Teacher Education: Courses

• Elementary Education
• Secondary Science

Elementary Education

General Education (65 credits)

Course Descriptions (101 KB PDF)

First Semester – Strand One: Foundations of Teaching and Learning
(17 credits)

• EDUC 235 Praxis I (1)
• EDUC 300 Educational Technology (3)
• EDUC 310 Introduction to Exceptional Children (3)
• EDUC 321 Multicultural Education and Human Diversity (3)
• EDUC 330 Foundations of Education (3)
• EDUC 350 Practicum I (1)
• EDUC 353 Child & Adolescent Psychology For Teachers (3)

Second Semester – Strand Two: Theory and Practice (18 credits)

• EDUC 320 Issues in Native Education (2)
• EDUC 323 Curriculum Planning and Evaluation (3)
• EDUC 331 Learning Environments (3)
• EDUC 404 Music Methods and Materials (2)
• EDUC 406 Science Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 407 Creative Arts Methods (3)
• EDUC 408 Health & PE Methods (2)

Third Semester – Strand Three: Methods and Materials (18 credits)

• EDUC 236 Praxis II (1)
• EDUC 360 Practicum II (1)
• EDUC 402 Foundations of Reading and Reading Diagnosis (4)
• EDUC 403 Social Studies Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 405 Math Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 409 Language Arts Methods and Materials (3)
• EDUC 410 Educational Assessment (3)

Fourth Semester – Strand Four: Student Teaching (11 credits)

• EDUC 414 Student Teaching (10)
• EDUC 415 Seminar: Classroom Teaching (1)

Secondary Science

General Education (66 credits)

Course Descriptions

First Semester

• EDUC 205 Intro to the Teaching (2)
• EDUC 283 Multicultural Education (3)
• EDUC 450 Foundations of Education (3)
• Content Courses (10)

• Spring-Compressed Content Courses (4)

Second Semester

• PSYC 353 Child & Adolescent Psychology (3)
• EDUC 300 Education Technology (2)
• EDUC 329 Curriculum Planning (3)
• EDUC 350 Practicum I (1)
• Content Courses (8)

• Summer-Content Courses (6)

Third Semester

• EDUC 240 Educating Exceptional Students (3)
• EDUC 375 Reading in Content Areas (2)
• PSYC 430 Educational Psychology (3)
• EDUC 360 Practicum II (1)
• EDUC 470 Methods of Secondary Science (2)
• Content Courses (7)

Fourth Semester

• EDUC 480 Student Teaching (10-12)
• EDUC 415 Teaching Seminar (1)