Education & Secondary Education - IAI Major Course Recommendations
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Education & Secondary Education IAI Major
Education and Secondary Education Course Recommendations (6-8 semester credits)
- ESE 901 - Introduction to Education (3-4 Semester Credits)
- ESE 902 - The Exceptional Learner (3-4 Semester Credits)
Education & Secondary Education IAI GECC Recommendations (Minimum 37 semester credits)
These are the specific courses in the Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum (IAI GECC) that should be taken for this major.
Students should identify their intended endorsement area(s) as early as possible and work closely with an academic advisor when selecting coursework. Regular consultation with an advisor is essential to ensure that program, transfer, and licensure requirements are met.
Communication: 3 courses (9 semester credits)
- Select a two-course sequence in writing (6 semester credits) with a grade of "C" or better and,
- Select 1 course in oral communication (3 semester credits).
Mathematics: 1 course (3 semester credits)
Physical and Life Sciences: 2 courses (7-8 semester credits)
- Select 1 course from Physical Sciences.
- Select 1 course from Life Sciences.
- Select at least 1 laboratory course.
Humanities and Fine Arts: 3 courses (9 semester credits)
- Select 1 course from Humanities.
- Select 1 course from Fine Arts and,
- Select 1 from either Humanities or Fine Arts. - Courses can be taken from the same identifier as long as the course outcomes are different.
Students should identify their intended endorsement area(s) as early as possible and work closely with an academic advisor when selecting coursework. Regular consultation with an advisor is essential to ensure that program, transfer, and licensure requirements are met.
Social and Behavioral Sciences: 3 courses (9 semester credits)
Select 3 courses from at least 2 different disciplines (for example, take no more than 2 courses from any discipline, such as psychology).
Students should identify their intended endorsement area(s) as early as possible and work closely with an academic advisor when selecting coursework. Regular consultation with an advisor is essential to ensure that program, transfer, and licensure requirements are met.
Courses can be taken from the same identifier as long as the course outcomes are different.
Check the worksheet to see what courses you can take to fulfill your general education requirements The worksheet allows you to see what courses to take to fulfill the IAI Gen. Ed. package (Illinois Transferable General Education Core Curriculum) at any participating college or university in the State. You will find it helpful to use the major recommended general education courses shown above. You may want to print or copy a hard copy of this page.
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