Early Childhood Education Specialty Areas
Early Childhood Education Specialty Areas
Students may choose to use these hours in their program as free electivity to broaden and/or deepen their knowledge background OR choose to focus these hours in a specialty area.
Language Arts Specialty Area (18 hours)
Required - 12 hours
ENG-2100 Linguistics
ENG-3800 Literary Theory & Criticism
EDU-4400 Literature for Children/Adolescents or
ENG-4150 Literature and Related Media for Adolescents
THR-3500 Oral Interpretation of Literature or
THR-4710 Creative Dramatics
Choose two (2) courses with an ENG prefix.
Music Specialty Area (15 hours)
MUS-1661 Class Voice
MUS-2111 Aural Skills I
MUS-2113 Music Theory I
MUS-2203 Survey of Western Music
MUS-4412 Methodologies of Music Learning
Applied Music 4 semesters applied lessons in one instrument or voice
(.5 credit/sem)
Ensemble Participation 2 semesters
MUS or MUSA elective (2 hours)
Religion Specialty Area (15 hours)
Fifteen hours beyond the General Education Public Teacher Education Core, distributed among the four categories of theological study
Courses must be at the 3000 or 4000 level. For LTE students this would mean five hours beyond their General Education requirement.
Sociology Specialty Area (15 hours)
Required
SOC-2010 Introduction to Sociology
Choose one
SOC-4610 Social Inequality: Minority Group Relations
SOC-4620 Social Inequality: Class/Status/Power
Electives
Any course with SOC prefix, except SOC-4905 and SOC-4990
Spanish Specialty Area (15 hours)
Choose any SPA courses.
pecial Education Endorsement (18 hours)
Special Education endorsement (LBS 1, Limited) may be awarded to candidates by entitlement in addition to the Teaching Certificate at the time of graduation if the following criteria are met: EDU-4410 - Psychology and Methods of Teaching the Exceptional Learner
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EDU-4421 - Characteristics and Learning Needs of Students with Academic and Physical Challenges
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EDU-4426 - Characteristics and Learning Needs of Students with Behavior Disorders
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EDU-4552 - Instructional Strategies for Students with Learning and Behavior Disorders
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EDU-4553 - Instructional Strategies for Students with Academic and Physical Challenges
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EDU-4554 - Curriculum Based and Educational Measurement of Exceptional Learners
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Candidates must also pass the Illinois Content Area Test for Special Education.