Professional Education - 28 Credit Hours

Core Courses (Required of all teacher education candidates)
Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required before candidates may take 300 and 400 level professional education courses.

EDUC 208 Foundations & History of American Education -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 210 Instructional Technology -- 2 Credit Hours
EDUC 244 Developmental Psychology -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 250 Education of the Exceptional Individual -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 315 Educational Psychology -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 380 Classroom Management -- 2 Credit Hours
EDUC 438 Clinical Practice Seminar -- 2 Credit Hours
EDUC 470 Clinical Practice: Elementary- Section A -- 10 Credit Hours
or EDUC 470 Clinical Practice: Secondary - Section B -- 10 Credit Hours
or EDUC 470 Clinical Practice: P-12 - Section C -- 10 Credit Hours
or EDUC 470 Clinical Practice: K-6 or 6-12 Special Education- Section D -- 5 Credit Hours

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Elementary Education Major - 27 Credit Hours
Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required before candidates may take 300 and 400 level professional education courses.

EDUC 240 Music Methods for the Classroom Teacher -- 2 Credit Hours
EDUC 245 Child & Adolescent Literature -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 333 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 335 Science for Elementary Teachers -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 339 Reading & Language Arts for Beginning Readers -- 4 Credit Hours
EDUC 346 Social Studies for Elementary Teachers -- 3 Credit Hours
EDUC 382 Reading and Language Arts for Developing Readers -- 3 Credit Hours
ARTS 248 Art in the Elementary School -- 2 Credit Hours
HPER 120 Personal & Community Health -- 3 Credit Hours
HPER 200 Physical Education Activities for Elementary & Middle School Children -- 2 Credit Hours

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Secondary Education Minor

Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required before candidates may take 300 and 400 level professional education courses. In addition to the core requirements and an appropriate major in a content area, the following are also required:

EDUC 385 Reading in the Content Area -- 2 Credit Hours
EDUC 400 Methods of Teaching in the Secondary School -- 3 Credit Hours
ED (ACCK) Special Methods -- 3 Credit Hours or
MUSI 338 Elementary Music Methods -- 3 Credit Hours
MUSI 339 Secondary Music Methods -- 3 Credit Hours
ARTS 248 Art in the Elementary School -- 2 Credit Hours
ARTS 349 Art in the Secondary School -- 2 Credit Hours
HPER 420 Methods of Teaching Health & Physical Education -- 3 Credit Hours

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Special Education

Through cooperative arrangements with other member colleges in the Associated Colleges of Central Kansas (ACCK), a student may meet an added endorsement requirement for teaching special education in the following areas: Adaptive at the elementary and secondary levels or Early Childhood Special Education. Candidates who wish to have an endorsement in special education must first have a license in elementary or secondary education. The special education courses are offered primarily at the ACCK center located in McPherson, Kansas. Enrollment in these courses is made with the registrar at Kansas Wesleyan University.

Areas of Licensure

Elementary Education License
- May add K-6 adaptive endorsement
- May add 6-12 adaptive endorsement

Secondary or P-12 Education License
- May add 6-12 adaptive endorsement

K-6 and 6-12 Adaptive Program (Special Education) Requirements

All Levels
* SPED 210 Foundations for Special Education Services -- 4 Credit Hours
* SPED 315 General Methods for Special Education Services -- 4 Credit Hours
SPED 345 Behavior Management -- 2 Credit Hours
SPED 499 Capstone Issues -- 1 Credit Hour
* above two courses required for provisional endorsement K-6 & 6-12

Level K-6
* SPED 321 Grades K-6 Methods for Special Needs -- 4 Credit Hours
* SPED 331 Grades K-6 Field Experience -- 1 Credit Hour
SPED 413 Grades K-6 Clinical Experience -- 5 Credit Hours
* Above two courses required for provisional endorsement K-6

Level 6-12
* SPED 361 Grades 6-12 Methods for Special Needs -- 4 Credit Hours
* SPED 371 Grades 6-12 Field Experience -- 1 Credit Hour
SPED 471 Grades 6-12 Clinical Experience -- 5 Credit Hours
* above two courses required for provisional endorsement 6-12

Optional Courses

SPED 220 Field Experience in Services for Students with Special Needs -- 1 Credit Hour
SPED 320 Beginning American Sign Language -- 2 Credit Hours
SPED 322 Intermediate American Sign Language -- 2 Credit Hours
SPED 381 Grades 6-12 Functional Resources -- 4 Credit Hours
SPED 380 Topics in Special Education (variable second Title) - Undergraduate -- 1 Credit Hour
SPED 678 Topics in Special Education (variable second Title) - Graduate -- 1 Credit Hour

Suggested Course Sequence for Elementary Education Majors