Education

Kerry Bostwick, Jill Heinrich, Meg Jacobs, Kate Kauper (chair), and Cindy Postler

Cornell College offers a major in Elementary Education and coursework for students seeking teaching certification in grades K-6, K-12, or 5-12. Students must apply to the Teacher Education Program for admission to any of the certification tracks. Applications are due December 1 or May 1 of the sophomore year or August 1 of their junior year. Students seeking admission to the Teacher Education Program in their junior year must have special permission from the chair of the Education Department.

The following conditions must be met before students will be considered for admission:

1. File a Declaration of Major form with the Registrar (including certification track if applicable: K-12 or 5-12)
2. Complete EDU 215  and at least one additional 200-level Education course (EDU 205 , EDU 230 , EDU 240 )
3. Have a cumulative GPA of 2.5 or higher by the admission deadline
4. Have one positive reference from a faculty member outside the Education Department (submitted via online form by the recommending professor)
5. Successfully complete the C-BASE or Praxis Core Pre-Professional Skills Test by the admission deadline.

Please see the Education Department’s website for additional admission requirements: http://www.cornellcollege.edu/education/index.shtml

Departments

• Elementary Education, B.A.

• English/Language Arts Secondary Certification (Grades 5-12)
• Foreign Language Secondary Certification (Grades 5-12)
• Mathematics Secondary Certification (Grades 5-12)
• Science Secondary Certification (Grades 5-12)
• Social Studies Secondary Certification (Grades 5-12)

Courses

• EDU 205 - Historical Foundations of Education (1)
• EDU 215 - Educational Psychology (1)
• EDU 216 - Education Policy and Practice (1)
• EDU 230 - Exceptional Learner (1)
• EDU 240 - Education and Culture (1)
• EDU 270 - Comparative Education in Belize (1)
• EDU 280 - Internship (1)
• EDU 290 - Independent Study (1)
• EDU 296 - Original Project (1)
• EDU 301 - Secondary Curriculum and Instruction (1)
• EDU 302 - Secondary English Methods (1)
• EDU 303 - Secondary Art Methods (1)
• EDU 304 - Secondary Foreign Language Methods (1)
• EDU 305 - Secondary Math Methods (1)
• EDU 306 - Secondary Social Studies Methods (1)
• EDU 307 - Secondary Science Methods (1)
• EDU 314 - Methods of Elementary Mathematics (1)
• EDU 317 - Methods of Elementary Science and Social Studies (1)
• EDU 318 - Methods of Elementary Language Arts and Reading (1)
• EDU 319 - Children’s Literature (1)
• EDU 328 - Secondary Literacy, Pedagogy, and Management Theory (1)
• EDU 380 - Internship (1)
• EDU 390 - Independent Study (1)
• EDU 396 - Original Project (1)
• EDU 410 - Student Teaching I (1)
• EDU 420 - Student Teaching II (1)
• EDU 430 - Student Teaching III (1)
• EDU 440 - Student Teaching IV (1)
• EDU 483 - Senior Seminar (1)
• EDU 490 - Independent Study (1)
• EDU 496 - Original Project (1)
• INT 220 - Interdisciplinary Theory and Practice for the Elementary Classroom (1)
• INT 330 - Intermediate Methods of Reading and Language Arts (1)