Track C: Professional Certification (31 Credits)

Course Descriptions (from Bulletin)

Policy and Theory Course (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 5300C Theories, Policies and Practices for Emergent Bilingual Students 
  • EDCE 7400F Contemporary Problems And Issues In Childhood Education 
  • EDCE 7300F Contemporary Problems And Issues In Early Childhood Education
  • EDUC 7100A Urban Schools In A Diverse Society
  • Contemporary Problems and Issues Course: upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

Literacy Course (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 2000C First And Second Language And Literacy Acquisition 
  • EDCE 2700C Literacy For Struggling Readers And Writers 
  • EDCE 5201C Teaching English Language Arts for English Language Learners, P-Grade 6
  • EDCE7400C Literacy through the Arts 
  • EDCE 5800C Theories Of Second Language Acquisition 
  • EDSE 1200E Reading And Writing Across The Curriculum 
  • SPED 3600K Reading And Writing Instruction For Students With Disabilities In Childhood Education I 
  • Literacy Methods Course: Upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

Inclusive Practices (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 2900F Inclusive Practices For The General Education Classroom (Grades 1-6) 
  • SPED 5000K Inclusive Practices For The General Education Classroom (Grades 1-6) 
  • EDCE 4200C Educating Young Children With Special Needs 
  • SPED 3300K Building Community In Inclusive Contexts 
  • SPED 6100I Building Connections: Disabilities, Families, Schools, And Communities 
  • EDCE 6000K, Introduction to the Education of Emergent Bilingual Students with Disabilities 
  • Inclusive Education Course: Upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

Social Studies Methods (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 2300C Social Studies Inquiry For Pre-K To 6 Teachers 
  • EDCE 2100C Teaching Social Studies In Childhood Education 
  • EDSE 2100E Teaching Social Studies in Secondary School. 
  • Social Studies Methods Course: Upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

​​​​​​​Mathematics Methods (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 6100C How Children Learn Mathematics: Grades 1-6 
  • EDCE 6200C Mathematics Inquiry For Pre-K To 6 Teachers 
  • EDCE 6400C Teaching Content (Math, Science, Social Studies) With Language Arts In English And An Additional Language 
  • EDSE 2700E Middle And Secondary School Mathematics: Teaching Developmentally 
  • Math Methods Course: Upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

Curriculum Development

  • EDCE 3000F Curriculum Development In Childhood Education

Science Methods (Select from one of the following)

  • EDCE 3100C Elementary Science & Engineering Teaching Methods 
  • EDCE 3200C Science Inquiry For Pre-K To 6 Teachers 
  • EDSE 3100E Methods Of Teaching Science 
  • EDCE 3300C How Young Children Learn Science: Implications For Teaching 
  • EDSE 3900I Curriculum And Instruction In Science Education 
  • SCIE 4103E Science Across Contexts 
  • BIOE 6100E Ecology Disrupted 
  • Science Methods Course: Upon advisement and approval may include courses from other programs in the School of Education including but not limited to, English Education, Special Education, Bilingual Education and TESOL, Early Childhood, and Educational Leadership.

Electives (Choose two): Any course in the School of Education may serve as an elective with permission of your advisor

  • EDCE 5700C Education That Is Multicultural
  • EDCE 7700A Drama In Education 
  • EDCE 5400C Methods Of Teaching English To Speakers Of Other Languages I (Pre K-Grade 6)
  • EDCE 5800C Theories Of Second Language Acquisition 
  • EDCE 5201C Methods Of Teaching English Language Arts To Bilingual English Language Learners (P-Grade 6)
  • EDCE 4500K Inclusive Practices For The Arts 
  • SPED 3300K Building Community In Inclusive Contexts

Research Sequences

  • EDCE 2204I Content Research Seminar in Childhood Education
  • EDCE 2900I Seminar in Educational Research II

Special Education

  • Bilingual Education/TESOL
    Early Childhood

Specialized methods courses in the content areas

  • Related liberal arts courses

**Candidates must apply for graduation in advance of completion of requirements.

**Qualifying Examination will be required for candidates whose scholastic average is below B

 

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