Teacher Education Graduate Programs Course of Study

• Students studying for licensure only at the elementary level must successfully complete a 35-37 semester credit course of study (credits vary depending on prior experience and licensure options pursued by students). The secondary-level licensure only program is a 23-25 semester credit course of study.
• Master of Arts in Teaching: Elementary candidates must complete 44 semester credits; Master of Arts in Teaching: Secondary candidates must complete 35 semester credits. Each program includes a student teaching or reflective practice component. Students enroll in TEGR 660. Student Teaching (6 credits), or TEGR 664, Student Teaching for Experienced Teachers (4 credits).

Note: All courses submitted in fulfillment of licensure or Master of Arts in Teaching requirements must be performed at a level of “C” or above.

K-6 Licensure With a 5-8 Specialty and Master of Arts in Teaching

This program requires middle-level specialty and demonstrated competency on all state standards required in addition to the following education courses:

Licensure

Block I
TEGR 501 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment--1 cr.
TEGR 510 Education’s Place in Society*--3 cr.
TEGR 512 Human Relations and Multi-cultural Education--3 cr.

Block II
TEGR 531 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment II--1 cr.
TEGR 530 Psychology for Teaching and Learning*--3 cr.
SPED 750 Survey of Exceptionality--3 cr.
TEGR 550 Language Development, Literacy, and Literature I--3 cr.

Block III
TEGR 570 Language Development, Literacy and Literature II--3 cr.
TEGR 571 Teaching Mathematics and Technology--3 cr.
TEGR 572 Teaching Science and Healthy, Active Living--3 cr.
TEGR 573 Teaching Social Studies and the Arts--3 cr.
TEGR 574 Curriculum and Instruction for Middle Level Specialty Area--1 cr.

Block IV
TEGR 660 Student Teaching--6 cr.
Or:
TEGR 664 Student Teaching for the Experienced Teacher--4 cr.
TEGR 661 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment III--1 cr.
TEGR 662 Student Teaching Seminar: The Teacher as Educational Advocate--0 cr.

Total for licensure: 35 - 37 credits plus competency completion

Master's Completion

Block V
CIED 500 Educational Research (for M.A.T.)--3 cr.
Elective(s)--3 cr.

Total for M.A.T.: 42 - 44 credits

* Course includes 30-hour field experience

5-12 and K-12 Licensure and Master of Arts in Teaching

Students must complete content area and demonstrated competency in all state standards required in addition to the following education courses:

Licensure

Block I
TEGR 501 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment I--1 cr.
TEGR 510 Education’s Place in Society*--3 cr.
TEGR 512 Human Relations and Multicultural Education--3 cr.

Block II
TEGR 531 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment II--1 cr.
SPED 750 Survey of Exceptionality--3 cr.
TEGR 530 Psychology for Teaching and Learning--3 cr.

Block III
TEGR 581 Curriculum and Instruction for Specific Discipline and Clinical (5-8)*--2 cr.
TEGR 582** Curriculum and Instruction for Specific Discipline and Clinical (9-12)*--2 cr.

Block IV
TEGR 660 Student Teaching--6 cr.
Or
TEGR 664 Student Teaching for the Experienced Teacher--4 cr.
TEGR 661 Circles of Advocates for Competency Assessment III--1 cr.
TEGR 662 Student Teaching Seminar: The Teacher as Educational Advocate----0 cr.

Total Licensure plus all outside requirements: 23 - 25 credits

Master's Completion

CIED 500 Educational Research (for M.A.T.)--3 cr.
Electives to complete M.A.T.--6 cr.

Total required for M.A.T.: 33 - 35 credits

* Course includes 30-hour field experience.

Additional field experience and observations may be required in other courses.

** Or
TEGR 580 Curriculum and Instruction for Specific Discipline Modern Languages and Clinical (K-12)-- 4 cr.
(Music, physical education and health students do not take TEGR 581-582. See adviser for this block.)

State content and pedagogy tests for licensure are in process.

Elementary Education Specialty Areas 5-8

Licensure at the elementary and middle level includes a generalist (K-6) component plus an accompanying middle level specialty (5-8 or K-8) in at least one of the following subject areas:

• Middle Level Communication Arts and Literature (5-8)
• Middle Level Mathematics (5-8)
• Middle Level Science (5-8)
• Middle Level Social Studies (5-8)
• Middle Level World Languages and Cultures (K-8)

Specialty Coursework

(The following represent the undergraduate courses in each specialty. Graduates will assess essential equivalents during TEGR 501.)

Specialty in Communication Arts and Literature

ENGL 111 Critical Reading and Writing I: Fiction and Nonfiction Prose--4 cr.
ENGL 112 Critical Reading and Writing II: Drama and Poetry--4 cr.
(Qualified students may substitute ENGL 190, plus an additional upper-level course for ENGL 111 and 112.)

Select two from the following categories:
ENGL 211 British Authors I--4 cr.
or
ENGL 212 British Authors II--4 cr.

ENGL 214 American Authors I--4 cr.
or
ENGL 215 American Authors II--4 cr.

ENGL 220 The Classical Tradition--4 cr.
or
ENGL 221 The Modern Tradition--4 cr.

ENGL 217 Multicultural Literature--4 cr.
or
ENGL 218 Literature by Women: Critical History--4 cr.
Plus:
Demonstrated competence on all required state standards

Specialty in Science

GEOL 111 Intro. to Geology I--4 cr.
BIOL 101 General Biology--4 cr.
Or the course sequence:
BIOL 201 Diversity and Adaptation--4 cr.
BIOL 202 Genetics and Population Biology--4 cr.
BIOL 204 Cellular and Molecular Biology--4 cr.
Plus either:
CHEM 100 Chemistry in Our World--4 cr.
Or the course sequence:
CHEM 111 General Chemistry I-4 cr.
CHEM 112 General Chemistry II-4 cr.
Plus either:
PHYS 101 General Physics for Liberal Arts Students--4 cr.
Or the course sequence:
PHYS 109 General Physics I--4 cr.
PHYS 110 General Physics II--4 cr.
Or the course sequence:
PHYS 111 Intro. to Classical Physics I--4 cr.
PHYS 112 Intro. to Classical Physics II--4 cr.
Plus:
Demonstrated competence on all required state standards

Specialty in Social Studies

16 credits in social studies, four credits each from four different disciplines:
ECON 101 The American Economy--4 cr.
ECON 211 Current Economic Issues--4 cr.
GEOG 111 Human Geography--4 cr.
GEOG 112 Physical Geography--4 cr.
GEOG 113 World Geography--4 cr.
HIST 111 Origins of the Modern World to 1550--4 cr.
HIST 112 The History of the Modern World Since 1550--4 cr.
HIST 113 Early America in Global Perspective--4 cr.
HIST 114 The Modern U.S. in Global Perspective--4 cr.
PSY 111 General Psychology--4 cr.
PSY 121 Social Psychology--4 cr.
PSY 151 Cross-Cultural Psychology--4 cr.
SOC 100 Intro. to Sociology--4 cr.
SOC 110 Social Problems--4 cr.
Plus:
Demonstrated competence on all required state standards

Specialty in Mathematics

MATH 100 Mathematical Sampler--4 cr.
MATH 113 Calculus I--4 cr.
MATH 121 Structures of Elementary Mathematics--4 cr.
MATH 128 Introduction to Discrete Mathematics--4 cr.
MATH 259 Elements of Geometry and Statistics--4 cr.
Plus:
Demonstrated competence on all required state standards.

Specialty in World Languages and Cultures

Successful completion of a minor or equivalent in one or more of the following languages:

• French
• German
• Spanish

Plus:
Demonstrated competence on all required state standards