Adolescence Education 7-12–B.S.

A. Core Requirements (37 cr)

• EDU 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice
• EDU 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation
• EDU 430 - Professionalism & Social Justice Seminar
• LIT 313 - Adolescence Literacy: Assessment and Intervention
• LIT 396 - Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 7-12
• ADO 394 - Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12
• ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12
• ADO 421 - Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12
• SPE 393 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in 7-12 Inclusive Classrooms

B. Elective Requirements (None)

C. Cognate Requirements (6-15 cr)

• PSY 100 - Principles of Human Behavior
• PSY 323 - Adolescent Psychology
• Foreign Language (0-6 cr)
• Any General Education computer literacy course—OR—pass competency exam (0-3 cr)

D. Non-Credit Requirements (0 cr)

• Safe Schools Health Students (SSHS 1020)
  Workshops include tobacco, drug/alcohol abuse and prevention; school safety and fire/arson prevention; child abduction prevention; mandated reporting of child abuse; and school violence prevention/intervention. For information go to www.oswego.edu/safeschools.
• Oral Proficiency Inventory (OPI)
  Adolescent Language 7-12 candidates must successfully complete the OPI

E. Concentration Requirements

• A candidate must select an academic concentration, which will be the area of initial certification, from one of the following disciplines or areas: Biology, Chemistry, Earth Sciences, English, French, German, Mathematics, Physics, Social Studies, or Spanish. Specific information regarding a particular academic concentration is found under Majors/Minors , under Certifications.

F. Candidate Qualifications

1. Candidates who seek to transfer within the college to a Adolescence Education major must meet with the advisement coordinator. Such a candidate must have a minimum cumulative Oswego GPA of 2.50 to declare the major.

2. Candidates must maintain a minimum cumulative 2.50 GPA throughout the Adolescence Education sequence including each field experience and student teaching. Candidates whose cumulative GPA falls below 2.50 will be deregistered from the education courses.

3. Each candidate is provided two placements for student teaching through the Field Placement Office. Due to the large number of placements that must be coordinated, candidates cannot request placements. Assigned placements must be accepted by candidates or candidates will risk waiting for a reassignment in a future semester.

4. A grade of C- or better is required for all courses within the major core, cognate, and concentration area courses of the degree.