Art Education (K-12) Certification

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Forty-eight semester hours of courses with an EDUC field code plus SOCI 270 . Minor is restricted to the following specific 51 hours of coursework. Students must complete at least half of the Education coursework through Columbia College and maintain a 2.8 GPA with no grade less than a C.

Education Coursework

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 hour 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 hour 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 ²
EDUC 338 - Teaching Reading in the Content Area 3 hours ^1, ²
EDUC 345 - Teaching Art K-12 4 hours ¹
EDUC 390 - Education and Psychology of the Exceptional Child 3 hours
EDUC 392 - Adolescent Psychology 3 hours or
PSYC 392 - Adolescent Psychology 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)

Note(s):

¹Includes Field Experience: Students must complete the application form(s) for courses that include a field experience component by the semester BEFORE desired enrollment. See the Education Office for deadline information.
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 Two placements (1:K-6 & 1:7-12) 8 weeks each for K-12 certification