FIELD-BASED ACCELERATED ELEMENTARY CERTIFICATION PROGRAM/MASTER OF ARTS
This is a field-based accelerated program leading to elementary certification and a Master of Arts degree. Candidates spend the entire school year in a partnership school working with a mentor teacher.
See complete admission requirements in College of Education introduction.
PREREQUISITES
- Minimum GPA of 2.75
- Meet all general education requirements
- Eighteen hours in an endorsement area (See
Program Director for list of acceptable areas of
endorsement)
- Substitute Certificate
REQUIRED COURSES
Summer
55-510 Foundations of Elementary Education (6)
51-546 Historical Foundations of American Education (3)
Fall (entire semester)
55-504 Technology For Teaching and Learning (2)
55-571 Methods of Teaching Reading and Integrated Language Arts, K-9 (4)
55-554 Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Multi-Cultural Studies, K-9 (3)
55-500 Clinical Experience in the Classroom (2)
Fall (1st eight weeks)
55-552 Methods of Teaching Mathematics, K-9 (2)
Fall (2nd eight weeks)
55-540 Methods of Teaching Science and Health, K-9 (2)
Spring
55-521 Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School (3)
55-530 Classroom Assessment and Intervention (3)
55-581 Internship in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom (10)
Fall
55-576 First Year Teaching Experience (1)
5X-575 Practical Research for Learning Communities (3)