Special Educational Curriculum Major: All Level EC-12 Catalog Year: 2014-15 Concordia Common Experience - General Education Concordia Distinctive - Required of all students Supporting Coursework LDR 1100 Life and Leadership MTH 1351 College Algebra LDR 2201 Leadership Seminar PSY 1311 Intro to Psychology REL 1301 New Testament History and Reading AST 1401 Intro to Astronomy REL 1311 History and Literature of Old Testament EDU 3323 Educational Technology Foundational Competencies HIS 1301 US History to 1877 ENG 1316 Academic Research and Writing HIS 1302 US History from 1877 MTH XXXX Any 3-hr. MTH course, college lvl or higher EDU 3330 Methods of Integrating Fine Arts COM 1300 Fundamentals of Communication OR EDU 31XX Secondary Classroom Fieldwork HON 3336 Great Speeches and Speechmaking (4-8 Middle School Content & CIS 1300 Technology of the Digital Age OR 7-12 secondary Content only) CIS 2304 Spreadsheet Software OR RDG 3342 Literacy in the Content Area NUR 3585 Adult Health II Theory OR (4-8 Middle School Content & NUR 3485 Adult Health II Theory OR 7-12 secondary Content only) BADM 3371 Management Information Systems OR EDU 3323 Educational Technology Major Courses KIN 1301 Personal Wellness OR EDU 2201 Intro to Education NUR 3435 Adult Health I Theory OR EDU 3240 Societal Relationships NUR 3535 Adult Health I Theory OR EDU 3201 Effective Practices in Differentiated Instr. any KIN activity courses equal to 3 hrs. EDU 3311 Teaching Strategies & Assess EDU 3320 Foundations of ESL Education Liberal Arts Perspectives EDU 3343 Educational Psychology ENG 1317 Introduction to Literature EDU 4101 Teacher Education Seminar HIS 1301 History to 1877 OR EDU 4226 Classroom Management HIS 1302 History from 1877 RDG 3311 Foundations of Literacy SOC 1301 Introduction to Sociology OR SPED 3301 Intro to Exceptional Learners ANT 1301 Introduction to Anthropology OR SPED 41207 Special Ed Student Teaching PSY 1311 Introduction to Psychology Any 3-4 hr BIO, CHE, ESC, PHY, or SCI course with lab Any 3 hr MUS, ART, or THEA Concentrations: POLS 1303 American Government and Citizenship Students with a major in Secondary School Curriculum will select one of the following Required for all BA degrees Concentrations. Each Concentration is 6-8 hours of Foreign Language listed under its own tab below. 3 hours of Global Cultural-see tab Minimum Graduation Requirements: 3 Hours Experiential Learning 128 Total Semester Hours 39 Hours Must Be Upper Level 2.25 In Major 45 Hours Must Be Taken In Residence See Catalog for More Complete Information
Global/Cultural 3 hours from one of the following courses: ENG 2301 World Literature: Classicism HIS 2321 History of Western Civilization to 1715 HIS 2322 Western Civilizations from 1715 HIS 3308 Asian History and Culture HIS 3301 History of Mexico HIS 3314 Traditions/Values of Classical Civilizations HON 2311 Critical Thinking about Great Texts PHL 3301 Survey of Western Philosophy
All Level EC-12 Special Education ESL ECE-6 Generalist ECE 3320 ECE Curriculum, Methods & Materials
All Level EC-12 Special Education 4-8 Generalist
All Level EC-12 Special Education 4-8 and 7-12 Content Highly encouraged to add 15-18 upper level hours in a second teaching field such as History, Math, Science, Language Arts, Social Studies