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Dual Certification Programs
Early Childhood Special Education/Early Childhood Education, Special Education/Elementary Education, and Special Education/Secondary Education
Early Childhood Special Education and Early Childhood Education
A student desiring dual endorsements on a State of Illinois Early Childhood certificate may do so by supplementing the Early Childhood Handicapped Special Education Option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education. Essentially, the dual endorsements may be accomplished as follows: In addition to all courses in the Early Childhood Handicapped Option, successfully complete:
- Complete 8 s.h. student teaching in an inclusive Early Childhood setting
- 8 s.h. in Special Education, LBS I, with primary age learners.
ELE 3250
Facilitating Learning in Early Childhood Programs. (3 credits)
ELE 3281
Developmental Reading in Early Childhood. (3 credits)
ELE 4000
Practicum in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction. (1 credits)
(twice)
ELE 4770
Methods and Curriculum in the Primary Grades. (3 credits)
ELE 4776
Early Childhood Education: History and Philosophy. (3 credits)
ELE 4880
Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Instruction. (3 credits)
Special Education and Elementary Education
Any student desiring to earn the Elementary (K-9 Illinois) certificate in addition to the Standard Special (K-12 Illinois) certificate may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.
Essentially the multiple certification may be accomplished as follows:
- Delete ELE 2000.
- Successfully complete a 15-semester-hour concentration from English, Fine Arts, Foreign Language, General Science, Mathematics, or Social Science. Six (6) sem. hrs. of upper-division work must be included.
- Successfully complete the following courses:
ELE 3000
Instructional Strategies for the Elementary Classroom. (4 credits)
ELE 3280
Developmental Reading in the Elementary School. (3 credits)
ELE 3290
Science in the Elementary School. (3 credits)
ELE 3340
Social Studies for Elementary School Children. (3 credits)
ELE 3350
Language Arts in the Elementary School. (2 credits)
ELE 4000
Practicum in Elementary Curriculum and Instruction. (1 credits)
ELE 4880
Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Instruction. (3 credits)
PED 3600
Introduction to Elementary School Physical Education. (2 credits)
Special Education and Secondary Education
Any student desiring to earn the High School (6-12 Illinois) certificate in addition to the Standard Special (K-12 Illinois) certificate may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.
Essentially the multiple certification may be accomplished as follows:
- Delete HST 3000, PED 3000, CDS 2200, ELE 2320 and ELE 2000.
- Successfully complete 32 sem. hrs. in an Academic Area from the list of Academic Areas which follows: Art, Health Studies; Mathematics, Music Education, Spanish, Career and Technical Education: Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Technology Education.
- Successfully complete the following courses:
MLE 3110
Curriculum and Instruction in Middle-Level School (3 credits)
MLE 3150
Interdisciplinary Teaching in the Middle-Level School. (3 credits)
MLE 4000
Practicum in Middle School Curriculum & Instruction. (1 credits)
MLE 4280
Teaching Reading in the Middle/Secondary School. (3 credits)
MLE 4760
Student Social-Emotional Development in the Middle Grades. (3 credits)
Academic Areas
(All Areas Must Total 32 Semester Hours)
Art
(Special K-12 Certificate)
ART 1000
Drawing I. (3 credits)
ART 1110
Two-Dimensional Foundations. (3 credits)
ART 2050
Painting I. (3 credits)
ART 2100
Sculpture I. (3 credits)
or ART 2700
ART 2250
Ceramics I. (3 credits)
ART 2440
Art for Teachers in the Elementary Grades. (2 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry. (3 credits)
or ART 2100
ART 3410
Art Education for Secondary Schools. (3 credits)
Plus 12 Semester Hours of Electives From
ART 2100
Sculpture I. (3 credits)
ART 2330G
Art Appreciation. (3 credits)
ART 2560
Printmaking I. (3 credits)
ART 2601G
History of Art I. (3 credits)
ART 2700
Introduction to Jewelry. (3 credits)
ART 3080
Watercolor. (3 credits)
ART 3340G
Multicultural Aesthetics. (3 credits)
ART 3820
Textile Design. (3 credits)
Career and Technical Education
Business Education
(High School 6-12 Certificate)
Students are required to take the following:
BUS 2101
Financial Accounting. (3 credits)
BUS 2102
Managerial Accounting. (3 credits)
BUS 3710
Business Financial Management. (3 credits)
OR
CIS 2000
Problem Solving with Visual Basic (3 credits)
OR
CIS 3200
Networking Fundamentals. (3 credits)
OR
CIS 3500
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development. (3 credits)
AND
CIS 3510
Business Presentations and Document Design. (3 credits)
CIS 3530
Business Web Site Design and Development. (3 credits)
AND
BUS 1950
Computer Concepts and Applications for Business. (3 credits)
CIS 3520
Communication for CIS Professionals. (3 credits)
CTE 1420
Survey of Business Principles. (3 credits)
CTE 3000
Consumers in the Marketplace. (3 credits)
CTE 3400
Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Education. (3 credits)
CTE 3401
Seminar in Teaching Keyboarding and Computer Applications. (2 credits)
CTE 3402
AND/OR
Seminar in Teaching Basic Business and Accounting. (2 credits)
ECN 2801G
Principles of Macroeconomics. (3 credits)
ECN 2802G
Principles of Microeconomics. (3 credits)
Family and Consumer Sciences
(High School 6-12 Certificate)
CTE 3400
Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Education. (3 credits)
CTE 3403
Seminar in Teaching Family and Consumer Sciences. (2 credits)
FCS 1000
Foundations of Family and Consumer Sciences. (2 credits)
FCS 1120
Food Selection and Preparation. (3 credits)
FCS 1121
Food Service Sanitation. (1 credits)
FCS 2100
Nutrition in a Global Society. (3 credits)
FCS 2140
Quantity Food Production. (3 credits)
FCS 2234
Principles of Clothing Construction. (3 credits)
FCS 2244
Consumer Textiles: Care and Production. (3 credits)
FCS 2800
Family Relationships. (3 credits)
FCS 2850
Child Development. (3 credits)
FCS 3300
Consumer Education. (3 credits)
Technology Education
(High School 6-12 Certificate)
- nine semester hours in a single technical area
(see footnote **) - six semester hours of electives in industrial technology
CTE 3400
Methods of Teaching Career and Technical Education. (3 credits)
CTE 3404
Seminar in Teaching Technology. (2 credits)
INT 1363
Graphic Communication Technologies. (3 credits)
INT 1413
Technological Systems. (3 credits)
INT 2064
Manufacturing Processes. (3 credits)
INT 2324
Electronic Control Systems. (3 credits)
Health Studies
(High School 6-12 Certificate)
- five semester hours of electives from at least two of the component areas designated in this catalog under Health Studies Minor
BIO 2001G
Human Physiology. (4 credits)
HST 2000
Principles of Human Health. (3 credits)
HST 2270
Community Health. (3 credits)
HST 3199
Microcomputers and Health Applications. (3 credits)
HST 3200
School Health. (3 credits)
HST 3400
Methods of Teaching/Curriculum Development in Health. (3 credits)
HST 3500
Human Sexuality. (3 credits)
HST 3750
Health Care Delivery Systems. (3 credits)
HST 4800
Drugs and Society. (3 credits)
Mathematics
(High School 6-12 Certificate)
- mathematics electives above 3000, if needed to make 32 semester hours.
(see footnote **)
MAT 1441G
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. (5 credits)
MAT 2442
Calculus and Analytic Geometry II. (5 credits)
MAT 2443
Calculus and Analytic Geometry III. (4 credits)
MAT 2550
Introduction to Linear Algebra. (3 credits)
MAT 2800
Foundations of Mathematics. (3 credits)
MAT 3271
College Geometry I. (3 credits)
MAT 3400
Teaching Secondary Mathematics. (4 credits)
MAT 3530
Abstract Algebra. (4 credits)
MAT 3701
Probability and Statistics I. (3 credits)
MAT 4800
Diagnosis, Remediation and Technology in Teaching Mathematics, K-12. (2 credits)
Music Education
(Special K-16 Certificate)
Total Semester Hours: 32
Students are required to take the following courses:
MUS 1103
Recital. (Audit only credits)
(two semesters)
MUS 1541
Music Theory I. (3 credits)
MUS 1542
Music Theory II. (3 credits)
MUS 1543
Aural Training in Music. (1 credits)
MUS 1544
Aural Training in Music. (1 credits)
MUS 2155
Conducting I. (2 credits)
MUS 2440
Introduction to Music Education. (1 credits)
MUS 2541
Music Theory III. (3 credits)
MUS 3584
History and Literature of Music I. (3 credits)
AND
MUS 3585
History and Literature of Music II. (3 credits)
OR
MUS 3586
History and Literature of Music III. (3 credits)
Two semester hours from the following courses:
(determined by advisement and auditions)
MUS 1136
Class Instruction in Voice. (1 credits)
MUS 2205
Keyboard Skills I. (1 credits)
OR
MUS 2206
Keyboard Skills II. (1 credits)
2 semesters of
MUS 0230
Concert Choir. (1 credits)
OR
MUS 0231
University Mixed Chorus. (1 credits)
Applied Study for four semesters
AND
MUS 3155
Choral Conducting and Literature. (1 credits)
AND
MUS 3440
Methods and Materials of Vocal and General Music. (4 credits)
OR
MUS 3400
Methods and Materials of Teaching Instrumental Music (4 credits)
Spanish
(Special K-12 Certificate)
- 32 semester hours in Spanish to include Foreign Languages 3400, 3401, and 3510, but excluding all Credit/No Credit courses.
(See footnote ***)
Footnotes:
**Appropriate electives should be chosen in consultation with an advisor in the academic department.
***Student must consult with advisor in foreign languages to determine starting level and optional course work.
Information sourced from the 2005-2006 EIU Undergraduate Catalog.