Development and Learning
Students wishing to pursue this strand will be able to focus on the development and assessment of children and adolescents, exceptionality in the elementary school including gifted learners, curriculum innovations and trends, as well as opportunities for observation and field work in local schools, K-12.
REQUIRED: ED 103 Introduction to Teaching
Additional Courses for Development And Learning Strand
- ED 100 Exploration of Early Childhood Classroom Teaching
- ED 104 Human Intelligences and Learning Environments
- ED 117 Alternative Education: The Quest for a Different School Experience
- ED 200 Child Development
- ED 213 The Exceptional Child in the Elementary School
- ED 217 Multicultural Education
- ED 223 Adolescent Development
- ED 231 Children's Literature
- ED 299 Professional Internship in Education
- ED 314 Educational Assessment and the Exceptional Child
- ED 322 Learning in Childhood Settings
- ED 337 Advanced Child Development: Theory and Practice
- ED 338 Teaching Elementary Science
Social Foundations and Social Context of Education
Students wishing to pursue this strand will be able to focus on educational policy and politics, school law, educational research, and other related fields.
REQUIRED:ED 115 School and Society
Additional Courses for Social Foundations and Social Context of Education Strand
- ED 104 Human Intelligences and Learning Environments
- ED 117 Alternative Education: The Quest for a Different School Experience
- ED 213 The Exceptional Child in the Elementary Classroom
- ED 217 Multicultural Education
- ED 261 Special Topics: Multicultural Education
- ED 299 Professional Internship in Education
- ED 324 Education Policy, Politics and Law in the U.S.A.
- ED 375 Senior Thesis in Education Studies