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Undergraduate Programs

Departments	Majors/Programs
Curriculum and Instruction (CI)	Early Chilhood: [Preschool Primary] and [Child and Family Services] Elementary Education Social Science Education (History)
Educational Psychology and Special Education (EPSE)	Learning Behavior Specialist I Learning Behavior Specialist I and Elementary Education (dual certification)
Health Education and Recreation (HER)	School Health Community Health Leisure Services Management Therapeutic Recreation
Kinesiology (KIN)	Exercise Science Sport Administration Physical Education Teaching
Rehabilitation Institute (RI)	Communication Disorders and Sciences Rehabilitation Services
School of Social Work (SSW)	Social Work
Workforce Education and Development (WED)	Business , Marketing and Computer Education Educational Training and Development Specialist Family and Consumer Sciences Health Careers Technology Education
Teacher Education Majors/Programs: [All programs within this major/programs require Secondary Education certification in teaching.] * in conjunction with the College of Agriculture ** in conjunction with the College of Liberal Arts *** in conjunction with the College of Science	*Agriculture Education **Art Education ***Biological Science **English Teacher Education **Foreign Language Education (K-12) **History Education ***Mathematics School Health Education Social Science Education

Agriculture Education:

Art Education:

The Program in Art Education serves 60+ undergraduate pre-service art teachers with coursework in theories and philosophies of art education, elementary and secondary school art methods, curriculum and assessment, and research methods. Our Saturday Young Artists Workshop taught by majors, is now in its sixth year and serves regional youngsters and adolescents. Department emphases include art for students with disabilities, urban teaching, and aesthetic learning. Please make use of and enjoy our website link.

Biological Science:

An interdisciplinary degree in Biological Sciences. Impressive resources offered to biology students at SIUC include diverse courses, a highly skilled and productive faculty, and modern physical facilities and equipment.

The biological sciences major at SIUC is a broad-based interdisciplinary program involving the faculty and resources of our departments of Microbiology, Physiology, Plant Biology (Botany), and Zoology.

Business, Marketing and Computer Education (WED):

A Business, Marketing, and Computer Education degree prepares you to teach business and computer courses. You will be qualified to teach courses in accounting, basic business, business law, computer concepts and applications, information processing, marketing, personal finance, etc. You may also choose to teach at a community college, business school, or in industry. In addition to being certified to teach, you will possess the skills to meet daily challenges presented by a technological business environment.

Community Health Education (HER):

For those planning to conduct health education and health promotion activities in non-classroom settings. (Specialization)

Communication Disorders and Sciences (RI):

This program specializes in the area of speech-language pathology. Speech-language pathologists are professionals educated in the study of human communication, its development, and its disorders. By evaluating the speech language, cognitive-communication, and swallowing skills of children and adults, the speech-language pathologist determines what communication problems exist and the best way to treat them. As a student in the CDS program. you would study normal communication as well as procedures for assessment and intervention of persons with communication disorders.

Early Childhood (CI):

Early Childhood focuses on the education and care of children from birth to eight years old and on the family as the primary influence on children. The standard Elementary Education degree, in contrast, focuses on children from five to thirteen years old. We offer two specializations in the Early Childhood major:

• the Preschool-Primary (birth to grade three) specialization is a teacher education program;
• the Child and Family Services specialization prepares you for careers working with children and their families in non-public school settings or in agencies which provide services to children and families.

Education, Training and Development Specialization (WED):

Is to prepare occupationally competent people in the areas of instruction and learning, HPI program development and management and supervision. Graduates would qualify for human performance improvement (HPI) positions in corporate, apprenticeship, proprietary, government, military, post-secondary and volunteer education and training organizations, as well as, community colleges and other post-secondary vocational-technical institutions.

ETD graduates are prepared as technical instructors; occupational analysts, curriculum designers, curriculum writers, personnel supervisors/managers and other HPI related positions.

Regular Curriculum Option: The totals represent the minimum number of semester hours required of an ETD student for graduation.

Capstone Curriculum Option: The totals represent the minimum number of semester hours required of each ETD Capstone student for graduation. As with the Regular option, the totals represent the minimum number of semester hours required of an ETD Capstone student for graduation.

Elementary Education (CI):

Four parts:
1. University Core Curriculum courses required of all students pursuing a bachelor's degree at SIUC, will provide you with a sound background of content knowledge for your teaching career. You will also find that certain core curriculum courses are required for teacher certification.

2. Teacher Education Program (TEP), is a professional education sequence that culminates in a semester of student teaching. TEP includes a course on classroom management and discipline that will place you in an elementary school classroom for fifteen weeks to observe and practice the skills you are learning in the classroom. This is a particularly helpful component of the program, since many students report they have some reservations about their ability to handle classroom discipline.

3. A group of required and elective courses in your professional field of elementary education, will prepare you with the specific knowledge and methods to help you become a competent teacher. You will take at least one teaching methods course in each of the subjects in which an elementary teacher is expected to be proficient: reading, language arts, mathematics, science, and social sciences.

4. Evaluations will take place throughout your professional education, consists of observed and real experiences with children. Through films, videotapes, and a minimum of 100 clock hours of preparatory experiences with children, you will enter your student teaching semester with a solid background that will give you skill and confidence in your ability to teach. Your student teaching semester will be supervised by an experienced classroom teacher and by a mentor from the University faculty who will provide instructional support and feedback, enabling you to become a successful self-evaluator.

Graduates of the Elementary Education program are certified by the state of Illinois to teach grades K through 9 in public and private settings throughout the United States and in some foreign countries. Elementary Education majors are prepared to accept jobs in self-contained classrooms at the elementary level. Recent predictions have indicated that there may be a shortage of elementary teachers in just a few years. Preparation for teaching positions in departmentalized middle grades (5-9) classrooms now require a major (32 hours) or the passing of a content area test in one's teaching field, in addition to two required middle school courses.

English Teacher Education:

Exercise Science (KIN):

This program is designed for students who wish to direct physical fitness programs in private, industrial and public settings.  Preparation in this program enables the graduate to assess components of adult fitness, design individual exercise programs for the development and maintenance of physical fitness, and manage a physical fitness program.  Graduates will have the foundation for continued study at the graduate level.

Family and Consumer Science Education (WED):

Family and Consumer Sciences degrees prepare you to strengthen lives of individuals and families through their life span. FCS teachers are competent in the foundational knowledge of family relationships, parenting-interpersonal relationships, consumer and resource management, and human/child development. In addition, the areas of nutrition and wellness, apparel and textiles, and living environments are included.

Foreign Language

• French
• Spanish
• German

Health Careers (WED):

The focus of the health careers (health occupations) teacher education program is to prepare teachers who will design curriculum and deliver instruction in a comprehensive high school or area career center health occupations program. The nursing sequence is the most common program at the secondary level. In this program, health occupations teachers develop students to successfully demonstrate required skills and knowledge to sit for the state administered exam to become certified nurse assistants (CNA). This same model is used in other health career disciplines teaching the skills specific to their discipline.

History Education:

Human Resources (WED):

Leisure Services Management (HER): (Specialization)

Math Education:

The Bachelor of Science program in the College of Education is designed to give a solid background for teaching high school mathematics. The choice of mathematics courses in this program can leave open the option of graduate study in mathematics or an alternate career in business or industry.

Physical Education Teacher Education (KIN):

The Physical Education Teacher Education Major consists of courses which are designed to meet the requirements of the Illinois State Department of Education and are, in most cases, transferable to meet requirements of other states. The laboratory and classroom experiences consist of basic and applied sciences, methods of teaching, and acquisition of physical skills, which include a variety of team and individual sports, exercise, and dance.

Minor in Coaching - Students selecting the Physical Education Teacher Education Major are encouraged to complete a minor in coaching. This addition to the preparation for teaching will enhance a graduate's employment opportunities. We also encourage students in other majors to enroll in the minor in coaching; you need not be enrolled in the Teacher Education Specialization to enroll in the Coaching Minor.

Recreation (HER):

The Department of Health Education and Recreation offers two specializations within the recreation major. These two specializations are therapeutic recreation and leisure services management. A careful selection of recommended electives can be used to build competencies in recreation administration, outdoor recreation, and commercial recreation. Students majoring in recreation should meet early in their college careers with a faculty member in the Department of Health Education and Recreation to identify their area of interest and recommended electives. Within the field of recreation, certifications may be required for employment in different interest areas and the faculty member will discuss these with interested students. All students are encouraged to obtain the American Red Cross First Aid Certificate. Students focusing on a therapeutic orientation should attempt to acquire either academic or practical experience related to physiological, psychological and sociological functioning and the concomitant effect of disability. As soon as possible, recreation majors will decide on one of the two specializations and elect courses for their area of specialization. A 2.25 grade point average is required for admission into the undergraduate recreation program. A "C" or better grade is required for all major courses in the undergraduate recreation program.

Rehabilitation Services (RI):

Rehabilitation Services prepares students to work with people with disabilities in a variety of settings a wide range of positions. Students will learn the knowledge and the skills necessary to assist individuals with disabilities to obtain and maintain meaningful employment, to live as independently as possible, to participate to the fullest extent possible in their communities, and to assume control of their lives.

Students who graduate from the undergraduate program in Rehabilitation Services are well prepared to work in rehabilitation or pursue a master's degree in rehabilitation or a related field. Employment can be found in community-based rehabilitation programs, mental health and mental retardation programs, independent living centers, aging programs, and alcohol and substance abuse programs among others. Job titles may include:

• Developmental Training Coordinator
  
• Independent Living Specialist
  
• Employment Specialist
• Habilitation Program Coordinator
  
• Rehabilitation Coordinator
  
• Substance Abuse Technician
  
• Community-Based Training Instructor
  
• Case Manager
  
• Job Placement Specialist
  
• Work Adjustment Specialist
  
• Residential Service Director
  
• Job Coach Supervisor

School Health Education (HER): (Specialization)

For those planning to teach health education in the secondary schools.

Social Science Education (History) (CI):

A Bachelor of Science degree in Social Science Education is one of two ways that will prepare you to teach social sciences in middle school, junior high, and high school. The second option is a bachelors of science in history. Graduating with a Social Science Major will give you a designation in history recognized by Illinois State Board of Education. In addition to taking courses in a variety of the social sciences, you will be able to select an in-depth concentration in geography or political science. Before the student teaching semester, you will have many opportunities to observe and work with students in classrooms.

Social Work (SSW):

Social Work program at Southern Illinois University Carbondale is to prepare professional social workers who are capable of delivering social services to meet the human service needs within the area, state, and the Lower Mississippi River Delta region, especially the needs of the poor and the oppressed and disadvantaged populations. The goal of the Baccalaureate program is preparation of professionals with analytic and generalist practice skills and knowledge that enable them to engage in ethical, responsible, and self-critical social work practice in services systems. A central focus of the educational program is on generalist practice with individuals, families, groups, organizations, and communities in rural areas founded on family and community based practice models derived from social systems theory.

Special Education Program (EPSE):

The Special Education Program (EPSE) prepares educators to work with children and youth with disabilities to be academically and socially successful across their life span, and to have a positive and meaningful quality of life. The program is grounded in empirically-validate practices and blends classroom-based instructional methods with clinical experiences in a range of public school environments. Our students have on-going opportunities to interact and work with excellent faculty in areas of common interest, and may apply for undergraduate research assistantship. Students who complete our preparation program are sought after throughout the state of Illinois.

The Learning Behavior Specialist I prepares individuals to teach children and youth ages 3 to 21 who have been diagnosed with learning disabilities, emotional disturbance, mental retardation, autism, traumatic brain injury, and physical disability.

The dual certification program, incorporating the Learning Behavior Specialist I and Elementary Education, prepares individuals to teach special education, ages 3 to 21 or elementary school grades K-6.

Both of the certification programs have an additional option of adding an Early Childhood Special Education approval. This additional preparation prepares individuals to teach infants and toddlers with disabilities in early intervention programs.

Sport Administration (KIN):

This major is designed for students who are interested in working in various administrative areas in the realm of sport. Students are exposed to the economic, financial, legal, ethical, managerial, sociological, and psychological aspects of sport. Job opportunities exist at the professional, intercollegiate, interscholastic, community, and youth levels within the growing sport industry.

Technology Education (WED):

This program prepares students for technology education and industrial/technical teaching positions in grades 6-12 and at the community college level. Teachers prepared through this program instruct in comprehensive high schools or in one of the 25 area career centers in approved industrial/technical programs. The primary purpose of technology education in the comprehensive high school is to promote and develop technological literacy. Although the skills may differ according to the program emphasis, the Illinois Plan for Industrial Technology Education identifies these content areas: communication technology, production technology, transportation technology, and energy utilization technology. Some typically titled courses or programs in Illinois schools and career centers relating to technology education (industrial/technical) are:

• architectural drafting
  
• machine drafting
  
• graphic communications
  
• automotive technology
  
• auto body
  
• building trades/construction
  
• computer maintenance
  
• principles of technology
  
• electricity/electronics
  
• heating/air conditioning
  
• welding and fabrication

Therapeutic Recreation Program (HER):

Our undergraduate recreation program prepares students for a variety of positions in the field.  The program offers students the opportunity to specialize therapeutic recreation.

Many career options are open graduates of our recreation program.  These include positions in outdoor recreation in state parks or national forests; in commercial recreation, managing health clubs or resorts; in colleges or universities, managing recreation programs for students; and in communities providing recreation services for citizens of various ages.  Graduates with a therapeutic recreation specialty may practice in the community or clinical setting providing leisure activities to special populations such as senior citizens or individuals with disabilities.