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PREREQUISITES & PROFESSIONAL PREPARATION REQUIREMENTS FOR TEACHING CREDENTIALS

The teacher education programs for students pursuing the Multiple Subject (elementary) and Single Subject (secondary) Teaching Credentials include planned prerequisites and professional preparation courses.  Students should plan their undergraduate programs so as to take the prerequisites during their freshman and sophomore years.  Professional preparation requirements are not open to freshmen or sophomores.  Students should take the sequence of required professional preparation courses in the junior year and after.  The prerequisites and professional preparation courses for the Multiple Subject (elementary) and Single Subject (secondary) Teaching Credentials are listed below.   

For the Preliminary Multiple Subject Teaching Credential:

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Human Development,
CHDV 105, 3 credits

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

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

Required professional preparation courses:

Teaching Diverse Learners, EDUC 401,
3 credits

Learning and Learners, EDUC 406,
3 credits

Literacy Development in the Elementary School,
EDUC 402, 3 credits

Second Language Acquisition and Methodology,
EDUC 404, 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, 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.
 



 

For the Preliminary Single Subject Teaching Credential:

Prerequisites:

Introduction to Human Development,
CHDV 105, 3 credits

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

Required professional preparation courses:

Teaching Diverse Learners, EDUC 401,
3 credits

Learning and Learners, EDUC 406, 3 credits

Teaching Content Area Literacy,
EDUC 403, 3 credits

Second Language Acquisition and Methodology, EDUC 404, 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, 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.