BA in Secondary Teaching Certification Program at Lewiston-Auburn College (Arts and Humanities Concentration)
This innovative program is available to students majoring in Arts & Humanities or Natural & Applied Sciences. Upon successful completion of this 120 credit hour program students earn their bachelor's degree as well as certification to teach Secondary Education in the State of Maine for the following content areas: English, Social Studies, Dual English and Social Studies or Life Science. For more information on the Secondary Life Science track consult the Natural and Applied Sciences portion of this catalog.
Arts & Humanities/Secondary English
The bachelor of arts major in humanities offers the required courses to obtain secondary teacher certification (Grades 7-12) in English in the State of Maine. Students study humanities, common core, and education courses, and complete a semester of student teaching in their final year. The program enables HUM students to matriculate in a four-year undergraduate program that awards them a bachelor's degree in Arts and Humanities and qualify for a State of Maine teaching certificate. (Total credits 120).
| Education Courses:34 credit hours | |
| LAE 200 Education in the U.S. | 4 |
| LAE 320 Applied Skills | 4 |
| LAE 480 Portfolio Seminar | 3 |
| LAE 490 Student Teaching | 9 |
| LAE XXX College Higher Ed Practicum | 2 |
| LAE XXX Methods of Teaching English | 3 |
| LAE XXX Internship | 3 |
| SBS 306 Adolescence | 3 |
| SED 335 Teaching Children with Exceptional Needs | 3 |
| Lewiston Common Core: 27-28 credit hours | |
| LCC 110/111* College Writing | 3-4 |
| LCC 130 Biology of Human Health | 4 |
| or LCC 230 Environmental Science | |
| LCC 150 Statistics | 3 |
| LCC 200 Creative Critical Inquiry | 4 |
| LCC 220 U.S. Democracy | 3 |
| or LCC 320 Sustaining Democracy | |
| LCC 250 Thinking About the Arts | 3 |
| LCC 350 Global Past and Present | 3 |
| LCC 370 Global Ethics | 4 |
| Content Elective Courses: 33 credit hours | |
| General English Content Electives** | 21 |
| HUM English Content Electives* | 12 |
| General Elective Courses: 25-26 credit hours |
* English endorsement obtained by at least 24 hours in English. These required courses provide 15-16 hours. Students must use minimum of 8-9general English content electives** to earn minimum of 24 content hours. Students intending to teach at the high school level are strongly encouraged to earn a total of 36 content hours by using all thegeneral English content electives**. If student doesn't want/need these additional 12 hours of content hours they may be replaced with general electives.
Program also requires the successful passing of all relevant Praxis I and II exams
Arts & Humanities/Secondary Social Studies
The bachelor of arts major in humanities offers the required courses to obtain secondary teacher certification (Grades 7-12) in Social Studies in the State of Maine. Students study humanities, common core, and education courses, and complete a semester of student teaching in their final year. The program enables HUM students to matriculate in a four-year undergraduate program that awards them a bachelor's degree in Arts and Humanities and qualify for a State of Maine teaching certificate. (Total credits 120).
| Education Courses: 34 credit hours | |
| LAE 200 Education in the U.S. | 4 |
| LAE 320 Applied Skills | 4 |
| LAE 480 Portfolio Seminar | 3 |
| LAE 490 Student Teaching | 9 |
| LAE XXX College Higher Ed Practicum | 2 |
| LAE XXX Methods of Teaching Social Studies | 3 |
| LAE XXX Internship | 3 |
| SBS 306 Adolescence | 3 |
| SED 335 Teaching Children with Exceptional Needs | 3 |
| Lewiston Common Core: 30-31 credit hours | |
| LCC 110/111 College Writing | 3-4 |
| LCC 150 Statistics | 3 |
| LCC 130 Biology of Human Health | 4 |
| or LCC 230 Environmental Science | |
| LCC 200 Creative Critical Inquiry | 4 |
| LCC 220* U.S. Democracy | 3 |
| LCC 250 Thinking About the Arts | 3 |
| LCC 320* Sustaining Democracy | 3 |
| LCC 350* Global Past and Present | 3 |
| LCC 370 Global Ethics | 4 |
| Content Elective Courses: 24 credit hours | |
| General Social Studies Content Electives** | 9 |
| HUM Social Studies Content Electives* | 15 |
| General Elective Courses: 25-26 credit hours | |
| HUM 300 Level or Higher Elective: 3 credit hours | |
| Economics Elective: 3 credit hours* |
* Social Studies endorsement obtained by at least 24 hours in social studies. These required courses provide 27 hours. Students intending to teach at the high school level are strongly encouraged to take an additional 9 hours ofgeneral social studies content electives** for a total of 36 hours. If student doesn't want/need these additional 9 hours of content hours they may be replaced with general electives.
Program also requires the successful passing of all relevant Praxis I and II exams.
Arts & Humanities/Secondary Dual English and Social Studies
The bachelor of arts major in humanities offers the required courses to obtain secondary teacher certification (Grades 7-12) in both English and Social Studies in the State of Maine. Students study humanities, common core, and education courses, and complete a semester of student teaching in their final year. The program enables HUM students to matriculate in a four-year undergraduate program that awards them a bachelor's degree in Arts and Humanities and qualify for a State of Maine teaching certificate. (Total credits 120).
| Education Courses:37 credit hours | |
| LAE 200 Education in the U.S. | 4 |
| LAE 320 Applied Skills | 4 |
| LAE 480 Portfolio Seminar | 3 |
| LAE 490 Student Teaching | 9 |
| LAE XXX College Higher Ed Practicum | 2 |
| LAE XXX Methods of Teaching Social Studies | 3 |
| LAE XXX Methods of Teaching English | 3 |
| LAE XXX Internship | 3 |
| SBS 306 Adolescence | 3 |
| SED 335 Teaching Children with Exceptional Needs | 3 |
| Lewiston Common Core:30-31 credit hours | |
| LCC 110/111* College Writing | 3-4 |
| LCC 130 Biology of Human Health | 4 |
| or LCC 230 Environmental Science | |
| LCC 150 Statistics | 3 |
| LCC 200 Creative Critical Inquiry | 4 |
| LCC 220** U.S. Democracy | 3 |
| LCC 250 Thinking About the Arts | 3 |
| LCC 320** Sustaining Democracy | 3 |
| LCC 350** Global Past and Present | 3 |
| LCC 370 Global Ethics | 4 |
| Content Elective Courses: 48 credit hours | |
| HUM English Content Electives* | 15 |
| HUM Social Studies Content Electives** | 15 |
| English Content Electives* | 6 |
| Optional Content Electives*** | 12 |
| General Elective Courses: 1-2 credit hours | |
| Economics Elective: 3 credit hours** |
* English endorsement obtained by at least 24 hours in English. These required courses provide 24 hours.
** Social Studies endorsement obtained by at least 24 hours in social studies. These required courses provide 27 hours.
*** Students intending to teach at the high school level are strongly encouraged to use theoptional content electives*** to earn 36 content hours in either English or Social Studies. If student doesn't want/need these additional 12 hours of content hours they may be replaced with general electives.
Program also requires the successful passing of all relevant Praxis I and II exams.
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