............ 5 Science electives (200 level or above) ............................... 10 Reading/Language Arts ..........................•..•..•....................•. 62 *COM-110 Fundamentals ofSpeech ....................................... 5 *COM-230VoicesofDiversity ................................................ 4 COM-232 Theories ofMass Media .......................................... 5 COM-361 Teaching CreativeDrama ......................................... 3 *ENG-140Composition II ......................................................... 5 ENG-221 Principles ofJournalism ............................................. 5 ENG-307AdvancedGrammarforTeachers .............................. 5 *EDMC-350 Reading in the Content Area for Middle School . 5 *EDMC-420 Phonics and the Stmcture ofLanguage .............. 3 *EDMC-430 Teaching Reading through Middle Childhood Literature ................................................................................ 5 *EDMC-444 Writing Process and Language Arts for Middle Childhood .................................................................. 5 *EDU-220 Foundations ofPhonics .......................................... 2 *LiteratureElective(200-level) ................................................. 5 LIT-239SurveyofAmericanLiteratureto1900 ........................ 5 *course also satisfies a General Education requirement or a professional education requirement MiddleChildhoodEducationMajor CurriculumSummary Proficiencyrequirements ...................................................... 0-8 Other General Education Requirements ........................... 89-114 Middle Childhood Education requirements ........................... 73 Concentration requirements ............................................... 42-62 Total (minimumnot includingproficiency) ........................ 204 Total credits VGIJI depending on concentrations chosen. Special Education The special education major prepares teachers to work with students in grade pre-K to grade 12 who have mild to moderate special education needs. Course requirements involve 111-122 quarter hours including: Education Core ..................................................................... 22 EDMC-250 Educational Psychology ofMiddle Childhood ...... 5 EDSP-202 Teaching ChildrenwithExceptionalities .................. 3 EDSP-206 SpecialEducationFieldExperience ......................... 1 EDU-100 The Education Profession ......................................... 1 EDU-101 Contemporary Christian Schools .............................. 0 EDU-200 Inti·oduction to Teaching .......................................... 3 EDU-204MulticulturalFieldExperience ................................... 2 EDU-210TechnologyintheClassroom ................................... 2 EDU-220 Foundations ofPhonics ............................................ 2 EDU-310 Classroom Planning and Assessment ....................... 3 Professional Education (non-special education) ................ 2 7 EDEC-3 50 Reading in the Content Area for Early Childhood ..................................................................... 3 EDEC-420Teach ingReading:Phonics .................................... 3 EDEC-430 Reading and Language Arts Methods for Early Childhood ..................................................................... 5 EDEC-440 EarlyChildhoodCurriculumand Instruction: Mathematics ........................................................................... 5 EDEC-441 EarlyChildhoodCurriculumand Instiuction: Science ................................................................................... 4 EDEC-442 EarlyChildhood Curriculumand Instruction: Social Studies ......................................................................... 4 EDU-235 Introduction to the Reading Process ........................ 3 Special Education ................................................................. 62 EDSP-223 Survey ofMental Retardation/Developmental Disabilities .............................................................................. 3 EDSP-224 Survey ofBehaviorDisorders ................................. 3 EDSP-225 SurveyofLearningDisabilities ............................... 3 EDSP-380Reading: Diagnostic and Remediation Tech............ 5 EDSP-401 Principles oflnclusion ............................................. 1 EDSP-421 CareerEducation and Occupational Training .......... 2 EDSP-431 Assessment ofExceptional Students ...................... 3 EDSP-432 Communication andCollaboration Skills ................. 2 EDSP-433 Behavior and Instmctional Management ................ 3 EDSP-444 Special Education Clinical Experience (Early Childhood) ................................................................... 3 EDSP-449 Special EducationClinical Experience (Middle Childhood) ................................................................ 3 EDSP-450 Adaptive Curriculumand Instmction ...................... 4 EDSP-455 SpecialEducationClinicalExperience (for Adolescents and Young Adults) .................................... 3 EDSP-470 SpecialEducation Student Teaching and Colloquium (Special Education) .................................... 15 (1) Colloquium in Mild-Moderate Disabilities (2) Colloquium in LearningDisabilities (3) Colloquium inMental Retardation/Learning Disabilities (4) Colloquium in BehaviorDisorders PYCH-260HumanDevelopment: Life Span .............................. 4 PYCH-261 Psychological Statistics .......................................... 5 SpecialEducationMajor CurriculumSummary Proficiencyrequirements ...................................................... 0-8 Other General EducationRequirements ........................... 88-113 Professional Education courses ............................................. 48 Special Education requirements ............................................. 61 Total(minimum,notincludingproficiency) ..................... *197 Special Education majors who wish to qualify for Early Childhood Education licensure (pre-K to grade 3) may do so by adding the courses listed on the next page. A combined special education/early childhood education student teaching (EDU- 475) must be substituted for EDSP-470, Student Teaching and Colloquium (Special Education). The early childhood and special education student teaching experiences will be combined in a 16-17 week extended quarter.