Degree Programs
Associate's Degree
Teacher Education
Concentration
The two-year area of study in teacher education is designed to provide prospective teachers with a broad general education as a foundation for professional training, by taking courses that will enable them to respond effectively to the intellectual, social, emotional and physical needs of others.
Students should make course choices that meet the requirements for teacher certification for their preferred teaching level in the state in which they wish to teach.
Requirements
All students must complete the General Education core degree requirements (link to page 2 of general education core requirements), and they must complete the following courses specific to the concentration. Courses required for the concentration may also satisfy General Education requirements.
- 12 hours of humanities/fine arts, including one literature course;
- 12 hours of laboratory science, 4 hours of physical science, 4 hours of life science, and 4 hours of either life or physical science;
- 8 hours of mathematics, MATH 112 and MATH
222 - 9 hours of social/behavioral sciences, including PSY 214 – Educational Psychology and PSC 210 – American Federal Government;
- 3 hours of at least one multi-cultural non- Western culture course in either Humanities/ Fine Arts or Social/Behavioral Science; and
- Foreign language requirement for secondary education students
Recommended Related Study
Remaining courses should be chosen in consultation with the academic advisor or Director of Advising following the specific recommended courses of Benedictine University’s Elementary Education program or the program of study that they plan to pursue at another senior college. Students preparing for a BA in Elementary Education should decide upon a Disciplinary Emphasis (Minor) and take classes toward that Disciplinary Emphasis when possible. On the Springfield campus, available disciplinary emphases are: English/Language Arts, Mathematics, Science and Social Science.
TEACHER EDUCATION CONCENTRATION
Two Year Plan Course Plan
First Year
First Semester
ENG 111 - Comp. & Rhetoric 3
American History 3
Disciplinary Emphasis * 3
HUM 101 – Discourse, Inquiry 3
Physical or Life Science 4
Total Hours 16
Second Semester
ENG 112 - Comp. & Research 3
PSC 210 – American Government 3
EDU 224 – Educational Psychology 3
Physical or Life Science 4
Disciplinary Emphasis * 3
Total Hours 16
Second Year
First Semester
SPH 110 – Fund of Speech 3
HLT 101-Personal & Com. Health 3
Physical or Life Science 4
MATH 112 –Math for Elem. I 4
Disciplinary Emphasis * 3
Total Hours 17
Second Semester
Humanities – Non-Western Elective 3
PSY, SOC, or Econ Elective 3
Literature Elective 3
MATH 222 –Math for Elem. Teachers II 4
Fine Arts Elective 3
Total Hours 16
*Elementary Education students need 18 hours in one of the following four disciplinary emphasis: language arts, science, mathematics, or social science.