Program and Certification Requirements:
The following courses or their equivalents must appear on a graduate or undergraduate transcript before the college can recommend you for certification. Undergraduate prerequisites and graduate science or Science Education courses within this program may be used to meet the content requirements but you must have 30 credits in the relevant Science outside of the Masters..
Candidates in this program must meet with the program director during their first semester to discuss the requirements for EDU 5599 Science Education Professional Portfolio.
Biology: 30 credits or above in Biology including
One year of intro Biology with Labs
One year of intro Chemistry with Labs
A total of eight semesters of lab courses
Study of Genetics, Ecology, Molecular Biology, Evolutionary Biology
Probability/Statistics or Calc I and II
Chemistry: 30 credits or above in Chemistry including:
One year of introductory Chemistry with Labs.
Lab courses in Organic, Inorganic Chemistry.
Study of Analytical Chemistry, Biochemistry
A total of eight semesters of Lab courses
One year of introductory Physics with labs
Calculus I and II
Physics: 30 credits or above in Physics including:
Physics I and II with labs; Thermodynamics; Quantum or Atomic Physics; Mechanics;
Electromagnetism (Electricity, Light);
Bio I and II or Chemistry I and II
Calculus I and II and Differential Equations
Entry Level
| EDU 5000 | Foundations of Education | 3 |
| EDU 5393 | Foundations of Special Education | 3 |
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Intermediate Level
To be completed (at the college level) during the first 18 credits of the program:
Complete
or course in adolescent development
And the following courses for a first certification:
| | 30 credits in Biology, Chemistry or Physics | |
| EDU 5374 | Teaching Methods and Curriculum Grades 7-12 General | 3 |
| EDU 5387 | Fundamentals of Middle Childhood Education | 3 |
| EDU 5026 | Literacy in the Content Areas | 3 |
| EDU 5377 | Science Curriculum & Methods Gr 5-12 | 3 |
| EDU 5569 | Critical Pedagogy of Place | 3 |
| EDU 5567 | Education for Sustainability | 3 |
| EDU 5568 | Earth Citizenship | 3 |
| EDU 5130 | Classroom Management: Special Ed Special Education Course | 3 |
| EDU 5527 | Teaching With Technology in Math, Science, English Or Social Studies | 3 |
| EDU 5599 | Science Education Professional Portfolio | 0 |
| | Take NYS EDUCATING ALL STUDENTS test | |
| | Take NYS CONTENT SPECIALTY test in Biology, Chemistry, or Physics | |
EDU 5599: Semester before student teaching
Capstone level
| EDU 5404 | Student Teaching & Sem: Early Childhood And Adolescence Education | 3-6 |
To be completed by the end of student teaching semester:
3 seminars as follows:
| | Child Abuse Workshop | 0 |
| | Violence Prevention Workshop | 0 |
| | Dignity for All Students Workshop | 0 |