Five-Year Degree Options in Education
Marywood University offers a five-year program leading to a Bachelor of Science Degree in Early Childhood/Elementary Education and Special Education and a Master of Science Degree in Reading Education.
Students can earn both degrees in as little as five years with multiple teacher certifications in the areas of Grades PK-4, Special Education PK-12, and Reading Specialist K-12. Successful students will have flexibility in choosing career opportunities and will be prepared to teach in a special education setting or accept a teaching assignment in a regular early education placement, or as a building or district reading specialist.
Undergraduate education requirements are:
| EDUC 00_ | | 0 |
| EDUC 004A | | 0.5 |
| EDUC 004B | | 0.5 |
| EDUC 005A | | 1 |
| EDUC 005B | | 1 |
| EDUC 100 | Introduction to Education | 1 |
| EDUC 101 | Introduction to Education | 0.5 |
| PSYC 251 | Developmental Psychology | 3 |
| SPED 100 | Characteristics of Students With Disabilities | 3 |
| EDUC 108 | Orientation to Early Childhood Education | 3 |
| EDUC 300 | Early Childhood Curriculum I | 3 |
| EDUC 301 | Early Childhood Curriculum II | 3 |
| EDUC 302 | Child in the Family | 3 |
| EDUC 309F | Elementary Curriculum and Instruction:?Math | 3 |
| EDUC 309G | Elementary Curriculum and Instruction:?Science | 3 |
| EDUC 309H | Elementary Curriculum and Instruction:?Social Studies | 3 |
| RED 524A | | 4 |
| RED 526 | | 3 |
| EDUC 311 | Educational Psychology | 3 |
| EDUC 420 | Universal Design for Learning | 3 |
| SPED 300 | Curriculum Adaptations | 3 |
| SPED 350 | Assessment and Planning for Young?Children | 3 |
| SPED 350A | Practicum I: Birth - Grade 3 | 1 |
| SPED 352 | Diagnostic Evaluation/Prescriptive?Teaching-Phase II | 3 |
| SPED 352B | Practicum II: Grades 4-6 | 1 |
| SPED 362 | Secondary Programming and Career?Education | 3 |
| SPED 367 | Behavior and Classroom Management | 3 |
| SPED 400 | The Law and Special Education | 3 |
| EDUC 461 | Methods, Materials, and Assessment of ELL | 3 |
| EDUC 442 | | 9 |
| EDUC 498B | ST: Special Topics in Student Teaching | 3 |
EDUC 00_: ongoing
EDUC 004A, EDUC 004B: taken with EDUC 300/031
PSYC 251: prerequisite to EDUC 311
SPED 350A: PK-3
SPED 352B: Grades 3-8
EDUC 005A, EDUC 005B, EDUC 309F, EDUC 309G, EDUC 309H, RED 524A, RED 526, SPED 352, SPED 352B, SPED 362, SPED 367, SPED 400 and EDUC 442: Upper-level course: requires successful completion of sophomore screening
Additional Liberal Arts Credits
NOTE: Course taken with student teaching
Students easily transition from the undergraduate phase of study to the graduate phase, given that they maintain the appropriate grade point average and stay on track with courses.
Graduate education requirements are:
| RED 530 | | 3 |
| RED 533 | | 3 |
| RED 540 | | 3 |
| RED 542 | | 3 |
| EDUC 502 | | 3 |
| EDUC 554 | | 3 |
| EDUC 501 | | 3 |
| RED 555 | | 0 |
| RED 546 | | 3 |