Reading, BA

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Professional Education Core Requirements

Candidates for an initial teaching license must complete a major in Birth-Grade 3: Inclusive Settings, a major in Elementary Education, a major in Instructional Strategist II: Behavior Disorders/ Learning Disabilities/Intellectual Disabilities, or a major in a secondary teaching subject area. Candidates must complete the following approved professional education courses:

Core Requirements for All Education Majors

Certification in Mental Health First Aid

EDU 110 - Foundations of American Education 3 Credit(s)
EDU 142 - Human Growth, Development and Guidance 3 Credit(s)
EDU 152 - Assessment and Psychology 3 Credit(s)
EDU 162 - Diversity for Teachers 3 Credit(s)
EDU 252 - Computers and Instructional Technology 3 Credit(s)
SPED 304 - Exceptional Persons 3 Credit(s)
SPED 462 - Individual Behavior and Classroom Management 3 Credit(s)
- ST 4__ Student Teaching 16 Credits
- Experience at the level (8) and student teaching in a specific endorsement area (8)

Required Courses within the Major

SPED 304 - Exceptional Persons 3 Credit(s)
EDU 307 - Field Experience I: Secondary 3 Credit(s)
EDU 322 - Field Experience II: Secondary 2 Credit(s)
EDU 326 - Developmental Reading and Language Arts 3 Credit(s)
EDU 333 - Literature: Birth-Adolescence 3 Credit(s)
EDU 407 - Diagnostic Assessment Practices in Reading and Language Arts 3 Credit(s)
EDU 410 - Practicum: Secondary Reading and Language Arts 3 Credit(s)
EDU 425 - Content Area Literacy 3 Credit(s)
EDU 428 - Middle School Curriculum, Design and Strategies 3 Credit(s)
EDU 445 - Language Acquisition 3 Credit(s)
EDU 485 - Advanced Instructional Issues and Methods in Reading and Language Arts 3 Credit(s)

Electives in Reading, English, Communication, and/or Language Arts (300-400 level) 6 Credits

One of the following: 3 Credits

ENG 102 - English Composition II 3 Credit(s)
An equivalent composition course