COURSE DESCRIPTIONS laII
Department ofEducation
At least twenty-four upper division units must be taken. All oppropriate general edurntion courses are included in the eighty four total units. Students planning to choose this m~or are required to see an advisor in the edurntian deportment. Professional courses required, All candidates for the clear teaching credential in multiple subject instruction must complete the following edurntian courses: 300,330,410,420,430,440, 442. All candidates for the clear teaching credential in single subject instruction must complete the following educotion courses: 300, 330, 410, 425, 435, 450, 452. (Candidates with majors in art, music or physical educotion ore not requi red to take 425.) Acourse in health science is required of all candidotes for a clear credential. Biol □ University is approved to grant Association of Christian Schools teaching certificotes. The program is the same as for the Cali fornia certifirnte except that 460 or 560 must also be taken. 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 university if beyond that year. SAT scares must be provided Other requirements of the edurntion deportment ore stated in the Guide for Entering the Teaching Profession, which may be secured from the deportment office. 300 INTRODUCTION TO TEACHING (2) The nature and function of the school and the development of competencies required for success as a teacher. Each week there will be one hour of lecture and discussion and a three-hour assignment as o teacher assistant in o lornl school. Successful completion of this course constitutes one of the requirements for admission to the edurntion program. 330 PSYCHOLOGICAL FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION (3) Application of psychologirnl principles to the edurntive pro cess; role of the teacher and learner; motiwtion, intelligence, transfer of learning, measuremen t, human growth and develop ment; recent and outstanding contributions of research ond ex perimentation in the field. Prerequisite: 300. 370 TEACHING ASSISTANT PREPARATION (l) Instruction and practice in general ond speci(ic methods of teaching as an assistant to professors of large university classes. Taught jointly by instructors from the education deportm~nt ond the specific departments using teaching assistants. 410 MAINSTREAMING (3) Focuses on competencies that teachers must develop to meet needs of exceptional pupils; special attention to needs of minority student, to cultural ond ethnic differences and ta development of moral /spiritual wlues. Prerequisite: 300. 420 TEACHING READINGIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL (3) Methods ond materials for teaching reading to pupils in elementary schools; attention to a wriety of approaches; consid eration of the needs of pupils with wried cultural and language backgrounds. Observation and participation in schools included. Prerequisite: consent. 425 TEACHING READING IN SECONDARY SCHOOL (3) Methods and materials for teaching reading to pupils in secondary schools; attention to owriety of approaches; consider ation of the needs of pupils with wried cultural and language backgrounds. Observation and participation in schools included. Prerequisite: consent. 430 ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM (4) Introduction to the elementory school curriculum in mathemat ics, science, social studies and language arts; use of media; obserwtion ond participation in schools. Prerequisite: consent. 435 SECONDARY CURRICULUM AND INSTRUCTION (4) Secondary school curriculum, classroom management, teaching methods, use of media and other educational skills. Obserwtian and participation in schools is included. Prerequisite: consent.
450, 452 STUDENT TEACHING, SECONDARY SCHOOLS (6, 6) Full time laboratory expe riences in school classrooms under the direction of qualified supervising teachers and university supervi sors. Prerequisite: consent. (Students doing student teaching are limited to a maximum of 15 units that semester. If the student is working, a reduction in load may be necessary. ) 460 CHRISTIAN PHILOSOPHY OF EDUCATION (2) Philosophy ond practices of a Chris tian teacher in the classroom ond on the compus. Aims of Christion schools and meons of ochieving them; ottitudes ond convictions which Christion schools seek to develop in students. 480 DIRECTED STUDY (l-3) Considera tion of topics in school curriculum according to needs of individual students. Prerequisite: consent. Department ofEnglish
Richard Jones, Ed.D., Chair Faculty Professor: Brown, Jones Associate Professors: Bauer Assistant Professor: Bainer
l Objectives : The major function of the depart ment of education is professionol preparation for teaching and administration. Upon completion of the teaching credential program, it is intended that the student wi l have asatisfactoiy subject matter foun dation; understand pupil behavior; be competent in the skills of teaching; be able to develop and encourage critical judgment and creativity; and will have developed strong social and personal traits, high ethical standards and a Christian philosophy of education. Credential Programs Requirement : In order to qualify for a preliminary teaching credential astudent must complete one of the moiors listed below leoding to oboccoloureote degree ond professional studies includ ing student teaching. Thirty units of upper division or graduate course work must be completed within five years in order to secure the clear credential. Two types of credentials ore awilable: single subject and multiple subject. "Single subject" instruction means the practice of assignment of teachers and students ta specified sub ject matter courses, as is commonly practiced in California high schools and most California junior high schools. "Multiple subject" instruction means the practice of assignment of teachers and students for multiple subject matter instruction, as is commonly practiced in California elementary schools. Recommended majors for single subject credential: art, bialogirnl science, business administration, English (English-com munirntion waiver program), history, interculturol studies, math emotics, music, physicol edurntion, physirnl science, public ad ministration and social science. Recommended major for multiple subject credential, liberal studies. Those who choose any other major will be required to pass the National Teachers Exam (N.lE.) general knowledge examination ta earn the credential. Liberal Studies Major: The liberal studies major is designed for ·the preparation of elementary school teachers. It rnnsists of twenty-one units (with a three-unit wriotion) in each of the four following areas: 1. English (including grammar), literature, rnmposition and speech. 2. Mathematics and the physirnl and life sciences. Math Ill, Cos l00 and one science lab ore required. 3. Sociol sciences, other than edurntion and edurntion method ology Psychology 200 is required. 4. Humanities and fine arts, including foreign language.
Virginia Doland, Ph.D., Chair Faculty Professor: Doland Associate Professors: Gilman, McDougall, W. Shanebeck, Smith Assistant Professor: Sargent
Objectives: The department of English has five objectives: the understanding of language as a means of communication, the ability to speak and write with clarity; an understanding of literature as a record of the development of human thought and the reflection of human histoiy; the appreciation and enjoyment of literature; and an acquaintance with the literaiy heritage of the English-speaking V>1Jrld. Histoiy 305 is recommended for all English majors . Deportment Major, 30 units, of which 24 must be upper division, six units of English 250 Introd uctory Stud ies in literature: English literature, ore required for the mojor ond ore prerequisite to upper division courses in the mojor. The student must also complete three units of 450 Studies in literary Criticism, three units of 470 Seminar and select ot leost three units from each of 350,360,370,440. Remoining units moy be completed in any of the upper division English course offerings, except thot no more thon three units should be completed in 330. Special Waiver Program: The English deportment in cooperation with the deportment of communicotion provides o special Wiiver Program in the single subject, (secondory creden tiol), teoching major in English/communirntion. This program provides consideroble flexibility for those plonning to teoch English in high school. In addition to the general educotion requirement of twelve units in English composition, literature and communicotion, an English core of 22 units (six units of ENG 250: English literature, ENG 320, 350, one unit of ENG 470 ond nine units to be selected from ENG360, 370,420,430,440,450 ond 460) is required. An additional bloc of nine units of communirntian is then taken depending upon the student's areas of interest. The options in this
440, 442 STUDENT TEACHING, ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS (6, 6)
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