Minor in Education

This intensive, clinically rich Teacher Education program provides the foundation for a successful teaching career.

Our graduate programs combine certification in Early Childhood, TESOL, Childhood or Adolescent Education with crucially needed certification in Special Education and/or TESOL, in order to ensure you the strongest preparation for teaching the students of today.

As an undergraduate, you will enter an accelerated pathway to our Dual Certification Masters. As an undergraduate student, you may declare Teacher Education as a Minor. You will need to have a major in the Liberal Arts and Sciences. Your Minor advisor or your Oxley advisor may provide additional information about the Minor. This program enables you to complete the first 12 credits of your graduate Teacher Education degree while you complete your bachelor’s degree in your content area.

In addition to your academic major, you will take the following six Teacher Education courses:

• Sophomore Year
  • EDUC 211 Education and Society (3)
  • EDUC 328 Children’s and Adolescent Literature (3)
• Junior Year
  • EDUC 502 Foundation of Urban and Multicultural Education (3)
  • EDUC 506 Language, Cognitive Development, and Cultural Diversity (3)
• Senior Year
  • EDUC 513 Psychology of Teaching and Learning (3)
  • EDUC 712 Strategies for Inclusion of Special Learners (3)

This curriculum is designed to ensure intensive immersion in your academic major courses, which serve as the bedrock of your education, while simultaneously providing you with the introductory skills and knowledge needed for a strong foundation in Teacher Education, ready to successfully articulate into one of our Dual Certification Master’s Programs:

• MS in Adolescent Education and Special Education (Dual Certification Grades 7-12)
• MS in Childhood Education and Special Education (Dual Certification Grades 1-6)
• MS in Childhood Education and Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (Dual Certification)
• MS in TESOL (initial teaching certificate holders only)
• MS Teaching Early Childhood and Young Students with Disabilities (Dual Certification, off campus only)

Please note: Undergraduates seeking to enter this accelerated path should meet with the Chair of Teacher Education prior to their Sophomore year. Junior and Senior students are also welcomed to enter this accelerated pathway, as the timetable may be adjusted based on your needs.