Major FAQs. GENERAL FAQs. DATE REVIEWED: November, 2014

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1 Major FAQs Carl Albert State College to Northeastern State University Associate of Arts / Pre-Elementary Education to NSU s B.S.Ed. Elementary Education: An Elementary Education major provides experiences with students 1st through 8th grades. Teachers will be skilled in teaching language arts, social studies, science, math, and will have knowledge of art, music and physical education concepts as well. This degree enables graduates to be highly effective teachers in elementary classrooms. Beginning with their first education class, teacher candidates participate in extensive field experiences in a variety of school settings which prepares them to work with children from all backgrounds and abilities. NSU s program is state approved and nationally accredited. Major guidelines / regulations: Elementary Education majors completing NSU s program meet state certification and licensure requirements as they progress through program. These include: Foreign Language Competency: All teacher candidates must demonstrate proficiency at the high novice level in a language other than English. PSY 1113: All candidates are required to take PSY X 12 Requirement: Early Childhood, Elementary Education, and Special Education programs require completion of 12 semester hours with a grade of C or better in the following disciplines: Communication Arts (ENGL, COMM), Math, Science and Social Science (ECON, GEOG, HIST, POL SCI, PSYC, SOC) prior to graduation. Portfolio: All students pursuing teacher certification are required to develop a portfolio which documents their accomplishments, learning, and strengths related to the competencies, standards, and outcomes established by the Oklahoma Office of Educational Quality and Accountability, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the Oklahoma State Department of Education. Certification Testing: At intervals within the program, teacher candidates complete portions of the certification test. For admission to teacher education, students must pass the Oklahoma General Education Test (OGET). Teacher candidates must also pass their Elementary Education Oklahoma Subject Area Test (OSAT) before their full internship. Successful completion of the Oklahoma Professional Teaching Examination (OPTE) is encouraged, but is not required for continued participation in our Teacher Education Program. What it takes to complete a B.S. Ed. Elementary Education degree from NSU. If you don t complete your AA at CASC, you will need to meet NSU s specific general education requirements. You must have at least 124 hours completed to earn a BS Ed. Of those hours, 60 must be from a university (4 year school), 40 must be junior and senior (3000/4000) level, and half of the hours in your major must be from NSU. You must also be both English and computer proficient. This means that you must pass English Composition I & II with a C or better and demonstrate computer proficiency (high school or college course work / test). Therefore, when you transfer to NSU, you will likely need to complete around 60 more hours in order to earn your BS Ed degree. GENERAL FAQs Transferring to NSU is a seamless process. Although you can transfer to NSU at any time in your academic career, the smoothest transition occurs if you have earned or will earn an AA or AS from CASC. This milestone will also meet your general education requirements at NSU (unless it is a specific NSU requirement for you to graduate). How do my Carl Albert State College classes transfer to NSU? Every class you take at CASC will transfer to NSU. Each class counts in one of the following categories that make up a bachelor s degree: general education, major, minor, or free elective. Minors (18 hours) are a coherent set of courses in a discipline or interdisciplinary grouping other than a student's degree program. Education programs do NOT require minors. Free electives can be selected from any academic area. They allow you to explore academic interests outside of your major while counting toward the 124 hours you need to graduate. If you completed a class at CASC that does not meet one of the other specific requirements, it will count as a free elective, up to the first 64 hours. If you complete more than 64 hours at the associate degree level, all courses will transfer to NSU, but only the first 64 hours will apply to your degree. You must have 60 hours from a fouryear institution to meet state requirements for graduation with a baccalaureate degree. When can you start taking NSU classes? You can begin taking classes at NSU while you are completing your AA or AS at CASC. This is called dual enrollment; many students do this each semester. Consult an NSU academic advisor and a financial aid counselor to see how dual enrollment can work for you.

2 Carl Albert State College Associate of Arts / Pre-Elementary Education to 4-Year Plan of Study CASC Semester 1 CASC Semester 2 ENG 1113 Freshman Composition I ENG 1213 Freshman Composition II PSY 1113 Introduction to Psychology HIST 1483 American History (or) HPER 1113 Personal Health and Wellness (or) HIST 1493 American History present AHS 1203 Basic Nutrition GEOG 2243 Fundamentals of Human Geography Humanities 3 hours; choose from list below BIO 1114 General Biology Free Elective 3 credit hours MATH 1513 College Algebra (or) ORI 1111 Freshman Orientation (or MATH 1413 Survey of Contemporary Math) CASC Semester 3 CASC Semester 4 OGET at end of semester 4 GPS 1114 General Physical Science with Lab POL 1113 American Federal Government SPAN 1115 Elementary Spanish I (or) MATH 3413 Modeling: Geometry & Measurement (see MATH note) Other foreign language (3 hrs) MATH 3443 Modeling: Real numbers & Statistics (see MATH note) SPCH 1113 Intro to Speech Communication Ed Elective 1 credit hour, major elective (see below) MATH 2213 Math Structures I (see MATH note) ENGL 2413 Introduction to Literature Free Elective 2 credit hours Humanities 3 hours; choose from list below TOTAL: 17 hours NOTE: All students must have completed 45 hours of General Education before enrolling on Semester 5 block, and a minimum grade point average of at least 2.75 NSU Semester 5 NSU Semester 6 OGET (must be passed) EDUC 3313 Clinical Teaching/Pre-Internship I (Internship required) READ 4023 Reading & Language Develop of Young Child (Bbd (online) Collaborate/Professor Drive) EDUC 3113 Educational Psychology (Bbd Collaborate) MUS 3832 Music for Elementary Teachers ELED 4323 Language Arts in the Elementary School (online) ELED 4343 Social Studies in Elementary Grades (Bbd Collaborate) READ 4013 Content Literacy K-8 (Bbd Collaborate) SPED 4433 Intro to Education of Children w. Exceptionalities (online) LIBM 4023 Materials for Children (Bbd Collaborate) PED 4513 Elem School Prog. in Physical Edu. (Bbd Collaborate) ART 3542 Elementary Art Education Ed. Elective 1credit hour, major elective (online) TOTAL: 17 hours NSU Semester 7 TOTAL: 15 hours NSU Semester 8 16 week Final Internship OSAT 050 & 051 (must be passed) SCI 4214 Science in the Elementary School **EDUC 4044 Elementary Intern Teaching READ 4063 Intro. to Reading & Writing Assessment (Bbd Collaborate) **EDUC 4054 Elementary Intern Teaching EDUC 4032 Pre-Internship II (requires 4 seminars on campus) **EDUC 4172 Assessment and Evaluation ELED 4563 Manage of Elem Class and Curriculum (Bbd Collaborate) **EDUC 4252 Seminar (requires 6 seminars on campus) EDUC 4823 Technology in Education (Bbd Collaborate) TOTAL: 15 hours TOTAL: 12 hours +Humanities for Associate of Arts: HUM 2113, HUM 2223, ART 1113, DRMA 1213, HIST 1113, HIST 1213, ENGL 2413, ENGL 2433, ENG 2443, ENGL 2443, ENGL 2773, ENGL 2883, MUS 1113, PHIL 1113, RLED 1123, RLED Ed Electives include 2 hours from the following: any BIOL 4481, EDUC 4811 (except practicum courses), EDUC 4812, ELED 4811/4812, P ED 4741, and any SCI *See NSU course catalog for prerequisites. ** All other courses should be successfully completed prior to participation in this semester of Intern Teaching.

3 *MATH 2213, Math Structures I could be counted as a 4x12 course and taken prior to the Junior year at NSU. NSU s Mathematics and Computer Science department has discussed offering MATH 3413, Modeling: Geometry and Measurement and MATH 3443, Modeling: Real Numbers and Statistics as blended courses with an instructor driving to Sallisaw or offering it through Blackboard Collaborate. *PED 4513 blended courses would be feasible via BB collaborate *ART 3542 meets four Saturdays in Muskogee; other options via Blackboard collaborate are feasible *MUS 3832 meets four Saturdays in Muskogee; other options via Blackboard collaborate are feasible *SCI 4214 blended meets in Muskogee *This cohort would participate in the Education Professionally Immersed in Co-Teaching (EPIC) program. See description below. Education Professionally Immersed in Co-Teaching (EPIC) spans one academic year (fall/spring and spring/fall) and teacher candidates receive 27 to 30 credit hours and weeks of priceless experience in a public school setting. This program is beneficial to both the student intern and the classroom mentor teacher. The student intern gains real-world experience with students, schools, communities and the teaching profession, and the mentor teacher with the EPIC student in his/her classroom will be able to receive professional development hours.

4 Carl Albert State College Associate of Arts / Pre-Elementary Education to Part-Time Plan of Study CASC Semester 1 CASC Semester 2 ENG 1113 Freshman Composition I ENG 1213 Freshman Composition II PSY 1113 Introduction to Psychology HIST 1483 American History (or) ORI 1111 Freshman Orientation HIST 1493 American History present CASC Semester 3 CASC Semester 4 HPER 1113 Personal Health and Wellness (or) GEOG 2243 Fundamentals of Human Geography AHS 1203 Basic Nutrition BIO 1114 General Biology Humanities 3 hours; choose from list below CASC Semester 5 CASC Semester 6 SPAN 1115 Elementary Spanish I (or) MATH 1513 College Algebra or MATH 1413 GPS 1114 TOTAL: 9 hours Other foreign language (3 hrs) Free Elective 3 credit hours General Physical Science with Lab CASC Semester 7 CASC Semester 8 SPCH 1113 Intro to Speech Communication POL 1113 American Federal Government MATH 2213 Math Structures I (see MATH note) MATH 3443 Modeling: Geometry & Measurement (see MATH note) CASC Semester 9 CASC Semester 10 OGET at end of semester 4 MATH 3413 Modeling: Real numbers & Statistics (see MATH note) Humanities 3 hours; choose from list below ENGL 2413 Introductions to Literature Ed Elective 1 credit hour; major elective (see below) Free Elective 2 credit hours NOTE: All students must have completed 45 hours of General Education before enrolling in NSU Semester 1 block, and a minimum grade point average of at least NSU Semester 1 OGET (must be passed) NSU Semester 2 EDUC 3313 Clinical Teaching/ Pre-Internship I (Internship required) ELED 4323 Language Arts in the Elementary School (online) (online) EDUC 3113 Educational Psychology (Bbd Collaborate) READ 4013 Content Literacy K-8 (Bbd Collaborate) NSU Semester 3 NSU Semester 4 LIBM 4023 Materials for Children (Bbd Collaborate) READ 4023 Reading & Language Develop of Young Child (Bbd Collaborate/Professor Drive) ART 3542 Elementary Art Education ELED 4343 Social Studies in Elementary Grades (Bbd Collaborate) MUS 3832 Music for Elementary Teachers

5 NSU Semester 5 NSU Semester 6 SPED 4433 Intro to Education of Children w. Exceptionalities (online) SCI 4214 Science in the Elementary School PED 4513 Elem School Prog. in Physical Edu. (Bbd Collaborate) READ 4063 Introduction to Reading & Writing Assessment Ed. Elective 1credit hour, major elective (online) NSU Semester 7 OSAT 050 & 051 (must be passed) (Bbd Collaborate) NSU Semester 8 16 week Final Internship EDUC 4823 Technology in Education (Bbd Collaborate) **EDUC 4044 Elementary Intern Teaching EDUC 4032 Pre-Internship II (requires 4 seminars on campus) **EDUC 4054 Elementary Intern Teaching ELED 4563 Management of the Elementary Classroom and Curriculum **EDUC 4172 Assessment and Evaluation (Bbd Collaborate) **EDUC 4252 Seminar (requires 6 seminars on campus) TOTAL: 8 hours TOTAL: 12 hours *MATH 2213, Math Structures I could be counted as a 4x12 course and taken prior to the Junior year at NSU. NSU s Mathematics and Computer Science department has discussed offering MATH 3413, Modeling: Geometry and Measurement and MATH 3443, Modeling: Real Numbers and Statistics as blended courses with an instructor driving to Sallisaw or offering it through Blackboard Collaborate. *PED 4513 blended courses would be feasible via BB collaborate *ART 3542 meets four Saturdays in Muskogee; other options via Blackboard collaborate are feasible *MUS 3832 meets four Saturdays in Muskogee; other options via Blackboard collaborate are feasible *SCI 4214 blended meets in Muskogee *This cohort would participate in the Education Professionally Immersed in Co-Teaching (EPIC) program. See description below. Education Professionally Immersed in Co-Teaching (EPIC) spans one academic year (fall/spring and spring/fall) and teacher candidates receive 27 to 30 credit hours and weeks of priceless experience in a public school setting. This program is beneficial to both the student intern and the classroom mentor teacher. The student intern gains real-world experience with students, schools, communities and the teaching profession, and the mentor teacher with the EPIC student in his/her classroom will be able to receive professional development hours.