Recommended majors for elementary credential candidates: Art, Biological Science, Communications, Diversified (see below), English, History, Humanities, Latin American History, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education (grade 7-9) , Psychology, Social Science, Sociology, Spanish. Recommended majors for secondary credential candidates: Art, Biological Sci ence, Communications, English, History, Humanities (Literature or Foreign Language concentration), Latin American History, Mathematics, Music, Physical Education, Social Science, Spanish. Acceptable minors for credential candidates: Art, Biological Science, Commu nications, English, German, History, Mathematics, Psychology, Physical Educa tion, Spanish. Diversified Major: The Diversified Major is designed for the preparation of elementary school teachers. It consists of 21 units in each of the four following areas: 1. English, including grammar, literature, composition , and speech. 2. Mathematics and the physical or life sciences. 3. Social sciences, other than education and education methodology. 4. Humanities and the fine arts, including foreign language. At least 24 upper division units must be taken and appropriate general education courses may be included in the 84 total units. There must be at least one course from each of the following areas : art, geography, music, and sociology. Students planning to choose this major are required to see an advisor in the Education Department. Students seeking an Elementary Credential who enrolled in the program after November 1, 1971 and who do not choose the diversified major will be required to pass a state examination to earn the credential. Professional courses required: 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, 405. 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. 250 EARLY FIELD EXPERIENCE (1) Assignment as a teacher assistant in a local school for three hours a week. Either semester. 301 SOCIAL, HISTORICAL, AND PHILOSOPHICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (3) Social, historical, and philosophical foundations of education from ancient times to 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 outsta.nding contributions of research and experi mentation in the field. Prerequisite: Psychology 205. Either semester. 60
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