Pre K-Adult Education Specializations, B.A.

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Candidates who wish to qualify for teaching in an open or self-contained classroom, Pre-K through Adult, shall complete Core Curriculum, Professional Education, and Specialization requirements. Candidates electing a teaching specialization must include the Methods and Materials course for that comprehensive area. If electing to complete two single-subject specializations, Methods and Materials must be completed for both specializations. The student teaching assignments must also include teaching experience at each developmental level to be named on the license.

BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION: PRE K-ADULT EDUCATION (Hours will vary): 120 MINIMUM

Core Curriculum Requirements (Hours will vary per content area)
Professional Education Courses: 39 SEM. HRS.
Specializations (Hours will vary)

Choose one of the following options:

One comprehensive specialization to teach in grades 5-Adult or 9-Adult the related subjects which comprise the comprehensive specialization.
Two single-subject specializations for grades 5-Adult
One single-subject specialization for grades 5-Adult or 9-Adult and one specialization for grades 5-9
One single specialization for grades 5-Adult or 9-Adult and/or a specialization in either Physical Education or Spanish Pre K-Adult.

Core Curriculum (23-24 Credit Hours)

For details on the required courses, refer to the Core Curriculum program. Forstudents in this major, the following courses will satisfy both major and core curriculum requirements: ENGL 1102 , ENGL 2220 or ENGL 2221 , EDUC 2201

Professional Education (49 Credit Hours)

ENGL 1102 - Written English II Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2200 - Introduction to Education Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2200L - Field Experience I Credit Hours: 0
EDUC 2201 - Instructional Technology Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2203 - Human Development, Learning & Teaching Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2240 - High Incidence Disabilities for Educators Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2241 - Field Experience 2: The Learner and Learning Environment Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 2260 - Instructional Design I Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 2261 - Field Experience 3: Learning Context and Teaching Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 3331 - Reading in the Content Areas Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 3334 - Field Experience 4: Disciplinary Literacy and Assessment Credit Hours: 2
EDUC 3340 - Instructional Design II Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 3341 - Residency 1: Teaching Practice and Assessment Credit Hours: 5
EDUC 3351 - Inclusive Classroom Practices for Individual Differences Credit Hours: 3
EDUC 4483 - Residency 2: Student Teaching for Secondary Credit Hours: 10
EDUC 4485 - Action Research Credit Hours: 1
EDUC 4486 - Portfolio Credit Hours: 1

Spanish Education Requirements (43 Credit Hours)

ENGL 2220 - World Literature I: Origins to 1650 Credit Hours: 3
OR
ENGL 2221 - World Literature II: 1650 to the Present Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4431 - Methods: Second Language Acquisition in the Classroom Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 3301 - Spanish Composition and Conversation I Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 3302 - Spanish Composition and Conversation II Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 3310 - Spanish Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
OR
SPAN 3320 - Latin American Civilization and Culture Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4400 - Survey of Latin American Literature Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4401 - Survey of Peninsular Literature Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4410 - Advanced Skills: Speaking, Writing, Listening and Reading Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2201 - Intermediate Spanish I Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2202 - Intermediate Spanish II Credit Hours: 3

Spanish Major Electives (9 Credit Hours)

Select 9 credit-hours from the following:

SPAN 1199 - Special Topics Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2200 - Spanish Language Film and Video Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2250 - Spanish For the Medical Professions Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2251 - Spanish for Criminal Justice Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 2252 - Spanish for a World Economy Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 3300 - Undergraduate Student Exchange Credit Hours: 3-6
SPAN 3350 - History of the Spanish Language Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 3399 - Special Topics Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4402 - Independent Study Credit Hours: 3-6
SPAN 4418 - U.S. Hispanic Cultures & Literature Credit Hours: 3
SPAN 4998 - Undergraduate Research Credit Hours: 0-6

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Pre K-Adult Education Specializations, B.A.

Core Curriculum (23-24 Credit Hours)

Professional Education (49 Credit Hours)

Spanish Education Requirements (43 Credit Hours)

Spanish Major Electives (9 Credit Hours)