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Proposal: ED-08-32
Program name: Secondary (AYA) Education (all content areas)
Type of program: Baccalaureate Degree Program
The program will be offered at: Akron Campus
Existing courses required for completion of program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours)
Phase One: Learning about Learners
5100:200 Intro to Education 3
5100:220 Educational Psychology 3
5610:225 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3
5500:230 Educational Technology 3
5300:100 Orientation: AYA/P-12/Multi-Age 0

Phase Two: Learning about Teaching
5500:360 Educational Planning 3
5100:300 Educational Equity & Excellence 3
5500:370 Educational Implementation 3

Phase Three: Learning to Apply the Principles of Teaching
5300:311 Instructional Techniques (spring only) 5
5500:475 Instructional Technology 3
Applications
5300:325 Content Reading in Secondary
Schools (or 5500:455 Literature for
Multiage Licensure 3

Phase Four: Learning to Teach (last semester)
5300:495 Student Teaching‡ 8
5300:496 Student Teaching Colloquium 1

Teaching Fields
Each student preparing for secondary school teaching must complete at least one teaching field. P-12 indicates that licensure in that field is for preschool through Grade 12. Other fields lead to licensure for Grades 7-12 or as noted. Minimum number of credits is shown for each field. Student must maintain a 2.5 GPA in their teaching field.

Minimum number of credits required for approval of various teaching fields:
Integrated Language Arts 45
Integrated Mathematics 42
Integrated Science (six options)
Biology (Life Science & Earth Science 79-80
Biology (Life Science) & Chemistry 88-89
Biology (Life Science) & Physics 87-88
Earth Science and Chemistry 84
Earth Science and Physics 75
Chemistry and Physics 83
Integrated Social Studies 63

P-12 Dance *
P-12 Drama *
P-12 Foreign Languages 45
P-12 Music 54-56
P-12 Visual Arts 58
Family Consumer Science (Home Ec; Grades 4-12) *
Courses new to university offering required for completion of program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours)
5500:421 Field Experience in Instructional Techniques in Secondary Education
Deletion of required courses
Existing courses which can be used as electives in program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours; if options exist, list by option)
Courses new to university offering which can be used as electives in program: (list each individually, one course per line, with course number, title, and credit hours; if options exist, list by option)
Deletion of elective courses
Change in number of elective credits
Change in number of required credits
Current: 42-89
New: 44-91
Change in number of credits required for degree
Change in other degree requirements
Change in admissions requirements for direct admits
Current requirements:

Proposed requirements:
Change in admissions requirements for students using intercollege transfer
Current requirements:

Proposed requirements:
Change in admissions requirements to a graduate program
Current requirements:

Proposed requirements:
Implementation Plan
New course will be added to Secondary Education (AYA) Programs effective Fall 2008.
Additional program requirements:
Other information:
Resource statement:
No additional resources are anticipated.
Web components statement:
Rationale:
As previously stated in the course addition rationale, teacher candidates need to observe secondary methods of instruction in a school setting and gain guided practice in working with secondary level students. This field experience is designed to provide the above observation and application experience.
Bulletin description:
5300: Secondary (Adolescent to
Young Adult) Education
http://www.uakron.edu/colleges/educ/COE/programs.php

Prior to admission, students must complete 30 credit hours of coursework with a 2.50 GPA as outlined below. These requirements provide Adolescent to Young Adult Education, P-12 and Specialty Program majors with the breadth of knowledge they will need to make decisions in the secondary school setting. Students admitted to Secondary Childhood Education must achieve a grade of “C” or higher in all professional education courses to be eligible to student teach and graduate from the College of Education. Other admission requirements are outlined on the program application form.
The program mandates an expert knowledge in a specific content area. This knowledge prepares and encourages teachers to be decision-makers by adapting and applying content knowledge to the needs and interests of a diverse student population. Upon graduation with a Bachelor of Arts or Science in Education, students are ready to teach in school settings appropriate to their licensure. For further licensure and graduation requirements, students should consult a departmental advisor.
The Department offers teacher licensure in the following areas: Language Arts (7-12), Math (7-12), Science (7-12), Social Studies (7-12), Foreign Language (P-12), Visual Arts (P-12), Dance (P-12), Drama/Theatre (P-12), Music (P-12) and Family and Consumer Science (4-12)
For specific program and licensure requirements, students should contact a preadmission advisor in Zook Hall 207, (330) 972-6970.
Requirements for Admission to Adolescent to Young Adult (AYA) or P-12 Specialty Programs
All applicants must successfully complete the following coursework prior to admission into an AYA program.
• Written and Oral Communication – at least 10 credits
Credits
3300:111 English Composition I 4
3300:112 English Composition II 3
7600:105 Introduction to Public Speaking 3
or
7600:106 Introduction to Effective Oral Communications 3
• Social Science – a minimum of 3 credits
• Mathematics – minimum of 3 credits
3450:xxx coursework offered by the Mathematics Department that meets
General Education Math requirements (3450:100 or 140 does not count)
or
3470:xxx coursework offered by the Statistics department that meets the General
Education level mathematics requirement
• Natural Science – a minimum of 5 credits
• Physical Education/Wellness
5540:xxx Physical Education/Wellness 1
• Teaching Field(s) – a minimum of 8 credits
Does not include coursework already used above. A 2.50 GPA 8
in all such coursework is required. This includes credits beyond
the minimum of 8.
• Professional courses (courses to be taken in an approved sequence):
5100:200 Introduction to Education 3
5100:220 Educational Psychology 3
5100:300 Educational Equity & Excellence 3
5300:100 Orientation to the AYA/P-12/Multi-Age Programs 0
5300:420 Instructional Techniques in Secondary Education 3
5300:421 Field Experience in Instructional Techniques in
Secondary Education 2
5300:325 Content Reading in Secondary Schools (for AYA) 3
or
5500:455/555 Literacy for Multiage Licensure 3
5300:495 Student Teaching 8
5300:496 Student Teaching Colloquium 1
5500:230 Educational Technology 3
5500:360 Educational Planning 3
5500:370 Educational Implementation 3
5500:475 Instructional Technology Applications 3
5610:225 Introduction to Exceptionalities 3
• Courses in teaching field(s) and electives as determined by the department.

Teaching Fields
Each student preparing for secondary school teaching must complete at least one teaching field. P-12 indicates that licensure in that field is for preschool through grade 12. Other fields lead to licensure for grades 7-12 or as noted. Minimum number of credits is shown for each field.
Minimum Number of Credits Required for Approval in Various Teaching Fields
Comprehensive Subjects by Field
Credits
Integrated Language Arts 45
Integrated Mathematics 42
Integrated Science (six options)+:
Biology (Life Science) and Earth Science 79-80
Biology (Life Science) and Chemistry 88-89
Biology (Life Science) and Physics 82-83
Earth Science and Chemistry 83
Earth Science and Physics 71
Chemistry and Physics 83
Integrated Social Studies 62
AYA:Life Sciences 60
AYA:Earth Sciences 54
AYA:Physical Sciences - Physics 55
AYA:Physical Sciences - Chemistry 61
P-12 Drama Theatre 45
P-12 Foreign Language 45
P-12 Music 54-56
P-12 Visual Arts 58
Family and Consumer Science

Endorsements in the following fields may be added to any of the above fields:
Reading 18
TESOL (Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages) 22


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