Adolescence Education 7-12 Major – B.S. Degree

A. Core Requirements (40 cr)

• EDU 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice Credit: 3
• EDU 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation Credit: 1
• EDU 430 - Professionalism & Social Justice Seminar Credit: 2
• LIT 313 - Adolescence Literacy: Assessment and Intervention Credit: 3
• LIT 396 - Teaching Literacy in the Content Areas Grades 7-12 Credit: 3
• ADO 394 - Interdisciplinary Methods Grades 7-12 Credit: 3
• ADO 420 - Student Teaching Grades 7-12 Credit: 6
• ADO 421 - Cross-Cultural Student Teaching Grades 7-12 Credit: 6
• SPE 304 - Educational Planning for Students with Disabilities Credit: 3
• SPE 393 - Field Placement II: Small-Group Instruction in 7-12 Inclusive Classrooms Credit: 1

B. Elective Requirements (None)

C. Cognate Requirements (6-15 cr)

• PSY 100 - Introduction to Psychology Credit: 3
• HDV 323 - Adolescent Development Credit: 3
• Foreign Language credit: 0-6
• Any General Education approved computer literacy course —OR— pass competency exam credit: 0-3

D. Non-credit Requirements (0 cr)

• SSHS 1020 - Safe Schools, Healthy Students  credit: 0*
• DASA 1020 - DASA Training  credit: 0*
• Oral Proficiency Interview (OPI) credit: 0
  Adolescence French, German, and Spanish 7-12 candidates must successfully complete the official OPI

*For more information go to www.oswego.edu/extended-learning/

E. Concentration Requirements (36-69 cr)

• 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 .

F. Candidate Qualifications

1. Candidates who seek to transfer within the college to an Adolescence Education major must meet with the advisement coordinator. Such a candidate must have a minimum cumulative Oswego GPA of 3.00 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.