SUNY Oswego - Undergraduate Degree Requirements: Curriculum and Instruction Department

Program Requirements

Curriculum and Instruction

Adolescence Education 7-12 Major - School of Education, B.S. Degree

43-52cr

Candidates interested in pursuing a Bachelor of Science degree in one of the Curriculum and Instruction majors may enter the major conditionally as a freshman or as a transfer student. All candidates must complete Candidacy during the first block of education courses. The number of candidates admitted will depend on both demand and resources within the program, including the potential availability of required field placements in urban and other high need schools. Not all qualified candidates may be admitted.

Candidates in the Adolescence 7-12 programs and TESOL are encouraged to consider completing a second major in the area of their concentration.

Core Requirements37 cr

Edu 301 - Schooling, Pedagogy, and Social Justice
Edu 303 - Field Placement I: Observation and Participation
Edu 430 - Professionalism and Social Justice Seminar
Lit 313 - Adolescence and 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 Inclusive Classrooms
One of the following two courses:
- Edu 380 - Culturally Relevant Teaching
- Edu 381 - Schools and Urban Society
One of the following five courses:
- Ado 310 - Discipline Specific Methods: English Language Arts Grades 7-12
- Ado 320 - Discipline Specific Methods: Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language
- Ado 330 - Discipline Specific Methods: Mathematics Grades 7-12
- Ado 340 - Discipline Specific Methods: Science Grades 7-12
- Ado 350 - Discipline Specific Methods: Social Studies Grades 7-12
One of the following five courses:
- Ado 313 - Field Experience II: Discipline Specific English Language Arts Grades 7-12
- Ado 323 - Field Experience II: Discipline Specific Second Language Acquisition/Modern Language Grades 7-12
- Ado 333 - Field Experience III: Discipline Specific Mathematics Grades 7-12
- Ado 343 - Field Experience III: Science Practicum Grades 7-12
- Ado 353 - Field Experience II: Social Studies Practicum Grades 7-12

Electives0 cr

None

Cognate Requirements

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)
Complete required non-credit workshops on drug and alcohol awareness, school and fire safety and child abduction prevention; mandated reporting of child abuse; and school violence prevention. (Go to www.oswego.edu/safeschools for enrollment information for SSHS 1020)

Concentration

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. For specific information regarding a particular academic concentration (except social studies), consult the appropriate department's section of the College Catalog. Specific information for the Social Studies concentration immediately follows the Adolescence Education Major.

Candidate Qualifications

1. Candidates admitted conditionally to one of the education majors as either a freshman or a transfer must complete the Entrance Form in the semester prior to enrollment in the first block with their advisors.
2. Candidates coming from other majors must complete the Entrance Form with the Academic Coordinator. An unofficial transcript will be required at the time of completion of the Entrance Form.
3. Candidacy will be completed during the first block of education courses. Material will be distributed at that time. Candidates will be required to maintain a 2.50 index, provide an unofficial transcript and complete a writing sample based on the School of Education Conceptual Framework.
4. Once candidates begin the education sequence, they must maintain a 2.50 index. Candidates' GPAs will be monitored. Candidates who have registered for education courses, but who fall below a cumulative GPA of 2.50 will be deregistered by the department from the education courses.
5. 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.

Eligibility for Student Teaching

Eligibility for student teaching for Childhood 1-6, Adolescence 7-12 and TESOL majors will be evaluated at the end of the semester or quarter preceding the student teaching assignment. To be considered eligible, candidates must meet the following criteria:
1. A cumulative index of 2.50 or above.
2. Complete a minimum of 80 semester hours of course work.
3. Completion of all professional education course work.
4. Earned grade of "S" in all prior field placements.
5. Complete a minimum of 80% of concentration course work.
6. Document successful completion of instruction required by the New York State Education Department on the mandated reporting of child abuse (2 clock hours); school violence prevention and intervention (2 clock hours); alcohol, tobacco, and drug abuse prevention; and school safety, fire and arson prevention, and child abduction prevention. (Contact Continuing Education at 315-312-2270 for enrolling in CED 1020).
7. Submit required student teaching application forms to the appropriate office by the specified deadline.
8. Childhood, Adolescence, and TESOL education majors must have grades of C- or better for all concentration, professional education, and cognate courses. All professional education courses and education cognates must be completed prior to student teaching.