/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2023-2024/Undergraduate-Catalog-local.json
/Institutions/Messiah-College/json/2023-2024/Undergraduate-Catalog.json
Educational Studies
Program Overview
The Educational Studies major prepares students for career paths in education which do not require teacher certification. The major consists of course work in educational theory and pedagogy. It is important to note that this major does not lead to teaching certification.
Program Learning Outcomes
Graduates from Messiah’s Education program can:
- Develop skills common to the liberal arts and sciences: research, analysis, reflection, and communication.
- Develop knowledge common to the liberal arts and sciences in the fields of arts, humanities, natural sciences, and social sciences. Students will also develop specialized knowledge and disciplinary expertise.
- Develop informed and mature convictions about Christian faith and practice.
- Become proficient in the scholarship of their discipline and demonstrate specialized skills needed to pursue a career and/or graduate school.
- Gain awareness of identity, character, and vocational calling.
- Demonstrate a commitment to service, reconciliation, and justice, and lead effectively and ethically within the complexities of an increasingly diverse and interdependent world.
Major Requirements
Complete the following for your major:
| EDSP 207 | Introduction to Special Education | 3 |
| EDSP 307 | Inclusion Practices | 3 |
| EDUC 203 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDUC 205 | Cultural and Political Geography | 3 |
| EDUC 208 | Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools | 3 |
| EDUC 209 | Principles and Structures of Mathematics | 3 |
| EDUC 226 | Children's Literature | 3 |
| EDUC 302 | Literacy: Climate, Curriculum & Instruction II | 3 |
| EDUC 304 | Mathematics: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Intermediate Grades (with Field Experience) | 2-3 |
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| EDUC 330 | Instructional Design I | 3 |
| OR | |
| EDUC 331 | Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades | 3 |
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| EDUC 342 | Social Studies: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School | 3 |
| EDUC 346 | Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Education | 3 |
| EDUC 347 | Science: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School | 3 |
| EDUC 420 | Professional Issues in Education | 2 |
| TEP 210 | Sophomore Field Experience | 0 |
| BIOL 106 | Life Sciences | 3 |
CIS/MATH/STAT
| meeting Quest mathematical science | 3 |
| PHSC 102 | Foundations of Physical Science | 3 |
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| TEP 312 | Field Experience ll in PreK - Grade 2 | 0 |
| OR | |
| TEP 316 | Field Experience II in Grade 6-8 | 0 |
EDUC 330 or 331: Writing in the major requirement.
TEP 210: May meet ELI requirement; work closely with advisor to confirm.
QuEST Requirements
| Experiential Learning requirement |
0 |
| QuEST requirements |
Credits |
| First Year Seminar |
3 |
| Oral Communication |
3 |
| Created and Called for Community (W) |
3 |
| Mathematical Sciences (QuEST CIS/MATH/STAT) |
met/major |
| Laboratory Science (BIOL 106 & PHSC 102) |
met/major |
| Science, Technology & the World |
waived |
| Social Science (EDUC 203) |
met/major |
| European History or United States History |
3 |
| Literature |
3 |
| Philosophy and Religion |
3 |
| Arts |
3 |
| First Semester of Language |
3 |
| Second Semester of Language |
3 |
| Third Semester of Language or Cross Cultural |
3 |
| Non-Western Studies |
2-3 |
| Bible |
3 |
| Christian Beliefs |
3 |
| Wellness course |
1 |
| Ethics, World Views or Pluralism (EDUC 346) |
met/major |
| QuEST requirements |
42-43 |
| Major requirements |
50 |
| Free electives |
30-31 |
| Total credits |
123 |
Non-Western waived only if students complete ENGL 160).