Total credit hours:聽120
The Adolescence to Young Adult Program prepares teachers to work with learners from ages twelve through twenty-one and grades seven through twelve in one of the following teaching fields:
- Life Sciences
- Integrated Mathematics
- Integrated Language Arts
- Integrated Social Studies
- Integrated Science
The exact number of credit hours needed for graduation is dependent upon the teaching field selected. In some fields students may be able to obtain a dual major.
Adolescence to Young Adult Education students declaring an English concentration are expected to fulfill a portfolio requirement.
REQUIRED CURRICULUM
Core Course Requirements
天美传媒 Connections (3 credit hours)聽聽聽聽聽
LUC 101聽 College Connections
LUC 102聽 Career Connections 鈥 Fulfilled by EDU 100
LUC 201聽 Concept Connections 鈥 Fulfilled by EDU 216
LUC 202聽 Communication Connections Fulfilled by EDU 251
贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑听 (6聽credit hours)聽
ENG 101聽 College Composition
ENG 313聽 Theoretical Approaches to the Teaching of Writing
Mathematics (3聽credit hours)
MTH 114 or any MTH course above MTH 114
贰迟丑颈肠蝉听 (3聽credit hours)
Education students meet the Core Curriculum Requirement for Ethics through an聽integrated approach of studying ethics for educators in five courses (EDU 100, EDU 230, EDU216, EDU 317/319. EDU 329).
Enduring Question Seminar聽 聽(2-3聽credit hours)聽聽
Capstone in the major聽 (12聽credit hours)
EDA 490聽 Capstone: Adolescent & Young Adult Student Teaching
Service Learning聽 聽(20 hours)
Cultural Diversity course or experience (3聽credit hours)聽聽
EDU 216聽 Multicultural & Social Issues in Education
General Education
贬颈蝉迟辞谤测听(3聽credit hours)
Any HST course
尝颈迟别谤补迟耻谤别听 (3聽credit hours)
Select One
ENG 200聽 Introduction to Literature
ENG 211聽 Postcolonial Literature
ENG 212聽 Gender and Literature
ENG 213聽 Multiethnic U.S. Literature
ENG 214聽 Ecology and literature
ENG 215聽 Sports and Literature
笔丑颈濒辞蝉辞辫丑测听听听(3聽credit hours)聽 聽聽聽
Any PHL course
Theology聽 聽 聽(6聽credit hours)
First course 鈥 one of the following:
THS 125聽 Foundation of Theology
THS 218聽 Celebrating the Sacraments
THS 220聽 Introduction to the Old Testament
THS 221聽 Introduction to the New Testament
THS 235聽 Survey of Catholic Belief
THS 265聽 Christian Ethics
THS 312聽 Jesus, the Christ
THS 316聽 The Shape and Mission of the Church
Second course 鈥 Any Theology course (Note that if THS 101 was taken as a first course, THS 105 cannot be taken to fulfill the second course requirement.)
础谤迟/惭耻蝉颈肠听聽(3聽credit hours)
Any approved Art or Music course
Natural Science聽 聽(3-4聽credit hours)
Any approved Natural Science course
Social Science聽聽(3聽credit hours)
EDU 250**聽 Educational Psychology and Human Development
Professional Education Foundational Courses
EDU 100聽 Foundations of Education or
EDU 101聽 Foundations of Education Bridge Course
EDU 151聽 Technology in Learning
EDU 251聽 Technology & Pedagogy for Learning
EDU 216聽 Multicultural and Social Issues in Education
EDU 351聽 Technology, Pedagogy & Content Knowledge for Learning
EDU 230**聽 Survey of Special Needs Education
EDU 250**聽 Educational Psychology and Human Development
EDU 319聽 Classroom Management for Middle Childhood and Adolescence to Young Adult
EDU 329聽 Differentiated Instruction & Assessment
EDA 490 Requires a 75-day (Approx. 15-week) field placement
Adolescence to Young Adult Strand Courses
EDA 235**聽 Curriculum and Instruction for Adolescents and Young Adults
EDA 250*聽 General Teaching Methods and Field Experience I
EDU 221聽 Content Area Reading
EDA 351-354*聽 Concentration Area 鈥 Methods and Field Experience II
EDA 490聽 Capstone: Adolescent & Young Adult Student Teaching
Reading Core (3聽credit hours)聽
EDU 221聽 Content Area Reading
Content Specialization 鈥 Credit hours will differ based on the area of specialization.
Integrated Language Arts
EDU 220聽 Reading Comprehension Skills & Strategies
EDU 312
ENG 101聽 College Composition
ENG 200聽 Introduction to Literature
ENG 220聽 Structures of the English Language
ENG 313聽 Theoretical Approaches to the Teaching of Writing
ENG 316聽 Foundations of Rhetoric
ENG 390聽 Approaches to Criticism
ENG 405聽 Shakespeare
ENG 490聽 Capstone: Senior Research Project
Select One
ENG 211聽 Postcolonial Literature
ENG 212聽 Gender and Literature
ENG 213聽 Multicultural U.S. Literature
ENG 214聽 Ecology and Literature
Select Three
ENG 300聽 Foundations of Western Literature
ENG 301聽 English Lit I
ENG 302聽 English Lit II
ENG 303聽 American Lit I
ENG 304聽 American Lit II
ENG 315聽 Non-Western Literature
Select Two
ENG 401聽 Studies in Fiction
ENG 402聽 Studies in Drama
ENG 403聽 Studies in Poetry
ENG 410聽 Studies in Film
ENG 411聽 Single Author Study
ENG 440聽 Studies in Rhetoric
Integrated Mathematics
MTH 116聽 Math Pedagogy for EDM & AYA
MTH 122聽 College Algebra
MTH 130聽 Elementary Analysis
MTH 135聽 Analytical Geometry & Calculus 1
MTH 136聽 Analytical Geometry & Calculus 11
MTH 204聽 Geometry
MTH 212聽 Statistics
MTH 215聽 Linear Algebra
MTH 235聽 Calculus III
MTH 242聽 Introduction to Mathematical Reasoning
MTH 256聽 Discrete Mathematics
MTH 301聽 Abstract Algebra
MTH 305聽 Differential Equations
MTH 490聽 Capstone: History of Mathematics
Integrated Social Studies
HST 301聽 Ancient History
HST 302聽 Medieval & Renaissance Europe
HST 303聽 Modern Europe
HST 307聽 The American Revolution and the Early Republic
HST 308聽 Civil War and Reconstruction
HST 309聽 United States in the 20th Century
GEO 250聽 World Cultural Geography
GEO 260聽 World Regional Geography
PLS 122聽 聽American National Government
PLS 201聽 聽Modern Political Thought
BUS 254聽 Macroeconomics
BUS 255聽 Microeconomics
HST 490聽 Capstone: Historical Methods
Select Three
HST 411聽 History of Latin America
HST 413聽 History of the Middle East
HST 416聽 History of the Far East
HST 419聽 History of Africa
Life Sciences
Biology/Life Science
BIO 201/BIL201聽 Principles of Biology I/Lab
BIO202/BIL 202聽 Principles of Biology II/Lab
BIO 204聽 Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIO 215聽 Basic Ecology
BIO 307/BIL 307聽 Cell Biology/Lab
BIO 308/BIL 308聽 Genetics/Lab
BIO 335/BIL 335聽 General Microbiology/Lab
BIO 402聽 Introduction to Research
BIO 490聽 Biology Seminar
Select One
BIO 306/BIL 306聽 Vertebrate Zoology/Lab or
BIO 311/BIL 311聽 聽Invertebrate Zoology/Lab
Chemistry/Physical/Earth Science
CHM 140/CHL 140聽 General, Organic, and Biological Chemistry/Lab
PHS 112聽 Introduction to Earth Science
PHS 113聽 Principles of Physical Science
SCI 370聽 Integrated Science for Teachers
Select One
PHS 111聽 Introduction to Astronomy
PHS 114聽 Introduction to Geology
Integrated Sciences
Biology/Life Science
BIO 201/BIL201聽 Principles of Biology I/Lab
BIO202/BIL 202聽 Principles of Biology II/Lab
BIO 204聽 Basic Human Anatomy and Physiology
BIO 307/BIL 307聽 Cell Biology/Lab
BIO 308/BIL 308聽 Genetics/Lab
BIO 335/BIL 335聽 General Microbiology/Lab
Chemistry
CHM 181/CHL 181聽 General College Chemistry I/Lab
CHM 182/CHL 182聽 General College Chemistry II/Lab
CHM 301/CHL 301聽 Organic Chemistry I/Lab
CHM 302/CHL 302聽 Organic Chemistry II/Lab
CHM 306/CHL 306聽 Environmental Chemistry/Lab
Physics
PHS 111聽 Introduction to Astronomy
PHS/PLA 201/301聽 College Physics I / Lab
PHS/PLA 202/302聽 College Physics II/Lab
Physical Science
PHS 114聽 An Introduction to Astronomy
PHS 112聽 An Introduction to Earth Science
BIO 317聽 Principles of Ecology
* Field experience required
** Clinical experience required