Nov 24, 2024

2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog

2017-18 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Education, B.A., Pre K-4 Certification

About the Program

The major in Pre K-4 is designed to provide certification from birth to grade 4. The program embeds interdisciplinary and experiential learning through a variety of service learning projects and flexibility to study abroad. This program also offers the opportunity to explore a range of electives and earn a comprehensive education. Students develop a broad-based understanding across disciplines through the other elements of Arcadia’s Undergraduate Curriculum.

Requirements

128 credits:

Professional Education Requirements (63 credits; core in PreK-4 Education)
Prerequisite for teacher certification preparation program (16 credits; also meet undergraduate curriculum requirements)
Additional Undergraduate Curriculum requirements (30 credits)
Electives (19 credits)

Professional Education Courses and Fieldwork

Courses with an asterisk (*) also meet an Undergraduate Curriculum requirement.

ED 110 Teaching for Learning (3 credits) (meets Self and Society requirement) * +Lab
ED 201 Teachers as Researchers and Writers (3 credits) (meets RW requirement) *
ED 211 Assessment and Intervention in Infancy and Toddlerhood (3 credits)
ED 212 Child and Youth Development (3 credits) (meets Self and Society requirement) * +Lab
ED 216 Teaching Literacy in the 21st Century (3 credits)
ED 220 Profession of Teaching (2 credits)
ED 221 Critical Conversations and Fieldwork in Elementary Education (3 credits) (meets Crossing boundaries and Reflection requirements) *
ED 222 Instructional Techniques in Early Childhood (3 credits)
ED 299 Understanding Language Learning: Using Two Languages To Engage with the World (meets Self and Society, Integrative Learning, Writing and Crossing Boundaries requirement)*
ED 306 Strategies for Emergent and Content Literacy: K-12 (3 credits)
ED 315 Differentiated Instruction (3 credits)
ED 317 The Literacies of Social Studies, Science and Language Arts (3 credits) (meets AUC W requirement) *
ED 318 Developing Mathematicians: Thinking Teaching and Learning in Elementary Mathematics (3 credits)
ED 319 Social Studies Methods (K-6) (3 credits)
ED 324 Elementary Science Methods (3 credits) (meets Natural and Physical World requirement) *
ED 375 Managing an Inclusive Classroom (3 credits) + Lab
ED 387 Pre-Student Teaching (3 credits) + Lab
ED 416 Student Teaching: Early Elementary/Special Education (12 credits) (meets Seinior Capstone Seminar requirement)*

Prerequisites for Entry to Teacher Preparation

EN 101 Thought and Expression I (4 credits) (meets Writing requirement)*
EN 229 Voices of America (4 credits) (meets Cultural Legacy requirement)*
MA 117 Mathematical Concepts I (meets Quantitative Reasoning requirement)*
MA 118 Mathematical Concepts II (meets Quantitative Reasoning requirement)*