Professional courses rnquired: All candidates for the Standard Teaching Cre dential with a Specialization in Elementary Teaching must complete the follow ing Education courses: 301, 311, 320, 321, 403, 404. All candidates for the Standard Teaching Credential with a Specialization in Secondary Teaching must complete the following Education courses: 301, 311, 340, 442, 443, 444. Students who wish to become candidates for a teaching credential must apply for admission to the education program in their sophomore year or immediately upon transfer into the college if beyond that year. Other requirements of the Education department are stated in the Guide For Education Students, which may be secured from the department office. 200 INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING (0) A brief overview of teaching in the elementary or secondary school presented by means of film, local school representatives, and video taped presentations . Department admi s sion examinations in English, Speech, Scholastic Aptitude, and related areas are ad ministered. Required of all sophomores or transfers with higher standing who plan to enter the education program. Meets one hour a week for ten weeks. Offered each semester. Social, historical, and philosophical foundations of education from ancient times t o the present in the light of their effect upon modern educational theory and practice. 311 PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (4) Application of psychological principles to the educative process; role of the teacher and learner; motivation, intelligence, transfer of learning, measurement; human growth and development; recent and outstanding contributions of research and experi mentation in the field. Either semester. Prerequisite: Psychology 205. 320 ELEMENTARY METHODS AND CURRICULUM I (5) Principles of elementary education; content and methods of teaching science, reading and the language arts. Observation and participation in public elementary schools . Either semester. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 321 ELEMENTARY METHODS AND CURRICULUM II (5) Content and methods of teaching mathematics and social studies; audio-visual methods and techniques. Observation and particiation in public elementary schools. Either semester. Prerequisite: Departmental approval. 301 SOCIAL, HISTORICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS of EDUCATION (4) 340 PRINCIPLES AND CURRICULUM OF SECONDARY EDUCATION (3) Development, scope, and function of public education as it relates to the secondary school. Consideration of rural and urban schools, curriculum, vocational education , and special education programs. Visits to junior and senior high schools and experimental programs included. 403 STUDENT TEACHING IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL I (4) Laboratory experiences in a public school classroom under the direction of a qualified supervising teaching. A seminar of one hour per week included in the course require ments. Either semester . Prerequisites: Completion of all other departmental require ments and departmental approval.
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