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Oct 14, 2024
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Goucher College 2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalogue PLEASE NOTE: This is an archived catalog. Programs are subject to change each academic year.
Education Studies Major
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39 or more credits, most options 39-43 credits.
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Required courses for Education Studies major:
Education Studies Thematic Core
Students can select one of 3 options for a Thematic Core: Teaching and Learning (pathway to 4+1 Master of Arts in Teaching program), minor in a complimentary discipline, or Student Designed Thematic Core. Students MUST select one of these thematic cores.
Teaching and Learning (pathway to 4+1 MAT program)(16 credits):
- 12 credits of graduate level education courses selected in consultation with graduate advisor. (note: currently students are allowed to take up to 12 graduate credits that also count toward their undergraduate degree.)
- US History course (4)
- MAT prerequisite courses are strongly recommended (these courses are required for Maryland State Teacher Certification in Elementary Education through the graduate program. Strongly recommend students complete these as undergraduates):
- Literature
- English Composition (can be WRT 181 )
- Art and/or music (totaling 3 or more credits)
- History (100- or 200-level)(note: 1 history course can double-count for US History course requirement for major)
- History (200-level)
- Social Science (one course taken from one of the following programs: Sociology and Anthropology; Political Science and International Relations; Economics; Women, Gender, and Sexuality Studies)
- Natural science (three courses other than psychology or cognitive science; one course must be a four-credit laboratory course)
- Math (three courses if placed at the L level: MA 110 , MA 113 , and a DA-foundational course; students placing at the M level must complete a DA-foundational course; students placing at the H or H+ level must fulfill the college DA requirement)
Minor (18-26+ credits depending on minor):
Students can select a minor in a field of disciplinary interest to complement education studies. Note: if the minor does not require 8 credits at the 300- and/or 400-level, students will have to complete one additional 4-credit 300- or 400-level course.
Student Designed Thematic Core (12-16 credits):
Students can collaborate with their EDS academic advisor to design a thematic core around which to build their course of study. The core must include at least 4 courses related to the selected theme, preferably in the same department. At least 8 credits must be at the 300-level or higher.
- Example thematic cores:
- Thematic Core in Education Policy
- Thematic Core in Psychology of Education
- Thematic Core in Environmental Studies
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