The Major

10 semester courses selected in consultation with the major adviser. Usually these will consist of one course in the Historical and Philosophical Foundations one course in the Sociological and Cultural Foundations; two courses in The Learning Process; one course in Curriculum and Instruction; EDC 345d; two additional courses, one of which must be an advanced course; EDC 340 taken during the senior year.

Students may elect to major without practice teaching experience by fulfilling an alternative course of study developed in consultation with the major adviser and with approval of the department.

Programs Leading to Teacher Licensure

Middle and High School Teaching: Licensure Programs (Grades 5-8) (8-12)

English

Mathematics

History
Political Science

Biology
Earth Science
Physics
Chemistry

French
Spanish

Middle School Humanities
Middle School Math/Science

Course Requirements

A Major in the appropriate discipline.
One course (or equivalent experience) in the use of information technology.

Complete the following courses in Education and Child Study:
EDC 232 The American High School
EDC 238 Educational Psychology
EDC 342 Growing Up American
EDC 347 Individual Differences Among Learners
EDC 346 Clinical Internship / EDC 352 Reflective Practice in Secondary Schools

Programs Leading to Teacher Licensure

Elementary Teacher (Grades 1-6)

Meet course distribution requirements for Latin honors (Literature, Historical Studies, Natural Science, The Arts, Social Science, Mathematics and Analytic Philosophy, with exception of Foreign Language) major in a liberal arts discipline and one course (or equivalent experience) that emphasizes the use of information technology.

We also have approved licensure programs for Visual Art (Prek-8), French and Spanish at the Elementary level.

Complete the following courses in Education and Child Study:
EDC 235 Child and Adolescent Growth and Development
EDC 238 Educational Psychology
EDC 338 Children Learning to Read
EDC 347 Individual Differences Among Learners
EDC 345d Elementary Curriculum and Methods
One course in either historical and philosophical or sociological and cultural foundations of education

Program Requirements

Overview

Major

Minor

Course Catalog

Teacher Licensure

Elementary Licensure

Secondary Licensure

MA DOE Licensure Help

Contact Director of Teacher Education