Adolescence Education (Grades 7 – 12)

School of Health Professions and Education

Undergraduate Education Programs

Program Requirements

Adolescence Education (Grades 7 – 12)

The program in adolescence education requires that students select a major in the subject area that they plan to teach. The areas open to students at Utica College are English, foreign languages (French or Spanish), mathematics, sciences (majors in biology, chemistry, or physics), and the social sciences (majors in economics, history, government and politics, or sociology and anthropology).

In addition to the requirements in their majors and the courses in the adolescence education program listed below, students must fulfill the following requirement (which may be satisfied by the requirements of the Utica College core curriculum):

• one year of college-level work in a language other than English
   
• Students seeking social studies certification must take both ECN 141 – Principles of Macroeconomics and GOV 101 – American National Government or the equivalent, and a minimum of 21 credit hours in history.

Course Requirements		Credits	Year
EDU 111	Introduction to Teaching	1	1
EDU 201	Applied Educational Psychology	3	2,3
EDU 215	Diversity, Disabilities, and Success	3	2,3
EDU 301	Foundations of Literacy	3	2,3
EDU 303	Literacy and Comprehension: Middle-Adolescence	3	3
EDU 312	Practical Teaching Methodologies	3	3
EDU 321	Foundations of American Education	3	3
EDU 333	Adolescent English/Language Arts Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 334	Adolescent Social Studies Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 335	Adolescent Mathematics Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 337	Adolescent Science Methods	3	3,4
	- OR -
EDU 343	Adolescent Foreign Language Methods	3	3,4
PSY 322	Adolescent Psychology	3	2,3
EDU 471	Student Teaching Seminar	0	4
EDU 475	Student Teaching I	6	4
EDU 476	Student Teaching II	6	4

NOTE: Students completing the adolescence education program with majors in biology, chemistry, English, economics, history, mathematics, physics, government and politics, or sociology and anthropology must complete at least 90 credit hours in the liberal arts. Education courses are not liberal arts courses. Students should consult as early as possible with their adviser to be sure that they fulfill this requirement.


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