Education — Family Life Education — Family Life STUDENT TEACHING Student Teaching (Education 495) is taken in selected junior and senior high school classrooms. The student may elect to have experience at both levels and in both his major and minor subjects. During the quarter the student's time is taken entirely with student teaching and related professional course work. Assignments are made with consideration to the qualifications of the personnel in the cooperating schools as well as the needs of the student teacher. All arrangements are made in the Office of the Coordinator of Professional Laboratory Experiences. Students who have completed the prerequisites: Education 195, 300, 350, 355 may take student teaching the spring quarter of the junior year or the fall, winter, or spring quarter of the senior year. It must be completed prior to his final quarter on campus. The candidate for student teacher also must have completed at least 25 credit hours in his teaching major and 15 credit hours in his teaching minor, or 40 hours in the composite major. Students are required to have at least one of the field experiences in the teacher education program in a school classified as an "inner city" school. DEPARTMENT OF FAMILY LIFE Jean T. Kunz, Chairman Professors, Robert J. Arway, Jean T. Kunz; Associate Professor, Carol C. Tribe; Assistant Professors, Guendoline Brown, Colleen Caputo, Carole Johns, Ruth F. Williams, Genevieve M. Wise. The Family Life Department offers a broad education for men and women which contributes to preparation for: Early Childhood Education Pre-School teaching Special services to marriages, families, and individuals from infancy through old age Professional home economics associated with the Extension Service, state and government agencies, utility companies, and business Family Life majors may develop proficiency in: Environmental Design Housing and Management Clothing and Textiles Foods and Nutrition Candidates for a baccalaureate degree must complete 183 credit hours. Students majoring or minoring in Family Life must maintain a grade average of 2.25 in their professional courses. Child Development Major—A student's program must be arranged in consultation and written agreement with an adviser. A minimum of 46 credit hours of Family Life courses are required including each of the following: Family Life 101, 150, 251, 252, 340, 351, 352, 353, 355, 356, 450, 451, 470, 499A. A student must have two 20 credit hour areas of concentration or one area of concentration plus 25 additional credits approved by the department. Suggested concentrations are: Family Relations, Family Life, Sociology, Psychology, Nursing, Business, Recreation, Spanish, Music, Art or other areas of specific or special interest to the student. Early Childhood Education—The Departments of Family Life and Elementary Education offer a major in Early Childhood Education with certification for teaching in programs which serve children from age three through eight years of age. The following courses make up the major: Family Life 150, 251, 252, 351, 352, 355, 356, 451 and Education 195, 300, 324, 325, 326, 360, 488. The student will complete a single area of concentration (30 hours) or dual areas of concentration (15 hours each) instead of a minor. In conference with an adviser the student will plan for his general education requirements and for his admittance to teacher education. The state certificate for teaching from birth through third grade results from this combined Family Life and Elementary Education program. Family Life Major—A major in Family Life provides the student with an opportunity to pursue several areas of emphasis. The student meets with his adviser and forms a written agreement between himself and the department pertaining to areas of emphases. The agreement should include a 20 hour "core" consisting of classes of the student's choice from each of the six areas of Family Life: Foods and Nutrition; Management and Consumer Education; Housing and Environmental 282 283