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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:

  1. Develop skills common to the liberal arts and sciences: research, analysis, reflection, and communication.
  2. 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.
  3. Develop informed and mature convictions about Christian faith and practice.
  4. Become proficient in the scholarship of their discipline and demonstrate specialized skills needed to pursue a career and/or graduate school.
  5. Gain awareness of identity, character, and vocational calling.
  6. 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 207Introduction to Special Education

3
EDSP 307Inclusion Practices

3
EDUC 203Educational Psychology

3
EDUC 205Cultural and Political Geography

3
EDUC 208Teaching English Language Learners in K-12 Schools

3
EDUC 209Principles and Structures of Mathematics

3
EDUC 226Children's Literature

3
EDUC 302Literacy: Climate, Curriculum & Instruction II

3
EDUC 304Mathematics: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Intermediate Grades (with Field Experience)

2-3
 
EDUC 330Instructional Design I

3
OR
EDUC 331Instructional Design and Assessment for Middle and Secondary Grades

3
 
EDUC 342Social Studies: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School

3
EDUC 346Socio-Cultural Perspectives on Education

3
EDUC 347Science: Climate, Curriculum and Instruction for Elementary School

3
EDUC 420Professional Issues in Education

2
TEP 210Sophomore Field Experience

0
BIOL 106Life Sciences

3
CIS/MATH/STAT meeting Quest mathematical science

3
PHSC 102Foundations of Physical Science

3
 
TEP 312Field Experience ll in PreK - Grade 2

0
OR
TEP 316Field 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).