ACADEMIC
PROGRAM APPROVAL
CHECKLIST
This form is a routing document for
the approval of new and revised academic programs. Page 2 will serve as an attachment to the
Faculty Senate agenda. Proposing
department should complete form, attach as a cover page and forward to the
college dean. Documentation should include copy of curriculum as it is to
appear in the Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog. Proposals must arrive to the
Undergraduate/Graduate Committee by November in order to reach the Faculty Senate
by March 1. Proposals received after
this date cannot be implemented the following year nor included in the catalog
for that year.
1.
Proposed change leads to the degree of
( ) Bachelor of Arts (
) Master of Arts ( ) Doctor of Philosophy
(x ) Bachelor of
Science ( ) Master of Science ( ) Other
______________________________________
2.
( ) New major/curriculum Title to be entered in
record of students who select this program
(
) New minor Title to be entered in record of students
who select this program
(
) Change from provisional to permanent status.
3.
( x)
Revision of existing: (x ) major ( ) minor ( ) concentration
Present title
Elementary Teacher
Education
Records
System Program Code
(x ) Add/delete required
courses/credit hours
( ) Add concentration Title
( ) Delete concentration Title
4.
( ) Deletion of
existing/disestablish: ( )
major ( ) minor (
) other _______________________________
Title Code______________________
5.
( ) Policy
Change____________________________________________________________________________________
Title/Department
ROUTING AND APPROVALS: (Please do
not remove supporting documentation.)
Department Chairperson Date
Dean of College Date
Chairperson, College Curriculum
Committee___________________________________Date_____________________
Chairperson, Senate Com. on UG or GR
Studies Date
Chairperson,
Senate Coordinating Com. Date
Secretary, Faculty Senate Date
Date of Senate Resolution Date
to be Effective
Registrar Program
Code Date
Vice Provost for Academic Programs
& Planning Date
Provost Date
Board of Trustee Notification Date
a.
Rationale for creation, revision, or deletion:
The State of Delaware Department of
Education has been issuing two licenses for our Elementary Teacher Education
majors: a K-4 license and a 5-8 license. This summer they replaced these licenses with
a K-6 license and subject- specific 6-8 licenses. The subject-specific 6-8 license requires a
major (defined as 30 credit hours) in the subject that is taught. This requirement is in response to the new
federal Highly Qualified Teacher regulations and thus represents a national
standard.
Our goal is for our graduates to be
both certified and deemed highly qualified.
Our proposal for revising the ETE program would provide K-6 licensure
for everyone. ETE students would then
select from a menu of options: middle school English, middle school
mathematics, middle school social studies, middle school science, or special
education at the end of their Freshman year. The proposed Freshman Seminar (EDUC 100)
would be developed as a way of introducing students to the additional licensure
options. They must, however, choose a
second licensure option since special education and middle school licensures
are the areas of greatest need in public schools.
Changes in General Studies
requirements:
The General Studies requirements
remain at 45 credits. We propose some
changes in these requirements. One of
the most significant changes is in social studies,
where we will increase the requirements form 9 credits to 12. In
As part of their General Studies
requirements, ETE majors are now required to select from one of the following
English genre courses: ENGL 207, 208,
209, or 210. To this list of choices we
have added, ENGL 200 Approaches to Literature.
This course is deemed appropriate for our students due to its dual
emphasis on reading and writing. It also
covers a larger range of texts, including visual and multimedia texts, that are important for a comprehensive understanding
of literacy. Also added to this list of
courses is ENGL 204 American Literature.
Course Deletions and
Reorganizations:
The current K-6 licensure
requirements must be streamlined for students to be able to fulfill the
requirements for dual licensure in a four-year program. We recommend the deletion of several
education courses to make room for the content major courses as well as the
middle school curriculum courses. We
believe that Human Development (EDUC 202/203) can be adequately covered in a
single course, EDUC 205.
EDUC 308, Curriculum Development in
the Primary and Middle Grades, includes content than can and should be taught
in our other curriculum and instruction courses. EDUC 320 focuses on literacy in the middle
grades and will thus be removed from the K-6 program and placed in the middle
school English curriculum. The discipline
area will not be required for K-6 licensure since these credits will be needed
to help students reach the 30 credits of content courses for licensure in the
middle grades.
EDUC 386 and EDUC 486, Educational
Technology III and IV, are two one-credit courses that will be combined into
the 2-credit EDUC 387 Integrating Technology in Education. This better aligns
with the new program changes. The course content will focus less on specific
content integrations of technology and therefore will be more flexible in
scheduling.
Our two literacy courses focusing on
the elementary grades, EDUC 210 and EDUC 310, have
been restructured so that they provide a comprehensive view of the teaching of
literacy in grades K-6. EDUC 210 focuses
on early literacy, grades K-1, whereas EDUC 310 develops competencies relevant
for grades 2-6.
Course
& Graduation Requirement Additions:
We are developing a new course, EDUC
100, Introduction to Elementary and Middle School Education. This course will
be offered as a 1-credit freshman seminar, and will cover both general issues
in education as well as serve to introduce students to the licensure areas from
which they will choose their second licensure area. The course will also meet
the new General Education requirements for first-year experiences.
In
addition, students will be required to submit evidence (a copy of their test
scores) of taking a state-designated certification test in their academic
content field.
New Licensure Areas and related
courses:
The licensure in special education
is requires students to obtain either a minor in Disabilities Studies or a
discipline area in science, math, social studies or English. Since many of these students will not teach
in the middle school, we are not insisting that they take the 30 credits of
content to be considered highly qualified.
They may choose a Disabilities Studies minor. However, the discipline area option will
easily enable them to reach 30 credits of content in order to be deemed highly
qualified to teach middle school.
We have added new middle school
licensure areas in middle school English, middle school Mathematics, middle
school Social Studies, and middle school Science. These new licensure areas were largely formed
out of the old discipline areas by adding a course or two. Each of the middle
school licensure areas include 30 credits of content courses, one middle school
curriculum and instruction course, and one 8-week student teaching placement in
a middle school. We already have middle school teaching courses in
reading/writing, science, and mathematics.
We have approved a new course in
Middle School Social Studies Curriculum (EDUC 348) to address the needs in that
area. We have also worked with the
relevant Arts and Sciences Departments to develop a set of requirements that
will provide students with a comprehensive understanding of economics,
political science, history, and geography.
In the case of Mathematics, however, there were no other
suitable courses available for aspiring middle school teachers, thus the
Mathematics Department has worked with us to create a new course to meet the
needs of a middle school mathematics teacher (MATH 217 Algebra for Middle
School Teachers). As a set of courses,
we should be able also to meet the accreditation standards of the National
Council for Teachers of Mathematics.
Similarly, for middle
school English we need to meet accreditation requirements for the National
Council of Teacher of English. To
achieve this, and to meet what we believe are the needs of our students, ENGL
has approved a new course, ENGL359: Grammar and Usage. Students will learn patterns and structures
of language use, with an emphasis on correctness. Covers
grammar, punctuation, mechanics, and style. The additional requirements provide students
with a broad understanding of literacy with a focus on some forms of literacy
that are particularly relevant to teaching in the middle school, e,g, EDUC/ENGL 403 Adolescent Literature.
Options no longer available:
Bilingual Education and English as a
Second Language are no longer available to ETE majors because it is not
possible to fulfill these requirements AND meet the requirements to be highly
qualified. We have a very active and
growing masters degree program in English as a Second Language that is able to
support ESL programs in
Changes in Student Teaching:
Student teaching has required two
nine-week placements: one in a K-4 classroom and one in a 5-8
classroom. The new program
requires one student teaching placement in a K-6 classroom and another in the
ETE majors second licensure area. For
example, if s/he has selected middle school science as the second licensure
area, s/he would student teach in a middle school science classroom. We will also shorten the placement from two
nine-week placements to two eight-week placements in order to make student
teaching come closer to fitting in an academic semester. As it currently stands, ETE majors student teaching in the Fall have to return after
graduation and the New Year in order to complete their final week of student
teaching. This is not time well spent on
anyones part. Credit hours were reduced
to reflect the reduced number of weeks in the student teaching classroom.
b.
Summary of program:
Old Program Credits New Program Credits
|
University Requirement |
University Requirement |
|
ENGL 110 Critical |
Unchanged
..3 |
|
General Studies Requirements |
General Studies Requirements |
|
GEOL 113 Earth
Science
.
..4 SCEN 102 Physical
Science
.
..4 BISC 104 General Biology
Or BISC 207 Introductory Biology 1
4 |
Unchanged
..4 Unchanged
..4 Unchanged
..4 |
|
MATH 251 Mathematics for
Elementary School I
.3 MATH 252 Mathematics for
Elementary School II
3 MATH 253 Mathematics for
Elementary School III ..3 |
Math 251:
Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Number & Operations
..3 Math 252: Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Rational Numbers & Probability . ..3 Math 253: Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Geometry,
Algebra & Measurement
...3 |
|
HIST 103 World History to 1648 Or HIST 104 World History 1648 to
present
..3 HIST 205 United States History Or HIST 206 United States
History
.3 |
HIST 103 World History to 1648 Or HIST 104 World History 1648 to
present Or HIST 205 United States History Or HIST 206 United States
History
..3 |
|
|
POSC 150 American Political system OR HEPP 102/ECON102/POSC102 Civics
and Economics for Teachers
..
.3 |
|
|
ECON 100 Economic Issues and
Policies OR ECON 151 Introduction to
Microeconomics OR HEPP102/ECON102/POSC102 Civics
and Economics for Teachers
.
....3 |
|
One of the following Geography
courses
..
3 GEOG 102 Human Geography GEOG 120 World Regional Geography GEOG 203 Introduction to Cultural
Geography GEOG 210 Economic Geography |
Unchanged
..3 |
|
LING 101 Introduction to
Linguistics
3 Or ENGL 390 English Linguistics |
LING 101 Introduction to
Linguistics
..3 |
|
One of the following Literature
courses
..3 ENGL 207 Introduction to Poetry ENGL 208 Introduction to Drama ENGL 209 Introduction to the Novel ENGL 210 Short Story |
One of the following Literature
courses
..3 ENGL 200 Approaches to Literature ENGL 204 American Literature ENGL 207 Introduction to Poetry ENGL 208 Introduction to Drama ENGL 209 Introduction to the Novel ENGL 210 Short Story |
|
Art, Art History, Music Education
or Theatre
6 |
Reduced
..
3 |
|
Total General
Studies
..45 |
Unchanged
.45 |
|
Fifteen credit hours of study from
one of the following discipline areas: English, general science, mathematics,
social studies, foreign languages or language studies. A list of the specific courses that
comprise each of these areas is available in the |
Delete |
|
|
EDUC 100 Introduction to
Elementary and Middle School Education (satisfies General Education
requirement. Honors colloquium, Pathways course, or LIFE cluster may be
substituted)
.1 |
|
EDUC 202 Human Development I:
Grades K-4
..3 |
Replace with EDUC 205 Human
Development: Grades K-8
..3 |
|
EDUC 203 Human Development II:
Grades 5-8
3 |
Delete |
|
EDUC 210 Introduction to
Literature and Literacy Learning,,3 |
EDUC 210 Beginning Literacy
Instruction
3 |
|
EDUC 230 Introduction to Exceptional
Children
..3 |
Unchanged
..3 |
|
EDUC 240 Professional Issues:
Philosophical and Legal Perspective or EDUC 247 Professional Issues:
Historical Perspectives
.3 |
Unchanged
..3 |
|
EDUC 258 Cultural Diversity,
Schooling and the Teacher
3 |
EDUC 258 Cultural Diversity,
Schooling and the Teacher Or EDUC 259 Cultural Diversity in
Community Contexts
..
3 |
|
EDUC 286 Educational Technology:
Professional Tools
.1 |
Unchanged
1 |
|
EDUC 308 Curriculum for the
Primary and middle grades
2 |
Delete |
|
EDUC 310 Reading and writing in
the primary grades
..3 |
EDUC 310 |
|
EDUC 320 Reading and writing in
the middle grades
..
.3 |
delete |
|
EDUC 335 Elementary Curriculum:
Mathematics
3 |
Unchanged
.3 |
|
EDUC 341 Elementary Curriculum:
Science
3 |
Unchanged
.3 |
|
EDUC 346 Elementary Curriculum:
Social Studies
.3 |
Unchanged
3 |
|
EDUC 386 Educational Technology:
Literacy and Language Arts Lab
.1 |
Replace with EDUC 387 Integrating
Technology in Education
.2 |
|
EDUC 390 Instructional Strategies
and Reflective Practice..3 |
EDUC 390 Building Communities of
Learners
.
3 |
|
EDUC 400 Student
Teaching
12 |
EDUC 400 Student Teaching
(K-6)
. 5 |
|
EDUC 433 Non-school factors
affecting learning in the classroom
2 |
Unchanged
..2 |
|
EDUC 436 Literacy Problems:
Assessment and instruction..3 |
EDUC 436 LITERACY PROBLEMS:
Assessment and Instruction OR EDUC 437 Diagnosis and
Instruction: Literacy*
.3 |
|
EDUC 451 Educational Assessment
for Classroom Teachers..3 |
Unchanged
3 |
|
EDUC 486 Educational Technology:
Science, social studies and math lab
.1 |
Delete |
|
Total credit hours for
professional courses
..61 |
Total credit hours for
professional courses
..47 |
|
Total credits
124 |
Total credits for
K-6
.92 |
*Those seeking Special Education
Licensure take EDUC 437.
For students seeking licensure in
Special Education, the following courses are added to the core:
Old program credits New program credits
|
EDUC 410 Assistive
Technology
1 |
Unchanged
..
..1 |
|
EDUC 431 Applied Behavior
Analysis
.3 |
Unchanged
.
3 |
|
EDUC 432 Curriculum for
School-aged Exceptional children
..3 |
Unchanged
.
3 |
|
EDUC 435 Educational Evaluation
for exceptional Children
3 |
Unchanged
.
3 |
|
|
EDUC 400 Student teaching: Special
Education
..5 |
|
|
In addition, students will be
required to complete the Disabilities Studies Minor (15 credits) or a
discipline area in science, mathematics, social studies, or English (15-21
credits). See list of courses in 120
Willard, the Office of Undergraduate Services
..
...15-21 |
|
Total credit hours for K-8 with
special education
134 |
Total credit hours for K-6 with
special education
.
122-128 |
For licensure in Middle School
English, in addition to the nine credits taken for K-6 licensure, students will
take the following 21 credits of English for a total of 30 credits in English
as well as a middle school reading/writing course and student teaching.
ENGL359:
Grammar and Usage 3
EDUC 403/ENGL 403 Literature for Adolescents 3
Students
must choose one course in media.
Students must take at least 2 courses at the 300 level or higher in
literature or linguistics and one writing course (in addition to ENGL110). See
list of courses in 120 Willard, the Office of Undergraduate Services 12
ENGL
or LING elective 3
EDUC 320 Reading and writing in the
middle grades 3
EDUC 400 Student Teaching: Middle
School English 5
The total credits required for
K-6/middle school English licensure are 121.
For licensure in Middle School
Mathematics, in addition to the nine credits taken for K-6 licensure, students
will take the following 21 credits of Mathematics for a total of 30 credits in
Mathematics as well as a middle school mathematics teaching course and student
teaching.
MATH 221 Calculus
I
OR
MATH 241 Analytic Geometry and Calculus A 3-4
MATH 222 Calculus
II
OR MATH 242
Analytic Geometry and Calculus B 3-4
MATH 210 Discrete Mathematics 3
MATH 230 Finite Math with
Applications 3
STAT 200 Basic Statistical Practice 3
or MATH 201
Introduction to Statistical Methods I
MATH 240 Geometry and Measurement
for Middle School Teachers 3
MATH 217 Algebra for Middle School
Teachers 3
EDUC 336 Middle School Mathematics
Curriculum and Methods 3
EDUC 400 Student Teaching: Middle
School Math 5
The total credits required for
K-6/middle school Mathematics licensure are 121-123
Middle School Science
For licensure in Middle School
Science, in addition to the twelve credits taken for K-6 licensure, students
will take 18 credits of science courses for a total of 30 credits in Science,
as well as a middle school science teaching course and student teaching. Of the
18 credits, students must take the following: 6 credits in biology, 6 credits
in physical science, 3 credits in earth science, 3
credits in environmental science. A list of approved courses can be obtained
from the advisor.
EDUC 443 Teaching Science in Middle
School 3
EDUC 400 Student teaching: Middle
School Science 5
Elective 3
The total credits required for
K-6/middle school Science licensure are 121.
Middle School Social Studies
US History (HIST 205 or HIST 206) or
World History (HIST 103 or HIST 104) whichever was not taken to fulfill
general studies requirements
3
POSC 240 Introduction
to International Relations
Or
POSC 270 Comparative Politics
.3
Additional courses are required from
all four Social Studies areas (History, Geography, Political Science, and
Economics) to reach 30 credit hours. In
addition, two of the courses must be taken at a 300 level or higher. See Office of Undergraduate Studies for
course recommendations.
EDUC
348 Investigating Social Studies in Middle
School Communities
.
..3
EDUC 400 Student
Teaching: Middle School Social Studies
5
Elective 3
The
total credits required for K-6/middle school Social Studies licensure are 121.
AUTHORIZED
DEGREE TITLES
Please check
the appropriate degree:
( ) Bachelor
of Applied Science
( ) Bachelor
of Arts
( ) Bachelor
of Arts in Educational Studies
( ) Bachelor
of Arts in Liberal Studies
( ) Bachelor
of Chemical Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Civil Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Computer Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Electrical Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Environmental Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Fine Arts
( ) Bachelor
of Liberal Studies
( ) Bachelor
of Mechanical Engineering
( ) Bachelor
of Music
( ) Bachelor
of Science
( ) Bachelor
of Science in Accounting
( ) Bachelor
of Science in Agriculture
( ) Bachelor
of Science in Business Administration
( X ) Bachelor
of Science in Education
( ) Bachelor
of Science in Nursing
( ) Master of Applied
Sciences
( ) Master
of Arts
( ) Master
of Arts in Liberal Studies
( ) Master
of Business Administration
( ) Master
of Chemical Engineering
( ) Master
of Civil Engineering
( ) Master
of Education
( ) Master
of Electrical Engineering
( ) Master
of Environmental and Energy Policy
( ) Master
of Fine Arts
( ) Master
of Instruction
( ) Master
of Marine Policy
( ) Master
of Materials Science and Engineering
( ) Master
of Mechanical Engineering
( ) Master
of Music
( ) Master
of Physical Therapy
( ) Master
of Public Administration
( ) Master
of Science
( ) Master
of Science in
Nursing
( ) Doctor
of Education
( ) Doctor
of Philosophy
This document will be retained permanently
in the Faculty Senate Office.
Revised