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2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Humanities for Teaching with an Elementary Education Specialization, BA


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Objectives

The Bachelor of Arts with a major in Humanities for Teaching and a specialization in Elementary Education shares with the other Humanities degrees the emphases on forming humane persons and promoting justice. It prepares students to apply for a Washington state K-8 teaching certificate. In addition, this major applies Humanistic and Jesuit thought to the specific topic of education. Taking learning as a uniquely human activity, this degree questions the links between conceptions of the human and prescriptions for pedagogy. It debates the highest purposes of education and considers, in particular, Jesuit responses to that inquiry. It balances these theoretical pursuits with practical, guided experience in the classroom.

Structure and Admissions Requirements

The program leading to the Bachelor of Arts with a major in Humanities for Teaching (BA) is a “cohort program;” that is, students are only admitted to the program as first-year students through the normal process administered by the Seattle University Office of Undergraduate Admissions. Thereafter, students follow a prescribed sequence of required courses (see below). Students can undertake study in one or more “areas for endorsement,” if they desire, so as to fulfill the requirements to be allowed to teach specific subjects or grade levels in an elementary, middle, or secondary school. Students may also choose to double major or add a minor, which may fulfill endorsement coursework. This degree prepares students to apply for a Washington state K-8 teaching certificate. Apart from the sequences of required courses, students’ individual programs of study may vary widely depending on the grade level and the specific subject areas in which they intend to teach.

Program Requirements

Students are expected to make normal progress toward completing the required courses in sequence. They must always maintain a cumulative academic grade point average of 2.00 or higher. Students failing to meet these expectations will be placed on probation for two quarters and thereafter are subject to dismissal from the program. 

Students are encouraged to seek additional informal advice from faculty in their second major or areas of prospective endorsement.

Requirements


In order to earn the Bachelor of Arts degree with a major in Humanities for Teaching with a specialization in Elementary Education, students must complete a minimum of 180 credits, with a cumulative grade point average of 2.00, and major/department grade point average of 2.00, including the following:

II. Additional MRI Core Requirements: 5 credits


V. Additional Specialization Requirements: 10 credits


Prerequisites: 10 credits


*Prerequisites are required for Additional Specialization requirements above:

VI. General Electives: 12 credits


Complete General Elective credit to reach 180 credits total.

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