General Education This is a part of the program of all students in the College who plan to graduate and includes study in basic communications, orientataion, and at least 40 credit hours in the basic areas of life science, physical science, humanities, and social science. The student usually completes most of the general education requirements during the Freshman and Sophomore years. Because of the nature of elementary school teaching, the student preparing for this field will complete more study in general education than is required of the student going into secondary school teaching. Following is a summary of the requirements for prospective teachers: Elementary and Secondary English 1, 2, 3 9 Health Education 1 2 Orientation 1 2 Physical Education 3 Elementary Life Science 9-12 Physical Science 9-12 (Geography 1 required 9-12 Humanities 9-12 Social Science 9-12 (Hist. 10 or Political Science 1 required) Family Life 2-4 (women students only) Speech 12 3 Biology 10 or Biology 3 4 Mathematics 11 5 Psychology 1 5 Art 6, Music 23, 70, Theater Arts 157 6 (select two) English 25, 88, 90 3 (select one) Subject SpecializationThis program for the prospective high school teacher consists of a major and a minor field. These will be the subjects he will prepare to teach in the junior or senior high school. For the prospective elementary school teacher, subject specialization consists of completing a major or two minors in subjects related to the elementary school curriculum. Secondary Life Science 9-12 Physical Science 9-12 Humanities 9-12 Social Science 9-12 (Psychology 1 and either Hist. 10 or Political Science 1 required) Family Life 2-4 (women students only) Speech 12 3 Professional EducationThese courses help the prospective teacher learn about schools and their operation, the nature of children and how they learn, and how to provide desirable learning experiences for children. These courses are reserved largely for students of junior and senior standing. Some students will be permitted to take professional courses during the latter part of the sophomore year, but not more than two courses (six credit hours) will be permitted in the students' first 90 credit hours of college work. About one-third of the professional course work will be common to both the elementary and secondary teacher candidates. Beyond this the students will take additional professional courses more specific to their chosen teaching levels. A summary of the requirements for graduation and certification for either elementary or secondary teachers may be obtained from the Division on request. Elementary School Teachers The student preparing to teach in the elementary schools, kindergarten through grade six, will major in elementary education and will graduate from the Division. He will be advised by a member of the Division staff and should obtain advisement also from a member of the staff in the field of his academic major or minors. It is to the student's advantage to begin planning his program early in the Freshman year. The major in elementary education consists of a minimum of 45 credit hours in professional courses. It is recommended these courses be taken in the following sequence: Education 111, 101, 103, 126, 134, 136, 137, 135, 112, 102. The academic major of 40 credit hours, or the two academic minors of 20 credit hours each, should be selected early in the student's program. Courses in the major or minors will be selected with consideration for the policies and recommendations of the academic departments concerned. Both lower division and upper division courses may be used to complete the major and minor requirements. The fields from which the major or the minors may be chosen are as follows: Majors or Minors Minors only English Chemistry French Art Physics German Music Mathematics Spanish Speech and Drama History Child Development Physical Education Political Science Geography Botany Psychology Library Science Zoology Sociology Student teaching will be taken in public elementary school classrooms under the direction of the classroom teachers and the college supervisor. This experience will be on a full-day basis for a complete quarter. The student will work in two different classrooms, each for one-half the quarter, and one of the