Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 EIU Undergraduate Catalog

Licensure Programs Leading to Multiple Endorsements

Early Childhood Special Education/Early Childhood Education, Special Education/Elementary Education, and Special Education/Secondary Education

Early Childhood Special Education and Early Childhood Education

Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 167 semester hours

Special Education Majors desiring to add the Early Childhood (Illinois) endorsement may do so by supplementing the Early Childhood Special Education Option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.

Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:

Scientific Awareness/Science: Must complete a Physics or Chemistry Course, and a GEO course (may be Geology or Earth Science, but may not be Geography) in addition to the required Biological Science course.
Must complete History of Illinois, HIS 3810, in addition to the 6 s.h. required Social Sciences coursework.
Complete 8 s.h. student teaching in an inclusive Early Childhood setting
8 s.h. in Special Education, LBS I, with primary age learners.

Special Education and Elementary Education

Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 167 semester hours

Special Education majors desiring to add the Elementary (Illinois) endorsement may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.

Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:

MAT 1271 or MAT 3812 and MAT 2620 or MAT 2250G
Delete KSR 3000
Delete EDF 4550.
Add five (5) semester hours Scientific Awareness (1 must be Bio Science; 1 must be PHY or CHM; and 1 must be GEO—may be Geology or Earth Science, but may not be Geography)
Add HIS 3810 – History of Illinois. Credits: 3
Successfully complete the following courses:

ELE 3100 - Instructional Strategies for the Elementary Classroom. Credits: 4
ELE 3280 - Developmental Reading in the Elementary and Middle School. Credits: 3
ELE 3290 - Science in the Elementary and Middle School. Credits: 3
ELE 3340 - Social Studies for the Elementary and Middle School. Credits: 3
ELE 3350 - Language Arts in the Elementary and Middle Level School. Credits: 3
ELE 4100 - Assessing Student Learning: A Field-Based Experience. Credits: 3
ELE 4280 - Content Area Reading in the Elementary, Middle and Secondary School. Credits: 3
ELE 4880 - Diagnostic-Prescriptive Reading Instruction. Credits: 3
KSR 2400 - Introduction to Elementary School Physical Education. Credits: 2

Special Education and Secondary Education

Total Semester Hours Required for the Degree: 163 semester hours

Special Education majors desiring to add high school endorsement may do so by supplementing the Standard Special option with the aid of an academic advisor in the Department of Special Education.

Essentially this program may be accomplished as follows:

Delete PUBH/HPR 3000, KSR 3000, CDS 2200, ELE 2050 and EDF 4550.
Successfully complete 32 sem. hrs. in an Academic Area from the list of Academic Areas which follows: Art, Mathematics, Music Education, Spanish, Career and Technical Education: Business Education, Family and Consumer Sciences, or Technology Education.
Methods courses, while required for licensure, cannot be included in the 32 semester hours.
Successfully complete the following courses:

SED 3330 - Instructional Tasks in the Secondary School. Credits: 4
EDP 2330 - Educational Psychology/Foundations for Teachers. Credits: 3
SED 4330 - Literacy, Assessment, and Differentiation in Secondary Schools. Credits: 3

Academic Areas

(All Areas Must Total 32 Semester Hours) - Methods courses cannot be used to meet the 32 semester hour requirement.

Students must take a minimum of 12 semester hours of upper-division coursework (3000 or 4000 level) in the chosen academic area.

Art

(K-12 Endorsement)

Methods Courses:

ART 3410 - Art Education for Middle and Secondary Schools. Credits: 3
ART 3440 - Art for Teachers in the Elementary Grades. Credits: 2

AND

ART 1000 - Drawing I. Credits: 3
ART 1110 - Design Fundamentals 2D. Credits: 3
ART 2050 - Painting I. Credits: 3
ART 2100 - Sculpture I. Credits: 3
OR ART 2700
ART 2250 - Ceramics I. Credits: 3
ART 2700 - Jewelry and Metalsmithing I. Credits: 3
OR ART 2100

And electives from the following Art courses to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

ART 2100 - Sculpture I. Credits: 3
ART 2330G - Art Appreciation. Credits: 3
ART 2560 - Printmaking I. Credits: 3
ART 2601G - Art in the Pre-Modern Era. Credits: 3
ART 2700 - Jewelry and Metalsmithing I. Credits: 3
ART 3080 - Watercolor I. Credits: 3
ART 3340G - Multicultural Aesthetics. Credits: 3

Career and Technical Education

Business Education

(High School Endorsement)

Students are required to take the following:

AND

Electives from Business, Career and Technical Education, or Management Information Systems to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Family and Consumer Sciences

(High School Endorsement)

Methods Courses:

CTE 3403 - Methods of Teaching Middle and Secondary Level Family and Consumer Sciences Credits: 3

AND

NTR 1120 - Food Science. Credits: 3
NTR 1121 - Food Service Sanitation. Credits: 1
NTR 2100 - Personal Nutrition. Credits: 3
FMD 2234 - Apparel Construction. Credits: 3
FMD 2244 - Fashion & Fiber. Credits: 3
HSL 1800 - Human Development. Credits: 3
HSL 2300G - Personal and Family Financial Literacy. Credits: 3
HSL 4775 - Human Services Programs and Resource Management. Credits: 3
HSL 4845 - Family Stress and Resilience. Credits: 3
HTM 3784 - Commercial Quantity Food Production. Credits: 4

AND

Electives, if needed, from FMD, HSL, HTM, or NTR to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Technology Education

(High School Endorsement)

Methods Courses:

CTE 3404 - Methods of Teaching Middle- and Secondary-Level Technology Education. Credits: 3

AND

Nine semester hours in a single technical area
(see footnote **)

AND

DGT 1363 - Introduction to Graphics Technology. Credits: 3
EGT 1413 - Introduction to Engineering Technology. Credits: 3
EGT 2424 - Manufacturing and Fabrication Processes. Credits: 4

AND

Electives from CIT, CMG, DGT, and EGT in the School of Technology to total a minimum of 32 semester hours, to be chosen in consultation with an advisor in Technology Education.

Mathematics

(High School Endorsement)

Method Course:

MAT 3400 - Teaching Secondary Mathematics. Credits: 3

AND

MAT 1441G - Calculus and Analytic Geometry I. Credits: 5
MAT 2270 - Technology in Mathematics. Credits: 3
MAT 2442 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry II. Credits: 5
MAT 2443 - Calculus and Analytic Geometry III. Credits: 4
MAT 2550 - Introduction to Linear Algebra. Credits: 3
MAT 2800 - Foundations of Mathematics. Credits: 3
MAT 3271 - College Geometry I. Credits: 3
MAT 3530 - Abstract Algebra. Credits: 4
MAT 3701 - Probability and Statistics I. Credits: 3

AND

Electives from Mathematics above 3000, if needed to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.
(see footnote **)

Music Education

(K-12 Endorsement)

Total Semester Hours: 32

Theory and Aural Training

MUS 1501 - Comprehensive Musicianship I. Credits: 4
MUS 1502 - Comprehensive Musicianship II. Credits: 4
MUS 2501 - Comprehensive Musicianship III. Credits: 4

Music History

3 credits from:

MUS 3553G - Survey of Western Musical Masterworks. Credits: 3
MUS 3593G - Survey of Western Musical Masterworks, Honors. Credits: 3

AND

3 credits from:

MUS 3584 - Music History and Literature I. Credits: 3
MUS 3594 - Music History and Literature I, Honors. Credits: 3
MUS 3585 - Music History and Literature II. Credits: 3
MUS 3595 - Music History and Literature II, Honors. Credits: 3

Music Education Courses

MUS 2155 - Conducting I. Credits: 2
MUS 2440 - Introduction to Music Education. Credits: 1
MUS 2443 - Choral Methods. Credits: 1
MUS 3155 - Choral Conducting and Literature. Credits: 1
OR
MUS 3156 - Instrumental Conducting and Literature. Credits: 1

Methods Courses

Class Piano

2 credits from:

MUS 2203 - Functional Skills in Piano I. Credits: 1
MUS 2204 - Functional Skills in Piano II. Credits: 1

Ensembles

*Major ensemble (MUS 0200, 0201, 0211, 0230, or 0231)
(two semesters) Credits: 2

Applied Study

(MUS 1110-1163 and/or MUS 2210-2263)
(four semesters) Credits: 4

Recital Attendance

MUS 1103 - Recital Attendance. Credits: 0
(two semesters)

Electives

Electives from Music to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Spanish

(K-12 Endorsement)

Methods Courses:

WLE 3400 - Methods of Teaching Foreign Language. Credits: 3
WLS 3401 - Cadet Teaching. Credits: 1 to 3

AND

Electives from Spanish (WLS) to total a minimum of 32 semester hours
(See footnote ***)

Footnotes:

**Appropriate electives should be chosen in consultation with an advisor in the academic department.

***Student must consult with advisor in foreign languages to determine starting level and optional course work.

Licensure Programs Leading to Multiple Endorsements

Early Childhood Special Education and Early Childhood Education

Special Education and Elementary Education

Special Education and Secondary Education

Academic Areas

Art

Methods Courses:

AND

And electives from the following Art courses to total a minimum of 32 semester hours.

Career and Technical Education

Business Education

Students are required to take the following:

Methods Courses:

AND

AND

OR

AND

Family and Consumer Sciences

Methods Courses:

AND

AND

Technology Education

Methods Courses:

AND

AND

AND

Mathematics

Method Course:

AND

AND

Music Education

Theory and Aural Training

Music History

AND

Music Education Courses

Methods Courses

Class Piano

Ensembles

Applied Study

Recital Attendance

Electives

Spanish

Methods Courses:

AND

Footnotes: