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Requirements for Childhood Education (Grades 1-6) and Childhood Inclusive Education (Grades 1-6) plus Middle School Extension (Grades 7-9)

Department of Education

Office: E268 Thompson Hall

(716) 673-3701

Guangyu Tan, Chairperson

Email: Guangyu.Tan@fredonia.edu

Website: http://home.fredonia.edu/coe

 

Candidates registered in the Childhood Education and the Childhood Inclusive Education program can extend their certification via the Middle School Extension by completing (A) two additional courses in professional education and (B) one of the enhanced concentrations below (instead of the previously delineated concentrations).

Additional Education Course Work for Middle School Extensions:

EDU 224Adolescent Development

3
EDU 321Teaching in the Middle School

3
Total Credit Hours:6

Enhanced Concentrations for Childhood Education with Middle School Extension (select one):

English Middle School Extension:

ENGL 205Epic and Romance

3
ENGL 209Novels and Tales

3
ENGL 211World Poetry

3
ENGL 314Women Writers

3
ENGL 373English Grammar for Everyone

3
ENGL 377Academic Writing

3
ENED 355Adolescent Literature

3
ENED 356Teaching Writing in the Secondary School

3
ENED 357Literacy/Language/Learning Theory

3
Total Credit Hours:27

French Middle School Extension:

FREN 215Intermediate French I

3
FREN 216Intermediate French II

3
FREN 315French Masterpieces

3
FREN 317French Conversation

3
FREN 318French Composition

3
FREN 319Survey of French Literature I

3
EDU 419Secondary School (Adolescence) Methods

3
 
Study Abroad Experience

3
or
 
GERM 100Introduction to German

2
and
GERM 110Essential German

3
or
ITAL 100Introduction to Italian

2
and
ITAL 110Essential Italian

3
or
RUSS 100Introduction to Russian

2
and
RUSS 110Essential Russian

3
or
SPAN 100Introduction to Spanish

2
and
SPAN 110Essential Spanish

3
 
and
 
300-400 Level Culture and Literature Courses

3-6
Total Credit Hours:27-32
Note: 300/400 Level Cultural and Literature Courses (Civilization or Advanced Language) by advisement from World Languages and Culture. 

Spanish Middle School Extension:

SPAN 215Intermediate Spanish I

3
SPAN 216Intermediate Spanish II

3
SPAN 313Spanish Conversation

3
SPAN 314Spanish Composition

3
SPAN 315Readings in Spanish

3
SPAN 319Survey of Spanish Literature I

3
EDU 419Secondary School (Adolescence) Methods

3
 
Study Abroad Experience

3
or
 
GERM 100Introduction to German

2
and
GERM 110Essential German

3
or
ITAL 100Introduction to Italian

2
and
ITAL 110Essential Italian

3
or
RUSS 100Introduction to Russian

2
and
RUSS 110Essential Russian

3
or
FREN 100Introduction to French

2
and
FREN 110Essential French

3
 
and
 
300-400 Level Culture and Literature Courses

3-6
Total Credit Hours:27-32
Note: 300/400 Level Cultural and Literature Courses (Civilization or Advanced Language) by advisement from World Languages and Culture. 

Mathematics Middle School Extension:

MATH 115Survey of Matrix Algebra

3
or
MATH 231Linear Algebra

4
 
MATH 120Survey of Calculus I

3
MATH 121Survey of Calculus II

3
MATH 124Survey of Calculus III

3
or
MATH 122University Calculus I

4
MATH 123University Calculus II

4
MATH 223University Calculus III

4
 
MATH 201Concepts of Foundational Mathematics: A Problem Solving Approach

3
 
MATH 202Concepts of Foundational Mathematics II

3
 
MAED 303Advanced Mathematics for School Teachers

3
 
MATH 210Mathematical Structures and Proof

4
 
MAED 310Reading and Writing Mathematics

3
 
STAT 350Probability and Statistics

3
or
MAED 240Statistics for School Teachers

3
Total Credit Hours:30-34

Social Studies Middle School Extension:

HIST 222Survey of Early U.S. History

3
or
HIST 223Survey of Modern U.S. History

3
HIST 243Pre-Modern Global History

3
POLI 120Politics in American Life

3
POLI 323Elections in America

3
ECON 210Principles of Macroeconomics

3
PSY 129Foundations of Psychology

3
PSY 364Cognitive Development

3
SOC 116Introductory Sociology

3
SOC 306Sex and Gender

3
Total Credit Hours:27