2018-2019 Undergraduate Catalog

Political Science, B.A.: Teacher Certification Option

Students choosing this option must make a formal application for admission to the IEL Department. Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met.

General Education and Additional Liberal Arts Requirements 47

A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Requirements courses.

Foundation Requirements 13

See prerequisites and equivalencies.

GE 1000TRANSITION TO KEAN

1

OR

GE 3000TRANSFER TRANSITIONS

1

 

ENG 1030COLLEGE COMPOSITION

3

MATH 1016STATISTICS

3

COMM 1402COMMUNICATION AS CRITICAL CITIZENSHIP

3

GE 2023RESEARCH AND TECHNOLOGY

3

GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).

ENG 1030, COMM 1402: Require grade of C or better.

Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements

Humanities 9

ENG 2403WORLD LITERATURE

3

Select two courses from different areas:
Fine Arts or Art History

3

Foreign Languages

3

Music or Theatre

3

Philosophy or Religion

3

Interdisciplinary

3

Social Sciences 9

HIST 1062WORLDS OF HISTORY: TRADITIONS AND ENCOUNTERS

3

 

SOC 1000INTRODUCTION TO SOCIOLOGY

3

OR

ANTH 1800CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY

3

 

PSY 1000GENERAL PSYCHOLOGY

3

Science and Mathematics 10-11

MATH 1010FOUNDATIONS OF MATH

3

Lab Science Biology, Chemistry; Physics; Geology; Meteorology; Earth Science, Astronomy

3

Additional Science course: ID or one different science course from above

3-4

Health and Physical Education 3

ID 1225CRITICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH

3

Major/GE Capstone Course 3

PS 4130SENIOR SEMINAR: POLITICAL ISSUES

3

Additional Requirements 24

A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Requirements courses.

ECO 1020PRINCIPLES OF ECONOMCS I

3

GEOG 2010WORLD GEOGRAPHY

3

HIST 1030HISTORY OF WESTERN CIVILIZATION I

3

HIST 2303UNITED STATES HISTORY TO 1877

3

HIST 2304UNITED STATES HISTORY 1877 TO PRESENT

3

HIST 3326HISTORY OF NEW JERSEY

3

PSY 2110PSYCHOLOGY OF ADOLESCENCE

3

ID 2955DISABLED PERSON IN AMERICAN SOCIETY

3

Major Requirements 30

A “B-” or better is required for all professional education courses with the exception of EMSE 3801 and EMSE 4801, which require a grade of Satisfactory.

Required Courses

PS 1010INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS

3

PS 2100AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS

3

 

PS 2300INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS

3

OR

PS 2400INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION

3

One course from political theory area

3

PS 1010: Prerequisite for PS 4130

Major Electives 18

Six political science courses, including five on the 3000-4000 level. Of these five courses, at least 3 must be at the 3000-level. One course must be a writing emphasis course. Students may take HIST 3000 as a substitute for one of their upper-level major elective courses.

HIST 3000 (Perspectives on History) is strongly recommend as a PRAXIS Exam preparation course.

Professional Education Requirements 30

A “B-” or better is required for all professional education courses with the exception of EMSE 3801 and EMSE 4801, which require a grade of Satisfactory.

Field Experience 15

EMSE 2801CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12

3

EMSE 3801CLINICAL PRACTICE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION, P -12

2

EMSE 3903ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS

1

EMSE4801

Education Core 9

EDUC 3401LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING

3

EDUC 3000CURRICULUM EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER

3

EDUC 4000TEACHER AND CLASSROOM

3

Specialty 6

EMSE 3240SOCIAL STUDIES EDUCATION K-12

3

EMSE 3122TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION

3

Total Credit Hours: 131

*A maximum of two C’s in all academic major courses. All other grades in academic major courses must be B- or better.