Education: Adolescent/Young Adult

Degree Awarded:  Bachelor of Arts

For students interested in working with children grades 7 -12, the Adolescent / Young Adult major could be the one for you. The Adolescent / Young Adult major provides students with opportunities to develop professional knowledge, skills and dispositions through readings, observations, as well as group projects while on campus and in classrooms within the area. All students take courses in technology applications, philosophical and historical foundations of education, assessment of student performance and issues of diversity in the classroom. Students develop competency in their teaching style through clinical experiences in classrooms within the areas. So, whatever your choice, the challenges helping the next generation are richly rewarding.

Teacher candidates who wish to teach in adolescent/young adult (AYA) will pursue a Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Adolescent/Young Adult Education. AYA teacher candidates are required to earn one area of concentration. The four areas from which teacher candidates may select their concentrations are math, social studies, life science and reading/language arts. At Lake Erie College, each concentration is a minimum of 40 semester hours of coursework. Those teacher candidates successfully completing the program will receive a license to teach children in grades 7-12 or ages 12-18.

Requirements for this Major:

42 semester credits including:

Education Core (14 SH)

• EDC 201 Foundations of Education (3 SH)
• EDC 225 Voices of Diversity (2 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)

Teaching of Reading Core (3 SH)

• EDP 316 Reading in the Content Area (3 SH)

AYA Core (9 SH)

• EDA 331 Planning for Instruction (3 SH)
• EDA 401 Content Specific Methods (3 SH)
• EDP 310 The Pre-Adolescent/Adolescent Learner (3 SH)

Field Experience (4 SH)

• EDA 312 Adolescent/Young Adult Field Experience I (2 SH)
• EDA 412 Adolescent/Young Adult Field Experience II (2 SH)

Student Teaching for Licensure (12 SH)

• EDA 440-42 Student Teaching: Adolescent/Young Adult (9 SH)
• EDA 443 Seminar and Project for Adolescent/Young Adult (3 SH)

Concentration (choose one):

Integrated Language Arts

50 semester credits including:

• CM 105 Fundamentals of Public Speaking (2 SH)
• CM 241 Mass Media (4 SH)
• EN 101 Principles of Composition and Research (4 SH)
• EN 140 Principles of Critical Analysis (4 SH)
• EN 201 Advanced College Writing (4 SH)
• EN 220 Major British Writers (4 SH)
• EN 221 Major American Writers (4 SH)
• EN 305 Composition Theory (4 SH)
• EN 306 Linguistics (4 SH)
• EN 310 Journalistic Essay (4 SH)
• EN 342 Studies in Shakespeare (4 SH)
• EN 343 Studies in World Literature (4 SH)

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

Integrated Mathematics

41 semester credits including:

• MT 207 Probability and Statistics (4 SH)
• MT 209 Discrete Mathematics (4 SH)
• MT 210 Calculus and Analytical Geometry I (5 SH)
• MT 211 Calculus and Analytical Geometry II (4 SH)
• MT 213 Calculus and Analytical Geometry III (4 SH)
• MT 300 Modern Geometry and Logic (4 SH)
• MT 303 The History of Mathematics (4 SH)
• MT 311 Intermediate Analysis I (4 SH)
• MT 323 Modern Linear Algebra (4 SH)
• MT 324 Modern Abstract Algebra (4 SH)

Integrated Social Studies

48 semester credits including:

• EC 200 Principles of Economics (4 SH)
• HI 105 American History I: Colonial Times to 1877 (4 SH)
• HI 106 American History II: 1877 to the Present (4 SH)
• PO 110 American National Government (4 SH)
• PO 205 State and Local Government (4 SH)
• PO 212 Comparative Politics (4 SH)
• SO 111 Introduction to Sociology (4 SH)

And eight semester credits from the following:

• HI 120 World History I: Antiquity to 1400 (4 SH)
• HI 121 World History II: 1400 to 1815 (4 SH)
• HI 122 World History III: 1815 to the Present (4 SH)

And four semester credits from the following:

• GE 101 Introduction to Geography (4 SH)
• GE 200 World Geography (4 SH)

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

Life Science

52 semester credits including:

• BI 101 Introductory 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 203 Cell and Molecular Biology (3 SH)
• BI 203L Cell and Molecular Biology Lab (1 SH)
• BI 212 Zoology (3 SH)
• BI 212L Zoology Lab (1 SH)
• BI 301 Genetics (3 SH)
• BI 301L Genetics Lab (1 SH)
• BI 319 Ecology & Conservation Biology (3 SH)
• BI 330 Evolutionary Biology (3 SH)
• BI 490 Biology Senior Capstone (2 SH)
• CH 103 General Chemistry I (3 SH)
• CH 103L General Chemistry I Lab (1 SH)
• MT 109 Pre-Calculus I (4 SH)
• MT 207 Probability and Statistics (4 SH)
• PC 201 General Physics I (3 SH)
• PC 201L General Physics I Lab (1 SH)
• PC 220 Physical Geology (3 SH)
• PC 220L Physical Geology Lab (1 SH)