Education

Department: Education
Associate Dean: Linda Distad
Department Chair: Lori Maxfield
Program Options: B.A., B.S.

An education degree from St. Kate’s gets you noticed. Many principals tell us that they put St. Kate’s graduates’ resumes at the top of the pile when making hiring decisions. That’s not surprising — St. Kate’s has been educating women to be teachers since 1913, so we know what we’re doing. St. Kate’s nationally recognized programs in education help you develop the knowledge, skills and attitudes necessary for a successful, challenging and rewarding career in teaching.

St. Kate’s prepares students for teaching licensure in four areas, including elementary with preprimary specialty, elementary with middle school specialty, secondary and kindergarten through grade 12, in Minnesota and most other states. For an education major, experience in the classroom is vital to success. Our education programs integrate practical courses with an emphasis on fieldwork. You will spend up to 40 hours gaining hands-on, classroom experience each semester, beginning with the first class, Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society. The degree culminates with a semester-long student teaching experience at cooperating schools in the metropolitan area. Student teachers participate in daily classroom activities and gain practical experience under the guidance of an elementary or secondary teacher and a College supervisor. Because our education programs incorporate more fieldwork than many other colleges, as a St. Kate’s graduate, you will be better prepared for the classroom when you secure your first job as a teacher.

St. Kate’s education faculty, many of whom are experts in areas such as gifted education and multicultural education, are highly qualified, dedicated professionals whose areas of expertise cover a spectrum of academic disciplines including art, mathematics, English, social studies and the life sciences. St. Kate’s faculty pride themselves on developing personal teaching relationships with each student and giving them the one-to-one attention they need to succeed.

Our Teacher Education Resource Center is designed to provide you with an abundance of useful learning resources. All education majors have access to a curriculum area located in the library. The curriculum area is stocked with up-to-date textbooks and teaching materials for all grade levels and subject areas.

All education courses at St. Kate’s are technology intensive. Embedded in each course is a variety of technology experiences. In addition to word processing, database and spreadsheet construction, you will use hand-held and multimedia technologies at various points in the education sequence to develop expertise. You will create an electronic portfolio that will be used as both a developmental assessment tool and as a professional portfolio.

Computers are no longer considered an add-on in education but are an integral part of learning in the 21st century. The environment in most elementary and secondary schools calls for technologically literate teachers. St. Kate’s graduates will be those teachers. Graduates will enter the classroom prepared to be leaders in their classrooms, schools districts and to make the most of the current technology.

The College of St. Catherine teaching program is approved by the Minnesota Board of Teaching. The program fulfills requirements for teacher certification or licensure in most states except those states requiring completion of a five-year program.

To be eligible for consideration for admission to the teacher licensure programs, you must:
• Have earned a cumulative grade point average of 2.5 (a) after 60 hours of course work or (b) after completing a four-year degree from an accredited college. (If you have earned a B.A./B.S. or higher degree with a GPA of less than 2.5, you must earn a minimum GPA of 3.0 taking at least 12 semester credits at the College of St. Catherine AND must have a recommendation from a faculty member in the major department.)
• Have completed with a grade of C- or better general psychology, lifespan developmental psychology, EDUC 2070 teachers as leaders for a changing society, EDUC 2800 general methods (for elementary education) or EDUC 2090 general methods (for secondary or
K-12), and mathematical structures (for elementary education).
• Have taken the PPST (Praxis I).
• Have submitted two recommendations, one from your academic advisor and another from a faculty member, confirming your potential for the teaching profession.
• Have applied for admission to the professional education sequence.

You must be admitted to the education department to be eligible for courses numbered 3000 and above.

Educators must use communication skills in myriad formats, for a multitude of purposes, with a variety of audiences. Therefore, the education department integrates literacy, process writing, information management and technology across and throughout its curriculum.

Candidates for licensure must achieve a qualifying score on the Praxis I and Praxis II test series prior to submitting an application for a teaching license.

The College of St. Catherine is in full compliance with Title II regulations and its reporting structure. Based on scores reported for the 2004/2005 reporting period, St. Catherine’s institutional pass rate is 96 percent. The statewide pass rate is
91 percent. For more detailed documentation, please call the Education Department Office at (651) 690-6610.

Education majors fulfill the Writing Requirement for Majors by completing EDUC 2070. You fulfill the Liberal Arts and Sciences Core Writing Requirement with three other writing-intensive courses (CORE 1000 and CORE 3990, and one other writing-intensive course in another department).

OPTIONS FOR LICENSURE

Elementary Education (K-6) major with Preprimary Specialty (Age 3-Grade 3)

Elementary Education (K-6) major with Middle School Specialty (Grades 5-8)

Must choose one of the following middle school specialties:
• Communication Arts and Literature
• Mathematics
• Science
• Social Studies
• World Languages and Culture: French
• World Languages and Culture: Spanish

Secondary Education (Grades 9-12) with Middle Level Licensure (Grades 5-8)

You must major in an academic field.
Teaching licensures are offered in these major fields:
• Chemistry
• Communication Arts and Literature
• Family and Consumer Science
• Life Sciences (Biology)
• Mathematics
• Social Studies

Kindergarten-Grade 12

You must major in an academic field.
Teaching licensures are offered in these major fields:
• Dance and Theatre Arts
• Music
• Physical Education
• Visual Arts
• World Languages and Culture: French
• World Languages and Culture: Spanish

The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (S.T.E.M) minor was created to increase the depth of understanding of S.T.E.M. content specifically for elementary education majors, but is also open to students in other majors. The minor includes course work in environmental biology, sports science, robotics and space technology. Courses are team taught by science and education professors using methods proven effective in teaching science and math such as hands-on activities, problem based learning and the use of case studies. The minor will help you be better prepared to teach science as well as be more marketable as you look for your first teaching position.

A 30-semester-credit program for an Early Childhood Montessori credential is offered at the College of St. Catherine. Study includes methods course work and Montessori materials and a Montessori internship.

A coaching minor is available through the Exercise and Sport Science Department for students interested in coaching in school or community programs.

See also: Master of Arts in Education (Graduate catalog).

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (K-6) MAJOR WITH PREPRIMARY SPECIALTY (AGES 3 — GRADE 3)

EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
EDUC 2110 Foundations in Early Childhood Education
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health
EDUC 2800 General Methods: Elementary
EDUC 3010 Methods & Materials in Mathematics
EDUC 3030 Methods & Materials in Science
EDUC 3050 Methods & Materials in Social Studies
EDUC 3080 Methods & Materials in Art
EDUC 3110 Methods & Materials in Music
EDUC 3130 Methods & Materials in Physical Education
EDUC 3290 Methods & Materials in Kindergarten Education
EDUC 3490 Emerging Arts & Literacy
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education
EDUC 3800 Student Teaching in Kindergarten
EDUC 3850 Student Teaching and Seminar: Elementary

Supporting courses:
INDI 2400 Literature for Children
GEOG 2000 Human (Cultural) Geography
MATH 2500 Mathematical Structures
PSYC 1001 General Psychology with Lab
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Additional courses to build background knowledge:
PSYC 3540 Relationship Techniques
FACS 3350 Child in the Family
Fine Arts: one course beyond the liberal arts and sciences core requirement
OR
Science: one course beyond the liberal arts and sciences core requirement
Elementary education students should take MATH 1050 Mathematical Ideas in Contemporary Society (or the highest level course for which they qualify) to satisfy the mathematics requirement for the liberal arts.

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION (K-6) MAJOR WITH MIDDLE SCHOOL SPECIALTY (GRADES 5– 8)
EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health
EDUC 2800 General Methods: Elementary
EDUC 3010 Methods & Materials in Mathematics
EDUC 3030 Methods & Materials in Science
EDUC 3050 Methods & Materials in Social Studies
EDUC 3080 Methods & Materials in Art
EDUC 3110 Methods & Materials in Music
EDUC 3130 Methods & Materials in Physical Education
EDUC 3490 Emerging Arts and Literacy
EDUC 3540 Relationship Techniques
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education
EDUC 3850 Student Teaching and Seminar: Elementary
EDUC 3910 Student Teaching and Seminar: Middle School

Supporting courses:
INDI 2400 Literature for Children
GEOG 2000 Human (Cultural) Geography
MATH 2500 Mathematical Structures
PSYC 1001 General Psychology with Lab
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Elementary education students should take MATH 1050 Mathematical Ideas in Contemporary Society (or the highest level course for which they qualify) to satisfy the mathematics requirement for the liberal arts.

Subject area specialty:

COMMUNICATION ARTS AND LITERATURE SPECIALTY AREA

COMM 2020 Communication Dynamics in Interpersonal Relationships
COMM 2050 Media, Culture and Society
EDUC 3740 Special Methods: Middle School Communication Arts and Literature
EDUC 3450 Literature for Young Adults
ENGL 1000 Human Experience in Literature (or other 2000-level literature course that fulfills the core literature requirement)
ENGL 2000 Writing for Life: Developing Skill and Confidence (or ENGL 3060 or ENGL 4000 with permission of English Department)
ENGL 2050 Rhetorical Grammar
One additional English literature course approved by the English Department chair

MATHEMATICS SPECIALTY AREA

EDUC 3741 Special Methods: Middle School Mathematics
MATH 1050 Mathematical Ideas in Contemporary Society (or MATH 1800 Discrete Mathematics)*
MATH 1080 Statistical Analysis
MATH 1130 Calculus I (or MATH 1110 and 1120)
MATH 2500 Mathematical Structures
MATH 2510 Mathematics for Middle School Teachers
CSCI 1060 Introduction to Computers (or CSCI 1110 Algorithms and Computer Programming I)*

* Students should enroll in the highest level course for which they qualify.

SCIENCE SPECIALTY AREA

CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II
BIOL 1210 General Biology I
BIOL 1220 General Biology II
EDUC 3742 Special Methods: Middle School Science
PHYS 1040 Astronomy

One Geology course to be taken through the ACTC (UST or Macalester)

SOCIAL STUDIES SPECIALTY AREA

HIST 1060 Modern Europe (or any other History course other than American)
GEOG 2000 Human (Cultural) Geography
HIST 1200 Survey of U.S. Political and Social History, 1600-1900 or HIST 1300 Introduction to U.S. Historiography
ECON 2610 Principles of Microeconomics or ECON 2620 Principles of Macroeconomics
EDUC 3743 Special Methods: Middle School Social Studies
SOCI 1000 Principles and Concepts of Sociology
POSC 2010 American Government and Politics

FRENCH SPECIALTY AREA

EDU 380, 383 Special Methods: Middle School (EDU 380-01 and EDU 383-01 are taken at UST)
FREN 1110 Elementary French I
FREN 1120 Elementary French II
FREN 2110 Intermediate French I
FREN 2120 Intermediate French II
FREN 2200 Introduction to French and Francophone Culture
FREN 3050 French Composition I or FREN 3060 French Composition II
FREN 3130 Survey of French Literature I
FREN 3250 French Civilization: Contemporary French Life and Thought

SPANISH SPECIALTY AREA

EDU 380, 383 Special Methods: Middle School (EDU 380-01 and EDU 383-01 are taken at UST)
SPAN 2120 Intermediate Spanish II (must complete with a grade of B or higher)
SPAN 2250 Visions of the Hispanic World
SPAN 3250 Advanced Spanish

Three advanced courses selected in consultation with a Spanish Department advisor

SECONDARY EDUCATION (GRADES 9-12) WITH MIDDLE LEVEL LICENSURE (GRADES 5-8)

You must major in an academic field.

Teaching Licensures are offered in these major fields:
Biology (Life Science)
Chemistry
Communication Arts and Literature
Family and Consumer Science
Mathematics
Social Studies

Required education courses for all majors:
EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
EDUC 2090 General Methods: Secondary and K-12
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education
EDUC 3910 Student Teaching and Seminar: Middle School
EDUC 3950 Student Teaching and Seminar: Secondary

Required supporting courses for all majors
PSYC 1001 General Psychology with Lab
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Major requirements:

BIOLOGY MAJOR

Biology majors seeking licensure as secondary (grades 5-12) life science teachers complete the major courses listed below. These requirements are set up to satisfy both a major in biology and the content standards for 5-12 Life Science licensure.

Required science courses for licensure:
BIOL 1210 General Biology I
BIOL 1220 General Biology II
BIOL 2800 Cell Biology
BIOL 2900 Genetics
BIOL 3100 Plant Biology
BIOL 3120 Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy
BIOL 3140 Comparative Animal Physiology
BIOL 3210 Biology of Microorganisms
BIOL 3300 Evolutionary Biology
CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I
CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II
Statistics (MATH 1080, PSYC 2050 or ECON 2200)

Additional courses required for the biology major:
CHEM 2010 Organic Chemistry I
BIOL 4914 Research
BIOL 4850 Senior Seminar

Recommended science courses:
BIOL 3050 Ecology
BIOL 3200 Animal Behavior or BIOL 3850 Biopsychology

Additional required education course:
EDUC 3752 Special Methods: Senior High Science

Additional required science courses:
PHYS 1040 Astronomy
One course in geology

Licensure is also available in biology for grades 9-12. This requires the same course work as listed above for the 5-12 licensure, except the extra courses in astronomy and geology are omitted, and EDUC 3742 Special Methods: Middle School Science is added.

CHEMISTRY MAJOR

Chemistry majors seeking licensure to teach chemistry in secondary schools (grades 5-12) must complete the following major courses:

Chemistry requirements:
CHEM 1110, 1120 General Chemistry I and II
CHEM 2010, 2020 Organic Chemistry I and II
CHEM 3000 Quantitative Analysis
CHEM 3310, 3320 Physical Chemistry I and II
CHEM 4000 Advanced Inorganic Chemistry
CHEM 4200 Advanced Analytical Chemistry
CHEM 4400 Biochemistry
CHEM 4850 Seminar (4 semesters)

Additional required education course:
EDUC 3752 Special Methods: Senior High Science

Additional required science courses:
BIOL 1210, 1220 General Biology I and II
PHYS 1040 Astronomy
Introductory Geology (taken through the ACTC)

Licensure is also available in chemistry only for grades 9-12. This requires the same course work as listed above for the 5-12 licensure, except the extra courses in biology, astronomy and geology are omitted, and EDUC 3742 Special Methods: Middle School Science is added.

COMMUNICATION ARTS AND LITERATURE MAJOR

Communication arts and literature majors seeking licensure to teach in secondary schools (grades 5-12) must complete the following major courses:

Communication studies courses:
COMM 1030 Speaking to Lead and Influence
COMM 2020 Communication Dynamics in Interpersonal Relationships
COMM 2050 Media, Culture and Society
Two additional courses in consultation with advisor

English courses:
ENGL 2200 Introduction to Literary Theory and Research
ENGL 2480 History and Structure of the English Language
ENGL 2750 Shakespeare
ENGL 3540 British Writers I or ENGL 3550 British Writers II
ENGL 3740 American Writers I or ENGL 3750 American Writers II

Two writing courses (at least one at the 3000 level or above)

Recommended:
ENGL 2050 Rhetorical Grammar

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3450 Literature for Young Adults
EDUC 3740 Special Methods: Middle School Communication Arts and Literature
EDUC 3750 Special Methods: Senior High Communication Arts and Literature

FAMILY AND CONSUMER SCIENCE MAJOR

Family and consumer science majors seeking licensure to teach in secondary schools (grades 5-12) must complete the following major courses:

(Note: Courses marked with the (+) symbol are offered alternate years)

FACS 3350 Child in the Family
FACS 3360 Parenting Education +
FACS 3650 Personal and Family Financial Management
FACS 3700 Interior Design/Housing +
FACS 4000 Management Approach to Family Systems +
FASH 2050 Textiles
FASH 2100 Apparel Construction and Analysis
FSNU 2200 Food, Nutrition and You
FSNU 2900 Food Science
FSNU 4250 Issues in the American and World Food Supply +

Required supporting courses:
CHEM 1010 General Chemistry
INDI 2000 Career Development for Women
SOCI 3210 Marriage and the Family
THEO 3850 Spirituality and Sexuality or BIOL 1120 Biology of Women

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3744 Special Methods: Middle School Family and Consumer Science
EDUC 3754 Special Methods: Senior High Family and Consumer Science

Students completing the Family, Consumer and Nutritional Sciences Education program meet the requirements for Minnesota Licensure in Teachers of Family and Consumer Sciences.

MATHEMATICS MAJOR

Mathematics majors who plan to teach mathematics in secondary schools (grades 5-12) must complete the following major courses:
MATH 1130 Calculus I (or MATH 1110 and 1120)
MATH 1140 Calculus II
MATH 1800 Discrete Mathematics
MATH 2050 Linear Algebra
MATH 2060 Calculus III
MATH 3010 Abstract Algebra
MATH 3130 Probability
MATH 3140 Mathematical Statistics
MATH 3250 Geometry
MATH 4850 Senior Seminar

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3741 Special Methods: Middle School Mathematics
EDUC 3751 Special Methods: Senior High Mathematics

Required supporting courses:
CSCI 1110 and CSCI 1120 Algorithms and Computer Programming I and II (must be completed by the end of the sophomore year or the first year if the student is transferring as a junior). Must be taken for a letter grade.

SOCIAL STUDIES MAJOR

Social studies majors who plan to teach in secondary schools (grades 5-12) must complete the following major courses:
ECON 2610 Principles of Microeconomics or ECON 2620 Principles of Macroeconomics
GEOG 2000 Human (Cultural) Geography
HIST 1300 Introduction to U.S. Historiography or HIST 1200 Survey of U.S. Political & Social History, 1600-1900
POSC 2010 American Government and Politics or POSC 2200 Introduction to Comparative Government
SOCI 1000 Principles and Concepts of Sociology
SOCI 3250 Cultural Anthropology
An additional history course focusing on the history of a region other than the U.S. or Canada (i.e., Europe, Asia, Latin America, Africa, Australia, Oceania)

Concentration within the Social Studies major:
Students must take four additional courses (a minimum of 16 semester credits) in one of the social sciences (economics, geography, political science, psychology, sociology or anthropology) or history. These concentration courses are to be approved by the social studies coordinator and by a full-time professor (preferably the chair) of the particular department of concentration (e.g., psychology or political science). These concentration courses must include one course with an emphasis on the theory, philosophy and/or methodology of the discipline and a total of at least three courses at the 3000-4000 level.

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3743 Special Methods: Middle School Social Studies
EDUC 3753 Special Methods: Senior High Social Studies

Teaching High School Religion

This is a non-licensure teaching concentration.

Education courses:
EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
EDUC 2090 General Methods: Secondary and K-12
EDUC 2490 School Health and Chemical Health
EDUC 3520 Teaching of Religion
EDUC 4954 Independent Study: Teaching Religion, Secondary

Supporting course:
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology

K-12 EDUCATION LICENSURE

You must major in an academic field.

Teaching Licensures are offered in these major fields:
Dance and Theatre Arts
Music: Instrumental
Music: Vocal
Physical Education
Visual Arts
World Languages and Culture: French
World Languages and Culture: Spanish

Required education courses for all majors:
EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society
EDUC 2090 General Methods: Secondary and K-12
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education

Required supporting courses for all majors:
PSYC 1001 General Psychology with Lab
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology

Major requirements:

DANCE AND THEATRE ARTS MAJOR

Dance and theatre majors who plan to each in grades K-12 must complete the following major courses:

Required theatre courses:
THR 1050 Stagecraft
THR 2140 Beginning Acting
THR 2150 Beginning Directing
THR 2210 Theater and Drama: Classical through Renaissance
THR 2310 Dance for Musical Theater
THR 2530 Creative Dramatics
THR 4120 Drama Theory and Criticism

One of the following theatre history courses:
THR 2220 World Theater and Drama: 1700-Present
THR 2230 American Theater and Drama
THR 2994 Methods for Teaching Theater and Dance (taught periodically as a topics course at CSC)

Students must also participate in at least two mainstage productions.

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3763 Special Methods: Grades 7-12: Teaching Theatre Arts/Dance
EDUC 3960 Student Teaching and Seminar in Theatre Arts/Dance: Elementary
EDUC 3970 Student Teaching and Seminar in Theatre Arts/Dance: Secondary

MUSIC

Music education majors should consult with the Director of Music Education as early as possible to plan a program of study. The requirements for a music education major are listed below.
MUS 1130, 1140 Theory I and II
MUS 2130, 2140 Theory III and IV
MUS 2230 Introduction to Music Education and Related Careers
MUS 2850, 2860, 2870 Instrumental Families Techniques
MUS 3110, 3120 History and Literature of Music I and II
EDUC/MUS 3150 Conducting I
MUS 3160 Conducting II - Choral
MUS 4160 Orchestration
MUS 4260 Teaching Music in the Elementary School II
Piano proficiency
Guitar proficiency*
Voice proficiency*
Performance level lessons – 7 semesters
Ensembles – 7 semesters
In general, these will be major conducted ensembles. See Music Department Handbook for special ensemble requirements related to each performance medium.
RECITAL — One graduation half-recital of representative literature OR a lecture-recital
Pianists in the vocal music program must also take MUS 3000 Piano Pedagogy Elementary Level
Vocalists in the vocal music program must also take MUS 3100 Introduction to Vocal Pedagogy

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3230 Teaching Music in the Elementary School I
EDUC 3761 Special Methods: Grades 7-12: Teaching of Music
EDUC 3870 Student Teaching and Seminar in Music: Secondary
EDUC 3880 Student Teaching and Seminar in Music: Elementary
EDUC/MUS Instrumental Conducting II (check for ACTC offering)

*Guitar and voice proficiency requirements may be fulfilled by one semester of study in each area or by proficiency examination.

PHYSICAL EDUCATION

Exercise science majors who plan to teach in grades K-12 must complete the following major courses:
EXSS 1010 Jazz Dance
EXSS 1001 First Aid Responding to Emergencies
EXSS 2750 Introduction to Exercise Science
EXSS 2800 Measurement and Evaluation in Exercise Science
EXSS 3050 Teaching Elementary Physical Education
EXSS 3060 Individual Sports Techniques
EXSS 3080 Team Sports Techniques
EXSS 3100 History and Philosophy of Sport and Physical Education
EXSS 3350 Kinesiology and Biomechanics
EXSS 3450 Exercise Physiology
EXSS 3510 Developmental Adapted Physical Education
EXSS 3600 Physical Education Organization, Administration and Programming
EXSS 3610 Motor Learning
EXSS 3750 Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3762 Special Methods: Grades 7-12: Teaching of Physical Education
EDUC 3840 Student Teaching and Seminar in Physical Education: Elementary
EDUC 3860 Student Teaching and Seminar in Physical Education: Secondary

Additional required supporting courses:
BIOL 2510 Human Anatomy
BIOL 2520 Human Physiology
CHEM 1010 General Chemistry or CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I
FSNU 2200 Food, Nutrition and You or FSNU 3000 Nutrition

The following courses, in addition to those listed above, are required for K-12 licensure candidates who desire the coaching minor:
EXSS 3700 Theory, Techniques and Psychology of Coaching Women’s Sports
EXSS 3720 The Coaching Practicum

VISUAL ARTS

The K-12 program combines course work in studio art, art history, art education and education, with supporting work in psychology and philosophy. To meet teaching licensure standards, the visual arts education student must demonstrate foundational understandings about art and knowledge and skills in studio art and art history areas, exhibiting breadth and depth of learning. In the area of studio practice, the student must show competency in six studio art areas, and an emphasis in at least two areas.

Students seeking teaching licensure who have previously completed a major in art must meet program requirements for the art major with the education focus.

Admittance to and progress in the major:
As an art education major you follow the same procedures and directives for admittance to and progress through the studio art major as the studio art student, completing Portfolio Reviews I and II during your sophomore and junior years, respectively. In addition, you must apply to the Education Department. The student teaching experience and the Senior Exhibition represent the culmination of development and work in the major. The requirement of Senior Exhibition includes showing your personal artwork in addition to showing the work of your students during your student teaching experience. You must complete your second portfolio review no later than the semester prior to your Senior Exhibition.

Current major requirements are as follows:
Portfolio Reviews I and II (see Studio Art for description of Portfolio Review procedures)

Ten studio art courses:
ART 1000 Two-Dimensional Design
ART 1010 Three-Dimensional Design
ART 1200 Drawing
ART 2250 Art and Technology
ART 2300 Painting: Oil or ART 2310 Painting: Acrylic or ART 2320 Painting: Watercolor
ART 2340 Printmaking I or ART 2360 Photography I
ART 2500 Sculpture or ART 2450 Clay Sculpture or ART 2400 Wheel-Thrown Pottery
Fiber Art (offered summer sessions)
Two studio art electives in two different areas of emphasis at 2000-level or above
ART 4850 Senior Exhibition (See studio art major for description of Senior Exhibition procedures) Includes personal artwork as well as a separate exhibition of your students’ artwork from your student teaching experience.)

Three supporting art history courses: (must be taken for a letter grade)
ARTH 1100 Introduction to Art History: Ancient through Medieval or ARTH 1110 Introduction to Art History: Renaissance to Modern
ARTH 2650 Modern Art History
Art history elective course (2000-level or above)

The course work above addresses the licensure requirements of demonstration of foundational understandings about art and knowledge and skills in studio art and art history areas. The requirements concerning emphasis in at least two studio art areas are met by taking at least one more 2000-level or above course in each of two areas. The art faculty may advise additional course work on the basis of your demonstration of competencies and areas of emphasis at your portfolio reviews.

Additional required education courses:
EDUC 3250 Focus Studies in Elementary Art Education
EDUC 3760 Special Methods: Grades 7-12: Teaching of Art
EDUC 3890 Student Teaching and Seminar in Art: Secondary
EDUC 3900 Student Teaching and Seminar in Art: Elementary

Additional required supporting course:
PHIL 2900 Philosophy of the Arts (also fulfills the liberal arts core requirement in philosophy)


WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURE: FRENCH

French majors seeking licensure to teach French at the elementary or secondary level need to plan their program with advisors in both the French and education departments. In addition, students must complete the following education courses:
EDU 380-01 and EDU 383-01 Methods & Materials in Foreign Language at the Elementary School (offered at UST)
EDUC 3920 Student Teaching & Seminar: World Languages & Cultures: Elementary
EDUC 3930 Student Teaching & Seminar: World Languages & Cultures: Secondary

WORLD LANGUAGES AND CULTURE: SPANISH

Spanish majors seeking licensure to teach Spanish at the elementary or secondary level need to plan their program with advisors in both the Spanish and education departments. In addition, students must complete the following education courses:
EDU 380-01 and EDU 383-01 Methods & Materials in Foreign Language at the Elementary School (offered at UST)
EDUC 3920 Student Teaching & Seminar: World Languages & Cultures: Elementary
EDUC 3930 Student Teaching & Seminar: World Languages & Cultures: Secondary

Montessori Early Childhood Credential

Required courses:
EDUC 4100 Early Childhood Practical Life
EDUC 4140 Foundations and Theories of Montessori Education
EDUC 4150 Early Childhood Sensorial Education
EDUC 4220 Early Childhood Music & Movement
EDUC 4260 Early Childhood Art
EDUC 4270 Early Childhood Science
EDUC 4360 Early Childhood Mathematics
EDUC 4370 Early Childhood Language Arts & Reading
EDUC 4380 Early Childhood Social Studies
EDUC 4620, 4630, 4640 Early Childhood Student Teaching Practicum I, II & III
EDUC 4710, 4720, 4730 Early Childhood Projects I, II & III

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