Field-Based Elementary Certification Program M.A.

This is a field-based program leading to elementary certification and a Master of Arts degree. Candidates spend the entire school year in a partnership school working with a mentor teacher.

See complete admission requirements in College of Education introduction.

Prerequisites

• Successful completion of the Illinois Basic Skills Test
• Initial interview with University representative(s)
• Bachelor’s degree from a regionally accredited institution
• Enter with a minimum of 2.75 grad point average for Bachelor’s level coursework and maintain a minimum 3.0 during the program
• Meet all general education requirements
• Eighteen hours in an endorsement area (See Program Director for list of acceptable areas of endorsement)
• Substitute certificate

Degree Requirements

Required Courses

55-500	Field Experience: Managing and Supporting Learning Communities for Diverse Learners	2
55-504	Technology For Teaching and Learning	2
55-510	Foundations of Elementary Education	6
55-521	Curriculum and Instruction in the Middle School	3
55-530	Classroom Assessment and Intervention	3
55-540	Methods of Teaching Science and Health, K-9	2
55-552	Methods of Teaching Mathematics, K-9	2
55-554	Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Multi-Cultural Studies, K-9	2
55-571	Methods of Early Reading and Intermediate Literacy Instruction, P-9	6
55-581	Student Teaching in the Elementary and Middle School Classroom and Seminar	6
51-546	Historical Foundations of American Education	3
-	Comprehensive Examination

Additional courses required for M.A.

51-576	Multicultural Foundations for Educators and Counselors	3
52-575	Practical Research for Learning Communities	3
-	Comprehensive Examination