365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a degree program with a major and/or minor in a secondary field, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for an adolescence to young adult (ages 12-21) certificate/license valid for teaching the major and/or minor subject area in grades seven through twelve.
Content (40 hours)
Professional education (42 hours)
Programs in mathematics also are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences (see p. 63).
365 Education, 372-7372
This is a highly competitive program that requires meeting additional admission criteria. Consult the Undergraduate Student Service office, 365 Education, for additional information. A graduate completing the middle childhood major, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for a middle childhood certificate/license, valid for teaching grades four through nine (ages 8-14) in the two concentration areas selected (refer to the middle childhood checksheet).
Content (70-88 hours)
Select two of the following areas:
Professional education (43 hours)
451 Education, 372-7293
This is a highly competitive program that requires meeting additional admission criteria. Consult the Undergraduate Student Service office, 365 Education, for additional information. A graduate completing a mild/moderate (ages 5-21) education major is eligible for an intervention specialist certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (64 hours)
Professional education (44 hours)
451 Education, 372-7293
This is a highly competitive program that requires meeting additional admission criteria. Consult the Undergraduate Student Service office, 365 Education, for additional information. A graduate completing a moderate/intensive (ages 5-21) education major is eligible for an intervention specialist certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (65 hours)
Professional education (39 hours)
1031 Moore Musical Arts Center, 372-2181
See College of Musical Arts, p. 100.
All prospective music minors must complete the music entrance examinations (see College of Musical Arts, p. 98)
Programs in music also are offered by the College of Musical Arts (see p. 100) and College of Arts and Sciences (see p. 63).
212 Eppler South, 372-6905
A graduate completing a physical education major is eligible for a multi-age (ages 3-21) teaching certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (40 hours)
Professional education (39-43 hours)
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a physical science major, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for an adolescence to young adult (ages 12-21) certificate/license valid for teaching the major and/or minor subject area in grades seven through twelve.
Content (66 hours)
Professional education (42 hours)
Programs in physics and chemistry also are offered through the College of Arts and Sciences (see p. 57, 64).
200 Eppler North, 372-6944
The curriculum consists of four parts: general education requirements, professional core courses, career focus courses and electives. The recreation and tourism curriculum blends the study of leisure behavior, skills and philosophy with a variety of disciplines. A specified sequence of coursework has been carefully developed to facilitate student needs, interests and wants. Coursework is interspersed with field experiences within classes, as practica and with an in-depth, 15-week internship as a capstone experience. Study abroad experiences and National Student Exchange opportunities are strongly encouraged. The 24-credit-hour career focus is determined by the student's ultimate goals along with consultation with assigned an academic adviser.
Recreation professional core (48-49 hours)
Focus--Commercial/travel and tourism (24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose nine hours):
Focus--Outdoor recreation (24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose nine hours):
Focus--Therapeutic recreation
(a collaborative focus with the University of Toledo) (42-43 hours)
Required at University of Toledo:
Elective (electives for a PSYC minor include courses from BGSU):
FocusPublic/voluntary services
(24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose nine hours):
Focus--Leisure and aging (under review) (24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose six hours):
Focus--Leisure wellness (under review) (24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose three hours):
Focus--Special populations (under review) (24 hours)
Required:
Career focus electives (choose nine hours):
Recreation minor (21 hours)
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a Russian education major is eligible for a multi-age (ages 3-21) teaching certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (29 hours beyond 202)
Professional education (42 hours)
Programs in Russian also are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences (see p. 65).
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a degree program with a major in science education, integrated, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for an adolescence to young adult (ages 12-21) certificate/license valid for teaching the major and/or minor subject area in grades seven through twelve.
Content (66-67 hours)
Select one of the following major areas (19):
Select two of the following areas (do not choose the major area selected above):
Select one of the following (do not choose any of the areas selected above):
Professional education (42 hours)
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a degree program with a major and/or minor in a secondary field, possessing a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and successfully completing the Praxis Examinations is eligible for an adolescence to young adult (ages 12-21) certificate/license valid for teaching the major and/or minor subject area in grades seven through twelve.
Content (63-64 hours)
American heritage
People and societies
World interactions
Decision making and resources
Democratic processes
Citizenship rights and responsibilities
Professional education (42 hours)
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a Spanish education major is eligible for a multi-age (ages 3-21) teaching certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (33 hours beyond 202)
Professional education (42 hours)
Programs in Spanish also are offered by the College of Arts and Sciences (see p. 66).
237 Eppler Center, 372-2876
Sport management offers these options: athletic training and clinic management, sport information management (sport information emphasis, sport marketing emphasis) and sport organization management (sport enterprise emphasis).
Major--Option I (athletic training and clinic management)
The athletic training and clinic management option develops skills and knowledge necessary to become an athletic trainer/clinic manager with sports medicine clinics or corporate or industrial fitness programs, or an athletic trainer with professional sport teams or with secondary school or college/university athletic programs. Students interested in athletic training must contact the athletic training coordinator for academic advisement and additional requirements at 372-6810.
Requirements (83-86) Professional liability insurance is required for option I field experience
Major--Option II (sport information management)
Students choose either of two emphases. Students who choose the sports information emphasis usually seek careers as sport journalists, sport information directors in intercollegiate athletic programs or athletic conference offices, or they work in public/community relations with professional teams. Students who select the sport marketing emphasis are preparing for careers such as account executives for professional teams, sales representatives for sporting goods companies or marketing directors in intercollegiate athletic programs, conference offices, governing bodies or in professional sport.
Requirements (90-95 hours)
Sports information emphasis (51 hours)
Sport marketing emphasis (53 hours)
Major--Option III (sport organization)
This option has a strong business component to help students develop skills applicable to management-level positions in organized sport. Examples of such positions are professional sport administrator, corporate administrator of sporting events, tournament director, college/university athletics director, business manager, fundraising administrator or sport facility manager.
Requirements (92 hours)
Sport enterprise emphasis (53 hours)
Athletic Training Certification Program
(53 hours)
This program is designed for non-sport management students who major in education or other academic areas and wish to prepare themselves as athletic trainers. Professional liability insurance is required. Students interested in athletic training must contact the athletic training coordinator for academic advisement and additional requirements at 372-6810.
260 Technology, 372-2437
365 Education, 372-7372
A graduate completing a major in industrial technology education is eligible for a multi-age (ages 3-21) teaching certificate/license, providing that he or she has a 2.5 accumulative grade point average and has successfully completed the Praxis Examinations.
Content (64 hours)
Professional education (39 hours)
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