Beacon Middle School General Science Certification Minor

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Fifty-seven semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code plus ANTH 270 or SOCI 270 . Minor includes the following specific 60 hours of Professional Education coursework as well as 24 hours of General Science content courses. Students must complete at least half (30 hours) of the Professional Education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 3.0 GPA with no grade lower than C in both Professional Education and General Science content area.

Content Area Requirements (24 sem. hrs, minimum)

Professional Education Requirements (60 sem. hrs)

SOCI 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours or
ANTH 270 - Diversity and Society 3 hours
EDUC 100 - Introduction to Education 3 hours ^1, ²
EDUC 200 - Law, Ethics, and Education 3 hours ³
EDUC 220 - Methods of Teaching English Learners 3 hours
EDUC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours or
PSYC 230 - Educational Psychology 3 hours
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 326 - Middle School Methods 3 hours
EDUC 338W - Content Reading and Writing 3 hours
EDUC 365 - Teaching Middle and Secondary Science 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
Choose one option from the following:
PSYC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
EDUC 396 - Child and Adolescent Development 3 hours or
EDUC 391 - Child Psychology 3 hours and
EDUC 392 - Adolescent Psychology 3 hours
EDUC 400 - Senior Seminar 3 hours (Take course in the semester prior to student teaching)
EDUC 425 - Undergraduate Student Teaching 12 hours ⁴ (16 weeks)

Total Semester Hours: 84

Note(s):

¹Includes Field Experience
² Must be taken within first 9 hrs of EDUC classes
³ Meets college Ethics requirement
⁴ Must receive a “B” or higher for certification