certification in elementary education

Graduate students seeking certification must take the following courses (after the completion of the minimum 39 credits in general academic courses):

• EDF 520 or 523 - Exceptional Foundations
• SED 481 - Teaching Exceptional Children in Elementary Classes
• SHE 203 - School Health
• EDU 533* - Curriculum Design and Methods for Nursery - Grade 3
• EDU 534* - Design Methods for the Elementary Classroom
• EDU 539* - Child Development for Elementary Grade Teachers or             PSY 511* - Advanced Developmental Psychology
• EDU 301* - Reading
• EDU 503* - Science in the Elementary School
• EDU 504* - Mathematics in the Elementary School
• EDU 505* - Social Studies in the Elementary School
• EDU 506* - Language Arts and Children's Literature
• IDS 471 - English Language Learners
• EDU 450/451* - Student Teaching
• EDU 509* - Student Teaching Seminar

*Chairman's permission required.

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FOR more INFORMATION REGARDING THIS PROGRAM, CONTACT:

Dr. Maria Diamantis and Dr. Adam Goldberg
Co-Coordinators
Department of Education
Southern Connecticut State University
Davis Hall 116
New Haven, CT 06515

Telephone: (203) 392-6425
Fax: (203) 392-6473
E-Mail: diamantism1@southernct.edu
           goldberga2@southernct.edu