Licensure Programs Leading to Multiple Endorsements
Early Childhood Special Education/Early Childhood Education, Special Education/Elementary Education, and Special Education/Secondary Education
Early Childhood Special Education and Early Childhood Education
Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 167Ìýsemester hours
Special Education Majors desiring to add the Early Childhood (Illinois) endorsement may do so by supplementing the Early Childhood Special Education Option with the aid of an academic advisor in Special Education.
Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:
Scientific Awareness/Science: Must complete a Physics or Chemistry Course, and a GEO course (may be Geology or Earth Science, but may not be Geography) in addition to the required Biological Science course.
Must complete History of Illinois, HIS 3810, in addition to the 6 s.h. required Social Sciences coursework.
Complete 8 s.h. student teaching in an inclusive Early Childhood setting
8 s.h. in Special Education, LBS I, with primary age learners.
ELE 3225
Early Childhood Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment: Birth – Age Five. (4 credits)
ELE 3250
Early Childhood Curriculum, Methods, and Assessment in the Primary Grades (K-3). (4 credits)
ELE 3281
Developmental Reading in Early Childhood. (3 credits)
ELE 4100
Assessing Student Learning: A Field-Based Experience. (3 credits)
ELE 4280
Content Area Reading in the Elementary and Middle Levels. (3 credits)
ELE 4770
Teaching Science and Social Science in the Primary Grades (K-3). (3 credits)
ELE 4775
Language and Language Arts in Early Childhood. (3 credits)
ELE 4880
Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading Instruction. (3 credits)
Special Education and Elementary Education
Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 167Ìýsemester hours
Special Education majors desiring to add the Elementary (Illinois) endorsement may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in Special Education.
Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:
MAT 1271 or MAT 3812Ìýand MAT 2620 or MAT 2250G
Delete KSRÌý3000
Delete EDF 4550.
Add five (5) semester hours Scientific AwarenessÌý(1 must be Bio Science; 1 must be PHY or CHM; and 1 must be GEO—may be Geology or Earth Science, but may not be Geography)
Add HIS 3810 – History of Illinois. Credits: 3
Successfully complete the following courses:Ìý
ELE 3100
Instructional Strategies for the Elementary Classroom. (4 credits)
ELE 3280
Developmental Reading in the Elementary and Middle School. (3 credits)
ELE 3290
Science in the Elementary and Middle School. (3 credits)
ELE 3340
Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle School. (3 credits)
ELE 3350
Language Arts in the Elementary and Middle Level School. (3 credits)
ELE 4100
Assessing Student Learning: A Field-Based Experience. (3 credits)
ELE 4280
Content Area Reading in the Elementary and Middle Levels. (3 credits)
ELE 4880
Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading Instruction. (3 credits)
KSR 2400
Introduction to Elementary School Physical Education. (2 credits)
Special Education and Secondary Education
Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 163Ìýsemester hours
Special Education majors desiring to add high school endorsement may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.
Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:
Delete PUBH/HPR 3000, KSRÌý3000, CDS 2200, ELE 2050 and EDF 4550.
Successfully complete 32 sem. hrs. in an Academic Area from the list of Academic Areas which follows: Art, Mathematics, Music Education, Spanish, Career and Technical Education: Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Technology Education.
Methods courses, while required for licensure, cannot be included in the 32 semester hours.
Successfully complete the following courses:
EDP 2330
Educational Psychology/Foundations for Teachers. (3 credits)
SED 4330
Literacy, Assessment, and Differentiation in Secondary Schools. (3 credits)
Academic Areas
(All Areas Must Total 32 Semester Hours) - Methods courses cannot be used to meet the 32 semester hour requirement.
Students must take a minimum of 12 semester hours of upper-division coursework (3000 or 4000 level) in the chosen academic area.
Art
(K-12 Endorsement)
Methods Courses:
ART 3410
Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools. (3 credits)
ART 3440
Art for Teachers in the Elementary Grades. (2 credits)
AND
ART 1000
Drawing I. (3 credits)
ART 1110
Design Fundamentals 2D. (3 credits)
ART 2050
Painting I. (3 credits)
ART 2100
Sculpture I. (3 credits)
OR ART 2700
ART 2250
Ceramics I. (3 credits)
ART 2700
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I. (3 credits)
OR ART 2100
And electives from the following Art courses to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
ART 2100
Sculpture I. (3 credits)
ART 2330
Art Appreciation. (3 credits)
ART 2560
Printmaking I. (3 credits)
ART 2601
Art in the Pre-Modern Era. (3 credits)
ART 2700
Jewelry and Metalsmithing I. (3 credits)
ART 3340
Multicultural Aesthetics. (3 credits)
Career and Technical Education
Ìý
Business Education
(High School Endorsement)
Students are required to take the following:
Methods Courses:
CTE 3405
Methods of Teaching Middle- and Secondary-Level Business Education. (3 credits)
AND
BUS 1950
Business Software Applications. (3 credits)
CTE 1420
Survey of Business Principles. (3 credits)
ODL 3500
Consumers in the Marketplace. (3 credits)
ECN 2801
Principles of Macroeconomics. (3 credits)
ECN 2802
Principles of Microeconomics. (3 credits)
AND
BAIS 3505
Advanced Microcomputer Applications and Development. (3 credits)
or
BAIS 3200
Networking Fundamentals. (3 credits)
BAIS 3515
Information Presentation. (3 credits)
BAIS 3530
Business Web Site Design. (3 credits)
OR
BUS 2101
Financial Accounting. (3 credits)
BUS 2102
Managerial Accounting. (3 credits)
BUS 3710
Financial Management and Decision Making. (3 credits)
AND
Electives from Business, Career and Technical Education, or Management Information Systems to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
Family and Consumer Sciences
(High School Endorsement)
Methods Courses:
CTE 3403
Methods of Teaching Middle and Secondary Level Family and Consumer Sciences (3 credits)
AND
NTR 1120
Food Science. (3 credits)
NTR 1121
Food Service Sanitation. (1 credits)
NTR 2100
Personal Nutrition. (3 credits)
FMD 2234
Apparel Construction. (3 credits)
FMD 2244
Fashion & Fiber. (3 credits)
HSL 1800
Human Development. (3 credits)
HSL 2300
Personal and Family Financial Literacy. (3 credits)
HSL 4775
Human Services Programs and Resource Management. (3 credits)
HSL 4845
Family Stress and Resilience. (3 credits)
HTM 3784
Commercial Quantity Food Production. (4 credits)
AND
Electives, if needed,Ìýfrom FMD, HSL, HTM, or NTR to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
Technology Education
(High School Endorsement)
Methods Courses:
CTE 3404
Methods of Teaching Middle- and Secondary-Level Technology Education. (3 credits)
AND
Nine semester hours in a single technical area
(see footnote **)
AND
DGT 1363
Introduction to Graphics Technology. (3 credits)
EGT 1413
Introduction to Engineering Technology. (3 credits)
EGT 2424
Manufacturing and Fabrication Processes. (4 credits)
AND
Electives from CIT, CMG, DGT, and EGT in the School of Technology to total a minimum of 32 semester hours, to be chosen in consultation with an advisor in Technology Education.
Mathematics
(High School Endorsement)
Method Course:
MAT 3700
Teaching Secondary Mathematics. (3 credits)
AND
MAT 1441
Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. (5 credits)
MAT 2270
Technology in Mathematics. (2 credits)
MAT 2442
Calculus and Analytic Geometry II. (5 credits)
MAT 2443
Calculus and Analytic Geometry III. (4 credits)
MAT 2550
Introduction to Linear Algebra. (3 credits)
MAT 2800
Foundations of Mathematics. (3 credits)
MAT 3271
College Geometry I. (3 credits)
MAT 3530
Abstract Algebra. (4 credits)
MAT 3701
Probability and Statistics I. (3 credits)
AND
Electives from Mathematics above 3000, if needed to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
(see footnote **)
Music Education
(K-12 Endorsement)
Total Semester Hours: 32
Theory and Aural Training
Ìý
MUS 1501
Comprehensive Musicianship I. (4 credits)
MUS 1502
Comprehensive Musicianship II. (4 credits)
MUS 2501
Comprehensive Musicianship III. (4 credits)
Music History
3 credits from:
MUS 3553
Survey of Western Musical Masterworks. (3 credits)
MUS 3593
Survey of Western Musical Masterworks, Honors. (3 credits)
AND
3 credits from:
MUS 3584
Music History and Literature I. (3 credits)
MUS 3594
Music History and Literature I, Honors. (3 credits)
MUS 3585
Music History and Literature II. (3 credits)
MUS 3595
Music History and Literature II, Honors. (3 credits)
Music Education Courses
Ìý
MUS 2155
Conducting I. (2 credits)
MUS 2440
Introduction to Music Education. (1 credits)
MUS 2443
Choral Methods. (1 credits)
MUS 3155
Choral Conducting and Literature. (1 credits)
OR
MUS 3156
Instrumental Conducting and Literature. (1 credits)
