The Secondary/Adolescent Education Track

This program prepares students for New York State Initial Certificate in Adolescent Education (grades 7-12) in the fields of English, Foreign and Ancient Languages, Mathematics, the Sciences, and Social Studies.

Note: If you wish to fulfill a requirement with a course not listed below, please fill out the Petition to Count a Course for an Education Requirement.

Urban Teaching - Secondary/Adolescent Track Requirements
A	Education Foundations (1 course)	EDUC BC 1510 FA/SP	Educational Foundations
B	Psychology (1 Course) Not including Introduction to Psychology	PSYC BC 1107	Psychology of Learning
		PSYC BC 1115	Cognitive Psychology
		PSYC BC 1129	Developmental Psychology
		PSYC BC 2134	Educational Psychology
		PSYC BC 3382	Adolescent Psychology
		PSYC UN 1420	Human Behavior
		PSYC UN 1440	Learning and Motivation
C	Pedagogical Elective (1 course)	EDUC BC 3050	Science in the City I
		EDUC BC 3052	Math and the City
		EDUC BC 3055	Arts and Humanities in the City
		EDUC BC 3058	Science in the City II
D	Pedagogical Core (5 required courses)	EDUC BC 3025	Inclusive Approaches to Teaching Literacy: Theory and Practice
		EDUC BC 3054	Multicultural Secondary Pedagogy
		EDUC BC 3065	Secondary Student Teaching in Urban Schools
		EDUC BC 3064	Critical Inquiry in Urban Teaching
		EDUC BC 3061	Performance Assessment of Teaching
E	Liberal Arts and Sciences	See Liberal Arts and Sciences Requirements on website for more information.
F	Clinical Experiences	Visit Clinical Experiences for Urban Teaching Students on our website for more information.
NOTE: Courses taken for the Urban Teaching minor/special concentration may not be counted for the major or another minor/special concentration. For example, a student majoring in Sociology and including Sociology of Education for the major would enroll in another Educational Foundations course to complete the Urban Teaching requirements.

ADDITIONAL URBAN TEACHING CERTIFICATION REQUIREMENTS: ADOLESCENT/SECONDARY
Adolescent Education students must also complete 36 credits in the content area (major or concentration) for which they seek certification. Students must earn a grade of C or better for each course taken in the content core.
English	36 credits in English.
Foreign Language	36 credits in French, German, Greek, Italian, Latin, or Spanish.
Mathematics	36 credits in Mathematics.
Science	36 credits in science including 18 credits in the science (or each science) for which certification is sought: Biology, Chemistry, Physics, or Earth Science only.
Social Studies	36 credits, including 6 credits of American History; 6 credits of European or World History; 3 credits of non-Western study; and an additional 21 credits, chosen from History, Political Science, Anthropology, Sociology, and Economics.