+ Language Arts Education, Integrated

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A student who completes the Integrated Language Arts degree program, possesses a 2.5 accumulative grade point average, and successfully completes the Praxis Examinations is eligible for an adolescent to young adult (ages 12-21) license valid for teaching English/language arts in grades seven through twelve. The student must possess an overall GPA of 2.8, a content GPA of 2.8, and successfully complete the appropriate Praxis II content exam to be eligible for admission to the Professional Year.

Learning Outcomes

Upon completion of the baccalaureate degree, students in teacher education programs are expected to:

• Apply theories of human development and learning to their teaching through the design of lessons and units of instruction;
• Plan, implement and assess instructional strategies;
• Exhibit professional and ethical behavior when working with students, their parents, other educators and community members.

Content (64 hours)

• ENG 201, 202, 343, 380, 381, 484 (18)
• HIST 151 or 152 (3)
• IPC 201, 308 (6)
• JOUR 100, 450 (6)
• THEA 202 (3)

Reading

• ENG 301 or THEA 490 (3)
• ENG 264 and 265 (6)
• ENG 268 (3)
• Select one: ENG 261 and THEA 348 or ENG 262 and THEA 347 (6)
• Select one: ENG 310, ENG 314, ENG 350, THEA 215 (3)

Writing

• Select one: ENG 207, 208, 285, 483; JOUR 201; THEA 443 (3)

Listening/visual literacy

• Select one: IPC 395; JOUR 465, 475, 485; POPC 250, 460; TCOM 366, 466 (3)

Oral communication

• Select one: THEA 241, 243, 302, 340, 346, 352, 440; IPC 306, 404, 408, 409, 412 (3)

Professional education (44 hours)

• EDAS 409 (3)
• EDTL 370, 420, 467, 471, 497 (27)
• EDHD 201 (2)
• EDFI 302, 402, 408 (9)
• EDIS 431 (3)