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| Teacher Certification Checklist
Notice: The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania has three certification
programs for students majoring in History or one of the Social Sciences:
Social Studies, Citizenship Education, and Social Science. Students
are STRONGLY ADVISED, though not required, to complete the requirements
for Social Studies or both Citizenship Education and Social Science
in order to be prepared to compete with candidates from other schools
and to meet requirements to teach in other states. History and Political
Science majors MUST be certified in either Social Studies or Citizenship
Education. Certification in Social Science is optional. Sociology
and Psychology majors MUST be certified in Social Science, certification
in Citizenship Education is optional.
Professional Courses Required of All Certification Areas:
| EDUC:200 Intro to Ed. and Society |
(2) |
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| EDUC:201 Hist/Philosophy of Ed |
(2) |
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| EDUC:250 Educational Psychology |
(4) |
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| EDUC:278 Dev. Reading/Content Area |
(2) |
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| EDUC:279 Tech in Education |
(2) |
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A 3.0 Cumulative GPA must be achieved by the fourth semester
and maintained through the Senior year. Formal admission to the
Teaching Program generally occurs during the fourth semester through
application to the Teacher Education Committee.
Courses to be taken before addmission to the Teaching Program include:
6 S.H. in English (or American) Lit and Comp and 6 S.H. in Mathematics.
The following courses must be taken in the fall semester of the
Senior year:
| EDUC:279 Current Trends and Practice |
(4) |
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| EDUC:322 Meth. Media in Major Area |
(2) |
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The following courses must be taken together during the spring semester
during student teaching:
| EDUC:282 Class Mgmt. and Incls. Prac |
(2) |
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| EDUC:500 Student Teaching |
(12) |
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| EDUC:600 Seminar |
(2) |
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Note: Social Studies Certification requires completion of
the requirements as listed below for BOTH Citizenship Education
AND Social Science.
Certification in Citizenship Education [Cognates require
C- or higher]
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Political Science: |
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| HIST:131, 132 Europe |
(4) |
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POLI:111 American Govt. and Politics |
(4) |
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| HIST:111, 112 American |
(4) |
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POLI:121 Comparative Govt. and Politics |
(4) |
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HIST:151, 152, 171, 172, 180, 282
HIST:322 Pennsylvania History/Govt. |
(4)
(4) |
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Economics: |
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| EDUC:100 Human Geography |
(4) |
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ECON:105 Elements of Economics |
(4) |
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ECON:201 Macroeconomics |
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AND ECON:202 Microeconomics |
(4) |
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Certification for Social Science [Cognates require C- or
higher]
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Sociology: |
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| SOCI:162 People and Culture |
(4) |
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SOCI:101 Principles of Sociology |
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Psychology: |
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PSYC:101 Principles of Psychology |
(4) |
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