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Majors and Courses of InstructionEducationEducationProfessors McClure, WhiteAssociate Professor KatzAssistant Professor AwenowiczInstructor HallOhio Wesleyan has been educating teachers for more than 100 years. This experience confirms ourbelief that the most creative and effective teachers are prepared at strong liberal arts colleges suchas ours. Our program emphasizes a solid theoretical base and practical experience. From the firstcourse onward, education candidates learn about the responsibilities and rewards of their professionby working directly with children in area schools, community centers, and in Ohio Wesleyan’s EarlyChildhood Center, a laboratory pre-school program.Ohio Wesleyan offers programs preparing students for teacher licensure at the early childhood,elementary school, middle school, and high school levels. Candidates working toward the EarlyChildhood or Middle Childhood license pursue an OWU major in education. Candidates pursuingone of the other two licenses will major in another department at Ohio Wesleyan and minor ineducation. Ohio Wesleyan’s programs lead to the following State of Ohio teacher licenses:1. Early Childhood License: Prekindergarten to grade three2. Middle Childhood License: Grades four to nine — preparation for teaching in amiddle school setting. The State requires two of the following four concentrations:Reading and Language ArtsMathematicsScienceSocial Studies3. Adolescence to Young Adult License: Grades seven to twelve — preparation forteaching in a high school setting.ChemistryEarth ScienceIntegrated Language ArtsIntegrated MathematicsIntegrated Social StudiesLife SciencesPhysics4. Multi-age License: Prekindergarten to grade twelveDrama/TheaterForeign Language (French, German, Latin, Spanish)MusicPhysical EducationVisual ArtsEducation majors are normally admitted to the teacher education program by the end of theirsophomore year. Minors are normally admitted by the end of fall semester of their junior year.The program admission requirements include successful completion of two courses in education,a recommendation from an OWU faculty member, and a GPA of 2.8 (overall and, for educationminors, in the subject area major). Contact the education department for a complete description ofthe admission and retention policy.101