Elementary Education Secondary Education General Information DUAL CERTIFICATION Dual Certification is a possibility for a student who desires to qualify to teach at both elementary and secondary teacher levels. Ordinarily this requires two or more quarters of work beyond that required for the single certificate. An outline of the requirements for dual certification may be obtained from the Teacher Education office. Persons interested in dual certification must receive approval of the chair of the Teacher Education department. EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION The Departments of Child and Family Studies and Teacher Education offer a major in Early Childhood Education with certification for teaching programs which serve children from age three through eight years of age (grades K-3). See Department of Child and Family Studies or the Department of Teacher Education for requirements. PROGRAM: SPECIAL EDUCATION- MILD/MODERATE ENDORSEMENT Weber State University Teacher Education Department offers coursework leading to certification in Special Education-Mild/Moderate Endorsement. This Endorsement allows the holder to teach mild and moderately handicapped children at all levels kindergarten through twelfth grade. The Special Education-Mild/Moderate Endorsement may be earned concurrently with the Early Childhood or Elementary Education Certificate. Coursework leading to this endorsement constitutes an area of concentration for students majoring in either of these. Requirements: • Student must hold a current teaching credential or be admitted to the Teacher Education program for Early Childhood/Elementary Education. • Students holding elementary, secondary, or early childhood certification who are seeking the Endorsement must make application to the Teacher Education Department (Certification Office) for admission to the Special Education Program. • Computer literacy Specific requirements: • Coursework (31 credits): Educ 365 (3), 566 (3), 567 (3), 568 (3), 569 (3), 570 (5), 571 (5), 479 (6). Admission to the program is required prior to enrolling in any of the coursework noted above with the exception of Educ 365 which may be taken prior to admission. The requirements for this Endorsement may change as the program is revised to meet the needs of employing districts and state certification requirements. ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR Students preparing to teach in first through sixth grade in the elementary schools graduate with a major in Elementary Education. Elementary Education majors may have one or two content areas of specialization or a teaching minor, which permits the student to teach the minor through eighth grade. Students preparing to teach in preschool programs or kindergarten through third grade select the Early Childhood major. This program is described under the Department of Child and Family Studies. The Director of Advisement in Teacher Education and faculty members from the Department of Teacher Education are available to advise each prospective teacher. A program study guide is available from the offices in Rooms 230 and 224 in the Education Building. It is to the students' advantage to begin their program planning early. PROGRAM: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR BACHELOR DEGREE General Requirements: • WSU Core Requirements (see index). • General Education Requirements (see index). • Admission and Retention Standards requirements for the College of Education. • One 30-hour or two 15-hour content area specializations, or a teaching minor and one 15-hour content area specialization is required. • Elementary Education majors must have a GPA of 2.75 or higher in all college work and in professional education courses. 183 total hours are required for this degree. Sixty of the 183 total hours must be upper division (courses numbered 300 and above). Specific Requirements: • Support courses required: Commun HU102 (3), 107 (3) or 307 (3), or equivalent; Math 203 (3), 204 (3) 205 (3); Educ 200 (4), 333 (4), or Educ 322 (3) for students with General Science Specialty; Engl 330 (3); Five or six credit hours from Art 250 (3), Music 213 (1), 169 (3), 320 (3), Theatr 460 (3), Educ 343 (3); PE 362 (3) or 363 (3) or 364 (2); Chfam SS150(5). • Professional Education courses required: Educ 195 (1), 300 (2), 301 (4), 303 (3), 305 (3), 306 (6), 308(3), 310 (3), 312 (4), 314 (3), 316 (2), 488 (15), 498 (3). • Admission to teacher education is required prior to enrollment in education classes beyond Educ 300. Content Areas/Minor specialization required: • One 30-hour content area specialization, or two 15-hour content area specializations or a teaching minor and one 15- hour content area specialization. (See the Secondary Education section for teaching minors.) 30-Hour or 15-Hour Content Specialities: General Science Social Sciences Reading Fine Arts Mathematics Special Education/Mild Moderate Language Arts/Communications Dance Theatre Arts 15-Hour Content Specialities : Art Music Physical Education Foreign Languages Multicultural/Bilingual Child Development PROGRAM: ELEMENTARY EDUCATION DEPARTMENTAL HONORS A candidate desiring to receive Elementary Education Departmental Honors is expected to be an exemplary student. He/she must: • Maintain an overall GPA of 3.3. • Be enrolled in the Weber State Honors Program and complete at least ten (10) hours of General Honors courses. • Fill the requirements of the Elementary Education major. • Take at least 21 credit hours in the professional education core, education support courses, or graduate courses for Honors credit. The following undergraduate courses may be considered by the student and his committee for his course of study: Ed 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 320, 322, 323, 339, 343,465,466, 498, 566, 567, 568, 569, 570, 571, 585. The student desiring Honors credit should seek permission from the Department Chair and the Honors Committee Chairperson. The student will then be assigned an Education Honors Committee to help design his/her course of study. The student must have a signed Course of Study Agreement prior to enrolling in any course for Education Honors. Courses designated as Honors Courses for a student will be assigned letter grades rather than Credit/No Ceditr grades generally assigned for the professional core in Elementary Education. Content in the Education courses will be different and more challenging for Honors students than are courses designed for average students. PROGRAM: SECONDARY EDUCATION CERTIFICATION PROGRAM General Requirements: • WSU Core Requirements (see index). • General Education Requirements (see index). • Admission and Retention Standards requirements for the College of Education. • The academic teaching major and teaching minor (referred to previously under Subject Specialization) must consist of not less than 45 and 24 quarter hours respectively, or a composite major of at least 68 hours. • The teaching major and teaching minor should be in subjects taught in Utah public secondary schools. Either the major or minor must be a subject which Utah secondary schools are required to teach (those marked with an asterisk do not satisfy this second requirement-see below). • The student preparing to teach in either junior or senior high schools will spend considerable time in both professional and academic specialization. Specific Requirements: • 39 credit hours for certification. • Education courses required (to be completed in sequence): Educ 195 (1), 300 (2), 301 (4), 303 (3), 305 (3), 462 (4), 463 (4), 495 (15), 499 (3). • Support courses required: Commun HU102 (3); Chfam SSI50 (5), Educ 365 (3). Teaching majors and minors in the social sciences must also take Educ 450 (3). PROGRAM: SPECIAL EDUCATION MINOR Secondary students who want to teach mild and moderately handicapped students in public schools can complete the coursework in the Special Education Minor (ED 479) and receive the Special Education Mild/Moderate Endorsement from the Utah State Office of Education. This endorsement qualifies the holder to be employed in this field at any level from kindergarten through grade twelve. The preparation covers instructional methods, materials selection, diagnostic procedures and curriculum design. Student Services Interdisc. Programs Applied Science & Technology Arts& Humanities Business & Economics Education Health Professions General requirements: • An overall GPA of 2.75 and admission to the Teacher Education program is required. • Students holding Elementary, Secondary or Early Childhood Certification who are seeking the minor must make application to the Teacher Education Department science (Certification Office) for admission to the Special Education program. Social & Behavioral Sciences 168 169 Continuing Education