Professional Education Courses

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All teacher-education students must complete an average of 30 hours of professional education courses, excluding the Student Teaching Practicum. The following professional education courses are required of all students completing teacher-education programs. Students may not enroll in upper-division professional education courses (generally designated at the 4000 level) without being admitted to the teacher education program.

Foundations (8)

EDU 2104 - Introduction to Education (All programs)
EDU 2304 - Sociological, Historical and Philosophical Foundations of Education (All program)
* EDU 4338 - Psychological Foundations of Education (All programs)

Methods (3)

* ELE 4333 - Responsive Pedagogy (ELE majors)
* MGE 4333 - Responsive Pedagogy in Middle Grades (MGE majors)
* PED 4333 - Responsive Pedagogy (PE majors)
* EDU 4352 - Principles of Teaching Mathematics (SEC. Ed. majors)
* MGE 4350 - Methods of Integrative Teaching
* MUS 3307 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Music in the Elementary School (MUS Ed. majors)
* MUS 1301 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Music in Secondary School (MUS Ed. majors)
* EDU 4353 - Principles and Methods of Teaching English I (SEC Ed. majors)
* EDU 4354 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Social Studies (SEC Ed. majors)
* EDU 4356 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in the Secondary School (SEC Ed. majors)
* EDU 4357 - Principles and Methods of Teaching Foreign Languages in the Elementary Schools (SEC Ed. majors)

Psychology* (3)

PSY 3336 - Developmental Psychology (Sec. Ed., Mus. Ed., Art Ed. & Spanish Ed.)
PSY 3302 - Psychology of Adolescence (MGE)

Note(s):

*The BKE Program includes Child Development I & II (BKE 2323 & 3325) instead of the above courses.

Reading (3)

* RED 4311 - Reading Diagnosis and Correction (ELE majors)
* RED 4362 - Methods and Materials in Reading Instruction Middle Grades (MGE majors)
* RED 4364 - Reading in the Content Area for Secondary Education (SEC. Ed.)

Special Education (2)

SPE 3200 - Exceptional Children in the Regular Classroom (All programs except PED majors)
PED 4320 - Adapted Physical Education for Exceptional Children (PED majors only)

Student Teaching Internship (9)

EDU 4981 - Observation, Student Teaching, and Practicum (All programs)

Technology (3)

EDU 3336 - Educational Media/Computers in Education (All programs)

Capstone Course

EDU 4334 - Teacher Education Curriculum: Review Seminar (ELE, SPE, MGE)