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Secondary Education - French

Effective Fall 2009

Students seeking Secondary Education Certification in French must declare majors in both French and Secondary Education (French) and complete the full French course sequence as well as the Secondary Education Professional Course and Certification requirements. Students must consult their advisers in both departments each semester regarding course selection and other certification requirements.

A total of 121 credits are required for a Bachelor of Science in Education with a specialization in French. Required courses include:

French (27 Credits)

FRENCH.203 French III

FRENCH.204 French IV (Offered Fall Semester Only)

FRENCH.205 Applied Phonetics and Pronunciation

FRENCH.206 Structure of the French Language

FRENCH.207 Conversation: French Daily Life and Customs

FRENCH.401 Adv. French Language

FRENCH.402 Contemporary Issues in Francophone media

FRENCH.422 Masterpieces of French Literature

FRENCH.423 Black Franco Phone Writers and Culture

Electives (6 credits) - choose from the following:

FRENCH.211 Found of French Culture and Civ
FRENCH.212 France Today
FRENCH.281/9 Special Topics
FRENCH.290 French Studies Abroad
FRENCH.295 Art and Culture of France
FRENCH.309 Commercial French I
FRENCH.331 Selected 20th Century Writers
FRENCH.333 French Film
FRENCH.401 Advanced French Language (3 credits if not chosen for Linguistics)
FRENCH.409 Commercial French II
FRENCH.490 Independent Study in French

Secondary Education

LANGCULT.350 Foreign Language Methodology and Research

Choose one of the following three courses:

EDFOUND.204 Educational Technology for Teaching and Learning
EDFOUND.350 Instructional Design Systems
EDFOUND.351 Virtual Learning Communities

EDFOUND.206 Teachers, Schools and Society

EDFOUND.251 Psychological Foundations of Education

EDFOUND.291 Principles of Teaching

EDFOUND.311 Classroom Measurement and Assessment

EDFOUND.406 Multicultural Education

EDFOUND.497 Teaching in Education: First Experience

EDFOUND.498 Teaching in Education: Second Experience

SPECED.275 Linking Assessment

SPECED.358 Methods of Instruction

General Education

Among 50 credits of general education courses, the following are required:

ENGLISH.101 Composition I

ENGLISH.201 Composition II or a writing intensive course chosen from the following:

ENGLISH.131 The Bible as Literature
ENGLISH.151 Introduction to Literature
ENGLISH.152 Literature and Society
ENGLISH.156 Popular Literature
ENGLISH.226 European Literature I
ENGLISH.227 European Literature II
ENGLISH.236 American Literature I
ENGLISH.237 American Literature II
ENGLISH.246 British Literature I
ENGLISH.247 British Literature II
ENGLISH.256 Non-Western Literature I
ENGLISH.257 Non-Western Literature II

Choose one of the following two courses

COMMSTUD.103 Public Speaking
COMMSTUD.104 Interpersonal Communication

ANTHRO.200 Principles of Cultural Anthropology

AUDSLP.415 ELL: Basics of Language and Communications or

PROFSTUD.494 ELL: Strategies and Methods

PSYCH.101 General Psychology

PSYCH.212 Adolescent Psychology

SPECED.101 Introduction to Exceptional Individuals

A mathematics course

Among courses chosen to meet humanities requirement, three departments must be represented from Art and Art History, Communication Studies and Theatre Arts, English, Languages and Cultures, Music History, and Philosophy. Among natural sciences and mathematics requirements, three departments must be represented from Biological and Allied Health Sciences, Chemistry; Geography and Geosciences; Mathematics, Computer Science and Statistics, and Physics and Engineering Technology.