1. School of Education and Professional Studies

Adolescent-Young Adult Education| Major

Professionalism, knowledge, collaboration, reflection, and a commitment to diversity and the development of all students.

Degree Awarded: Bachelor of Arts

Performance and Experience

Education programs are performance based with a focus on field and clinical experiences that provide teacher candidates with opportunities to develop into professional practitioners. Teacher candidates are expected to display dispositional behaviors that demonstrate a commitment to helping children grow and develop a love for learning.  Through a liberal arts foundation, teacher candidates acquire a broad based repertoire of knowledge, critical thinking skills and the dispositions they need to help their students to become lifelong learners.

General Requirements for Admission into Education

Teacher candidates entering all education programs must have a 2.7 GPA in CORE courses. Students are expected to earn a C or better in the following courses: College Algebra or Theory of Mathematics for Education I and II, General Psychology, Public Speaking and English.

Complete details about the educational programs can be found in the Teacher Education Handbook which is given to new students in EDC 201 Foundations of Education. Admission to and retention in the education programs are selective and subject to criteria spelled out in the handbook. Transfer students must meet with the Dean or an advisor to plan for admission to the program during their first semester on campus. All Education majors are required to maintain a 2.7 cumulative grade point average to graduate.

NOTE: Although student teaching is not a requirement for graduation, it is mandated for licensure in all areas. Because of the state requirements for licensure, Lake Erie College education students may sometimes complete more than the 120 minimum required credit hours.

Requirements for the Major

Students are required to complete 25 semester credits including:

Education Core (12 SH)

  • EDC 201 Foundations of Education (3 SH)

  • EDC 230 Educational Psychology (3 SH)

  • EDC 330 Introduction to Students with Exceptional Learning Needs (3 SH)

  • EDC 340 Educational Media and Technology (3 SH)

AYA Core (9 SH)

  • EDA 310 The Pre-Adolescent / Adolescent Learner (3 SH)

  • EDA 330 Adolescent Literature (3 SH)

  • EDA 316 Literacy in the Content Areas (3 SH)

Field Experience (6 SH)

  • EDC 312 Field Experience (1 SH)

  • EC 412 Field Experience II (1 SH)

  • EDC 440 Field Experience III (2 SH) (Dual Licensure only)

For Teaching Licensure Option (12 SH)

  • EDA 444 Student Teaching: Adolescent / Young Adult (12 SH)

AYA Concentration Areas

AYA teacher candidates are required to earn one area of concentration. The three areas from which teacher candidates may select their concentrations are math, social studies, and English language arts.

Integrated Social Studies Concentration

The AYA (Adolescent/Young Adult) licensure program prepares teachers for the 7th-12th grade classroom, specific to the teaching History, Civics, and Economics.

Requires 39-41 semester credits including:

  • EC 201 Principles of Macroeconomics (3 SH)

  • HI 105 American History I: Colonial Times to 1877 (3 SH)

  • HI 106 American History II: 1877 to the Present (3 SH)

  • PO 110 American National Government (3 SH)

  • PO 205 State and Local Government (3 SH)

  • PO 212 Comparative Politics (3 SH)

  • SO 111 Introduction to Sociology (3 SH)

  • PS101 Psychology (3 SH)

Including Social Studies Concentration Group 1, Six Semester Credits from the following:

  • HI 125 Modern World History (3 SH)

  • HI 132 Western Civilization I: Beginnings to 1400 (3 SH)

  • HI 138 Western Civilization II: 1400 to 1815 (3 SH)

Including Social Studies Concentration Group 2, Three Semester Credits from the following:

  • GE 101 Introduction to Geography (3 SH)

  • GE 200 World Geography (3 SH)

And two courses at the 300-level or above (6-8 SH) in the following disciplines: Economics (EC), History (HI), Political Science (PO) or Psychology (PS).

Language Arts Concentration 

The AYA (Adolescent/Young Adult) English Language Arts licensure program prepares teachers for 7th-12th grade classrooms, specific to the teaching of English.

This includes 39 Semester Credits Including

  • CM 105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (3 SH)

  • CM 241 Mass Media (3 SH)

  • EN 101 Principles of Composition and Research (3 SH)

  • EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis (3 SH)

  • EN 201 Advanced College Writing (3 SH)

  • EN 220 Major British Writers (3 SH)

  • EN 221 Major American Writers (3 SH)

  • EN 305 Composition Theory (3 SH)

  • EN 306 Linguistics (3 SH)

  • EN 210 Journalistic Essay (3 SH)

  • EN 342 Studies in Shakespeare (3 SH)

  • and one additional course at the 300-level or above in the English (EN) discipline

Integrated Mathematics 

The AYA (Adolescent/Young Adult) Integrated Mathematics licensure program prepares teachers for 7th-12th grade classrooms, specific to the teaching of mathematics.

Required 41 semester credits including

  • MT 207 Probability and Statistics (3 SH)

  • MT 209 Discrete Mathematics (3 SH)

  • MT 210 Calculus and Analytics Geometry I (5 SH)

  • MT 211 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II (4 SH)

  • MT 213 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III (4 SH)

  • MT 309 Differential Equations (3 SH)

  • MT 323 Modern Linear Algebra (4 SH)

  • MT 324 Modern Abstract Algebra (3SH)

  • MT 301 Modern Geometry (3 SH)

  • MT 330 Numerical Analysis (3 SH)

  • MT 208 Adv Math for Sec. Teachers (3 SH)

Choose one:

  • MT 207 Probability and Statistics (3 SH)

  • MT 335 Mathematical Modeling (3 SH)

Physical Science Chemistry

Required 55 semester credits including

  • CH 103 General Chemistry I (3 SH)

  • CH 103L General Chemistry I Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 104 General Chemistry II (3 SH)

  • CH 104L General Chemistry II Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 201 Quantitative Analysis (3 SH)

  • CH 211 Organic Chemistry I (3 SH)

  • CH 211L Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 211LL Organic Chemistry I Lab Lecture (1 SH)

  • CH 212 Organic Chemistry II (3 SH)

  • CH 212L Organic Chemistry II Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 212LL Organic Chemistry II Lab Lecture (1 SH)

  • CH 302 Biochemistry (3 SH)

  • CH 302L Biochemistry Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 333 Physical Chemistry (3 SH)

  • CH 333L Physical Chemistry Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 334 Physical Chemistry II (3 SH)

  • CH 334L Physical Chemistry II Lab (1 SH)

  • MT 110 Pre-Calculus II (3 SH)

  • MT 210 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I (5 SH)

  • MT 211 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II (4 SH)

  • PC 210 Calculus-Based Physics I (3 SH)

  • PC 210L Calculus-Based Physics I Lab (1 SH)

  • PC 211 Calculus-Based Physics II (3 SH)

  • PC 211L Calculus-Based Physics II Lab (1 SH)

  • SC 101 Methods of Science I (1 SH)

  • SC 102 Methods of Science II (1 SH)

Life Science

Required 49 semester credits including

  • BI 101Introductory Biology I (3 SH)

  • BI 101L Introductory Biology I Lab (1 SH)

  • BI 102 Introductory Biology II (3 SH)

  • BI 102L Introductory Biology II Lab (1 SH)

  • BI 201 Botany (3 SH)

  • BI 201L Botany Lab (1 SH)

  • BI 212 Zoology (3 SH)

  • BI 212L Zoology Lab (1 SH)

  • BI 330 Evolutionary Biology (3 SH)

  • CH 103 General Chemistry I (3 SH)

  • CH 103L General Chemistry I Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 104 General Chemistry II (3 SH)

  • CH 104L General Chemistry II Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 211 Organic Chemistry I (3 SH)

  • CH 211L Organic Chemistry I Lab (1 SH)

  • CH 211LL Organic Chemistry I Lab Lecture (1 SH)

  • CH 302 Biochemistry (3 SH)

  • CH 302L Biochemistry Lab (1 SH)

  • MT 110 Pre-Calculus II (3 SH)

  • PC 201 General Physics I (3 SH)

  • PC 201L General Physics I Lab (1 SH)

  • PC 202 General Physics II (3 SH)

  • PC 202L General Physics II Lab (1 SH)

  • SC 101 Methods of Science I (1 SH)

  • SC 102 Methods of Science II (1 SH)

Featured Course Descriptions

CourseReading in the Content Area

This course covers practical reading and study skill techniques for subject area teachers. Teacher candidates learn ways to assist students to read for different purposes. Topics such as readability formulas, directed reading activity, grouping in the classroom, vocabulary building, comprehension levels, questioning, following directions, rate of reading and study guides are covered. A review of the various reading programs significant for the preadolescent, adolescent and young adult student is included.

CoursePre-Adolescent/Adolescent Learner

This course is designed to provide the pre-service teacher with basic understanding of human development beginning in early childhood and focusing on the preadolescent and adolescent student. Teacher candidates will study the physical, social, emotional, intellectual, psychological and moral characteristics of the early adolescent within the framework of family and social context. Students will examine research findings on the psychological and social development of preadolescents/ adolescents and the impact on their learning and performance in school and in society.

CourseMethods

Students will work with a specialist who is a professional teacher in their content area and plan lessons, assessments, classroom organization materials, content standards and techniques for effective instruction and learning in each of the following separate areas: English/language arts, and integrated social studies.