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CORE COURSES
Take the following courses:
ED-110 Foundations of Education
3 CreditsS
ED-111 Foundations of Education Field Experience
1 CreditS
ED-120 Child Development
3 CreditsS
ED-130 Adolescent Development
3 CreditsSEnrollment priority in this course is given to Education POEs.
ED-240 Introduction to Students With Exceptionalities
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED-110 and ED-111 and either ED-120 or ED-130.
ED-260 Families, Schools, and Communities
3 Credits
ED-304 Teaching for Social Justice
3 Credits
ED-309 Intro to Autism Spectrum Disorders
3 Credits
ED-312 Language and the Brain
3 CreditsSPrerequisite: ED-120
ED-313 Language and Brain Lab
1 CreditSPrerequisite: ED-120. Corequisite: ED-312.
ED-314 English Language Learners
1 CreditSPrerequisite: ED120 or ED130.
ED-342 Assessment Learners
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED110, ED111, and ED240, and either ED120 or ED130.
ED-343 Differentiated Instruction
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED-120 and ED-240. Corequisites: ED-400 and ED-401.
ED-350 Science Methods: Stem III
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED110, ED111, and either ED-120 or ED-130
ED-401 Junior Field Experience
1 CreditSPrerequisites: ED-120 and ED-240. Corequisites: ED-400 and ED-343.
ED-403 Math Methods: PreK-6
3 CreditsSPrerequisite: ED-120
ED-411 Reading Difficulties
2 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED-120 or ED-130
ED-412 Reading Difficulties Lab
1 CreditSPrerequisites: ED-212 and either ED-120 or ED-130. Corequisite: ED-411.
ED-430 Language and Literacy
3 CreditsS, CWCorequisites: ED432 and ED433.
ED-433 Pre-Student Teaching Seminar
3 CreditSPrerequisite: ED-310. Corequisite: ED-430.
ED-440 High Incidence Disabilities
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED240.
ED-441 Low Incidence Disabilities
4 CreditsSPrerequisites: Senior standing or permission of the instructor.
ED-442 Social, Emotional, Behavior
3 CreditsSPrerequisites: ED240 and ED343.
MATH REQUIREMENT
Take 6 credits from the MA-Mathematics Department.
ENGLISH REQUIREMENT
ENGLISH COMPOSITION
Take one of the following courses:
FYC-101 First Year Composition
4 Credits (beginning Fall 2023)
ENGLISH LITERATURE
Take 3 credits from the following courses:
EN-120 Forms of Literature
3 CreditsH
EN-122 Interpreting Pop Literature
4 CreditsH
EN-162 Women and Literature
4 CreditsH
EN-170 World Literatures
3 CreditsH, I
EN-188 Bad Literature
3 CreditsH
EN-207 Heaven or Hell on Earth
3 CreditsHPrerequisites: EN110 or EN109.
EN-211 Pennsylvania Literature
4 CreditsH,SW-USPre-Req: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.
EN-212 Sports Literature
3 CreditsHPrerequisite: EN110 or EN109.
EN-213 Zombie Nation
4 CreditsCA, HPrerequisites: EN110 or EN108 & EN109.
EN-215 Boys Will Be Boys
3 CreditsH
EN-217 Disability in Fiction
3 CreditsH
EN-236 Dirty Books
3 CreditsH, CW
EN-237 Constructing Identities
4 CreditsCAPrerequisites: EN110 or EN109.
EN-239 Bloody Murder
3 CreditsH
EN-250 African American Literature
3 CreditsCA, HPrerequisites: EN110.
EN-251 Slave Narratives
4 CreditsH, CWPrerequisites: EN110 or EN109.
EN-262 Unhappily Ever After
3 CreditsH
EN-301 Young Adult Literature
3 CreditsH
EN-302 Literature of Social Protest
4 CreditsSW-USPrerequisite or corequisite: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109.
EN-307 Mythology in Film
4 CreditsHPrerequisites: EN110 or EN108 and EN109.
EN-312 Literature of Revenge
4 CreditsHPrerequisite: EN110 or EN109.
EN-313 Firing the Canon
4 CreditsH
EN-341 Shakespearean Drama
3 CreditsHPrerequisite: EN110 or EN109.
EN-385 Queer Literature
4 CreditsCA, HPrerequisites: EN110 or EN109.
EN-388 Heroes and Villains
3 CreditsHPrerequisites: EN110 or EN109.
EN-392 Crossing the Border
4 CreditH,CW,SW-USPrerequisites: FYC-101 or EN-110 or EN-109
CAPSTONE
Take the following courses:
ED-450 Student Teaching
14 CreditsS,SW-LE
ED-451 Student Teaching Seminar
1 CreditSCorequisite: ED450.
Note: Teacher certification programs are subject to changes in state and federal regulations. Formal acceptance into, retention in, and completion of a certification program may include requirements over and above those of the college. See the Education Department's Student Handbook for additional information on certification.
POE Credit Total = 86
Students must complete at least 18 credits at the 300/400-level. Any course exception must be approved by the advisor and/or department chair.