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Sophomore or Junior Year: EDU 201 and 202
Junior Year: EDU 203, 221, 295, 296, 298, 307, and 311
Senior Year: EDU 222, 250, 293, 294, 382, and 312
Education Minors
The minor in professional education requires EDU 201, 307, 311, 354, 364, 374, 381, and is
awarded only to students who complete student teaching. The non-licensure minor, which does
not include student teaching, requires all of the coursework required for the minor and a major
in one of the secondary license areas.
131. Adolescent Literature. (2h) Study of recent fiction centering on the lives of adolescents.
Attention is given to interpretation of literature ranging from the reader response approach to
critical pluralism. By placement only.
201. Foundations of Education. (3h) Philosophical, historical, and sociological foundations of
education, including analysis of contemporary issues and problems. Includes twenty hours
field experience if not taken concurrently with EDU 202. P—POI. (CD)
202. Field Experience One. (2h) Practical experiences in classrooms. Weekly public school experience
and seminar. Should be taken concurrently with EDU 201. Pass/Fail only. P—POI.
203. Field Experience Two. (2h) Teaching experiences in classrooms in a diverse school environment.
Weekly school participation and seminar. Pass/Fail only. P—EDU 201 and 202 and POI.
221. Children’s Literature. (2h) Survey of the types and uses of literature appropriate for elementary
grades, including multicultural literature.
222. Integrating the Arts and Movement into the Elementary Curriculum. (2h) Survey of the
materials, methods, and techniques of integrating the arts and physical development into the
elementary curriculum. P—POI.
223. Theatre in Education. (3h) Practical experience for theatre and education students to work
together with children in the classroom using theatre to teach core curriculum. Emphasis on
methods and techniques as well as the development and implementation of creative lesson
plans. Weekly public school teaching experience and seminar. Also listed as THE 270.
231. Adolescent Literature. (3h) A study of recent fiction centering on the lives of adolescents.
Attention is given to interpretation of literature ranging from the reader response approach to
critical pluralism.
250. Student Teaching: Elementary. (4h) Supervised teaching experience in grades K-6. Pass/
Fail. P—POI.
271. Geography: The Human Environment. (3h) Survey of the geography of human activity as it
occurs throughout the world. Emphasis is on current problems related to population, resources,
regional development, and urbanization. Credit not allowed for both EDU 271 and 274.
272. Geography Study Tour. (3h) A guided tour of selected areas to study physical, economic,
and cultural environments and their influence on man. Background references for reading are
suggested prior to the tour. (CD) Offered in the summer.
273. Geography: The Natural Environment. (3h) Systematic study of the major components of
physical geography with special emphasis on climate and topography.
E D U C A T I O N 120