Professional Education Courses
Criteria for identifying Professional Education courses
A significant focus of the course is to teach or model how best to present academic
content to birth-16 students.
A course is designated as a Professional Education course if:
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A significant focus of the course is to bring about awareness of the growth and development of birth-16 students as they seek to learn academic content.
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A significant focus of the course deals with issues of schooling.
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A significant focus of the course is related to assessment and intervention in the development of birth-16 students.
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The department views the course as one which should be taught by EPP faculty, instructors who remain interested and active with school environments and content.
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The department believes that their accrediting agency would expect the course to be taught as a professional education course and/or by EPP faculty.
- The consequences of a course being designated as a Professional Education Course are that:
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The catalog description of the course must include an EPP designation (phrase or symbol).
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Every faculty member teaching a EPP designated course must be an EPP member.
UNDERGRADUATE - INITIAL CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
- Early Childhood (B-3)
- Elementary Education (1-6)
- Middle School (5-9)
- Special Education - Cross Categorical (K-12)
ALTERNATIVE/INNOVATIVE CERTIFICATION PROGRAMS
- Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) (9-12)
- Biology 9-12 (2017)
- Biology 9-12 (2018)
- Chemistry 9-12 (2017)
- Chemistry 9-12 (2018)
- Chinese K-12
- Earth Science 9-12 (2017)
- Earth Science 9-12 (2018)
- English 9-12
- Family & Consumer Sciences K-12
- French K-12
- German K-12
- Latin K-12
- Mathematics 9-12
- Music-Instrumental K-12
- Music-Vocal K-12
- Physics 9-12 (2017)
- Physics 9-12 (2018)
- Spanish K-12
- Speech & Theatre 9-12
- Social Sciences 9-12
- Unified Science-Biology 9-12 (2017)
- Unified Science-Biology 9-12 (2018)
- Unified Science-Chemistry 9-12 (2017)
- Unified Science-Chemistry 9-12 (2018)
- Unified Science-Earth Science 9-12 (2017)
- Unified Science-Earth Science 9-12 (2018)
- The MAT program also allows student to add certification in Middle School in the same content area they are pursuing in Secondary Education.
- Special Education
ADVANCED PROGRAMS
- Deaf and Hard of Hearing
- Early Childhood Special Education (B-3)
- Education Administration - Principal
- Education Administration - Superintendent
- Elementary Math Specialist (1-6)
- Gifted Education (K-12)
- School Counselor Certification
- School Psychological Examiner (K-12)
- Special Education Director (K-12)
- Special Reading (K-12)
ADDITIONAL CERTIFICATE PROGRAMS
- Health Education K-12
- Driver's Education 9-12
- Teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL) (K-12)
SECONDARY EDUCATION
- Agriculture
- Art
- Biology - Categorical (9-12)
- Chemistry - Categorical (9-12)
- Chinese Education
- Earth Science - Categorical (9-12)
- English (9-12)
- Family & Consumer Sciences (9-12)
- French Education
- German Education
- Latin Education
- Mathematics
- Music - Instrumental (K-12)
- Music - Vocal/Choral (K-12)
- Physical Education
- Physics
- Social Science
- Spanish Education
- Speech/Theatre
- Unified Science - Biology (9-12)
- Unified Science - Chemistry (9-12)
- Unified Science - Earth Science (9-12