Music Education (K-12) Certification Minor

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Fifty-six semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code, plus ANTH 270 or SOCI 270 . Minor is restricted to the following specific 59 hours of coursework. Students must complete at least half of the Education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 3.0 GPA with no grade lower than a C.

Education Coursework (59 sem. hrs)

SOCI 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours or
ANTH 270 - Minority Cultures and Relations 3 hours
EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education 3 hours ^{1, 2}
EDUC 198 - Field Experience I 1 hours ¹
EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics, and Education 3 hours ³
EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 298 - Field Experience II 1 hours ¹
EDUC 300 - Techniques of Teaching 3 hours ¹
EDUC 311 - Classroom and Behavior Management Techniques 3 hours ¹
EDUC 322 - Educational Measurement and Assessment 3 hours
EDUC 338 - Content Reading and Writing 3 hours ¹
EDUC 346 - Teaching Pre-K and Elementary Music 3 hours ¹
EDUC 347 - Teaching Middle School and Secondary Music 3 hours ¹
EDUC 375 - Advanced Content Methods 3 hours ¹
EDUC 376 - Adolescent Literacy 3 hours
EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours
EDUC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
PSYC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours
EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours (Take course in the semester prior to student teaching)
EDUC 422 - Student Teaching in the Secondary School 12 hours 4 (16 weeks)

Total Semester Hours: 59

Note(s):

¹ Includes field experience
²Must be taken within first 9 hours of EDUC classes
³Meets college Ethics requirement
⁴ Must receive a grade of B or higher for certification; two placements (Elementary and Secondary)