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GRADUATE COURSES

The following courses are open to graduate students.  Most require admission to the Teacher Credentialing Program.  In general these courses are not open to undergraduates.  Exceptions are made only through petition to the faculty of the department. 

For Preliminary Multiple Subject
Teaching Credential:

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Human Development,
CHDV 105, 3 credits

Introduction to Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Education,
EDUC 300/500, 3 credits

Movement Education in the Elementary School,
KLS 320, 3 credits

Required professional preparation courses for Multiple Subject Teaching
Credential Candidates:

Teaching Diverse Learners,
EDUC 501, 3 credits

Learning and Learners,
EDUC 506, 3 credits

Literacy Development in the Elementary School,
EDUC 502, 3 credits

Second Language Acquisition and Methodology, EDUC 504, 3 credits

Multiple Subject Curriculum and Pedagogy:  Integrating Language Arts, History-Social Science, and Visual-Performing Arts,
EDUC 505, 3 credits

Multiple Subject Curriculum and Pedagogy: Math and Science,
EDUC 507, 3 credits

Promoting Students’ Health & Safety, KLS 509, 1 credit

Working with Special Populations
I & II, EDUC 510 & 511, 1 credit each

Student Teaching/Internship,
EDUC 520, 12 credits.  To qualify for student teaching or internship, students must have completed all prerequisites and subject matter requirements.  Consult Department materials for a complete list. 

Professional Development Seminar, EDUC 521, 1-2 credits.  Must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching/ Internship.
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Student Teaching Clerk Aiddee Tellez, Graduate Professor Shannon Stanton and Graduate Admissions Counselor Valery Martinez at
2007 Whittier College Graduation


For Preliminary Single Subject
Teaching Credential:

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Human Development,
CHDV 105, 3 credits or
Psychology of Adolescence,
PSYC 244, 3 credits

Introduction to Sociological and Anthropological Perspectives on Education, EDUC 300/500, 3 credits

Required professional preparation courses
for Single Subject Teaching
Credential Candidates:

Teaching Diverse Learners,
EDUC 501, 3 credits

Learning and Learners,
EDUC 506, 3 credits

Teaching Content Area Literacy,
EDUC 503, 3 credits

Second Language Acquisition and Methodology, EDUC 504, 3 credits

Single Subject Curriculum and Pedagogy I, EDUC 508, 3 credits

Single Subject Curriculum and Pedagogy II, EDUC 509, 3 credits

Promoting Students’ Health & Safety,
KLS 509, 1 credit

Working with Special Populations I & II,
EDUC 510 & 511, 1 credit each

Student Teaching/Internship,
EDUC 520, 12 credits.  To qualify for student teaching or internship, students must have completed all prerequisites and subject matter requirements.  Consult Department materials for a complete list.

Professional Development Seminar,
EDUC 521, 1-2 credits.  Must be taken concurrently with Student Teaching/ Internship.