College of Arts and Sciences

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS AND PROCEDURES
The five-year program is open only to undergraduate mathematics or science majors at Saint Joseph’s.  Students will be evaluated for acceptance into the program after the completion of the first semester of their junior year.  Applicants must submit a complete graduate on-line application by April 15 of the junior year.  A cumulative grade point average of 3.0 or better is required.

PROGRAM STRUCTURE AND CURRICULUM

The information below applies to students who will graduate from one of the Five-Year Programs by August 31, 2013.  The requirements for students who will graduate September, 2013 or later will be similar but may have an additional course or two as required courses (in place of electives).

Students must complete all requirements for the undergraduate B.S. degree in Mathematics, Biology, Chemistry or Physics as described in the Undergraduate Catalog. To receive the M.S. degree in Education or Mathematics Education, students must take an additional 31 credits at the graduate level in Education (EDU), Special Education (SPE), Educational Leadership (EDL), Mathematics Education (MED), Biology (BIO), Chemistry (CHM) or Physics (PHY) during the following summer and academic year.

Graduate coursework (31 credits total) must include:

1. Research Component:
   
   • Mathematics: MED 793 Research in Mathematics Education I (3 credits) or MED 783 Research in Mathematics I (3 credits)
   • Science: a research course in one of BIO, CHM or PHY (6 credits)
2. SPE 602 Diagnostic Assessment and Progress Monitoring (3 credits)
3. EDU 616 or EDU 618 Instructional Techniques in Mathematics/Science (includes Field Experience) (4 credits)
4. Student Teaching: EDU 691 Secondary Student Teaching (6 credits)
5. Electives: 
   • Mathematics: graduate level courses in EDU, SPE, EDL or MED (15 additional credits)
   • Science: one graduatel level course in EDU, SPE or EDL (3 credits) plus graduate level courses in EDU, SPE, EDL, MED or the sciences (9 additional credits).  The Teacher Education Department recommends EDL 600 Teacher as Researcher and Reflective Practitioner or EDL 605 Criticial Contemporary Educational Issues as the required EDU/SPE/EDL course.

Required undergraduate coursework

1. EDU 150/160 Schools in Society (includes Field Experience)
2. EDU 157 Adolescent Development (includes Field Experience)
3. SPE 160 Introduction to Special Education (includes Field Experience)

Required coursework at either the undergraduate or graduate level:

1. EDU 247 Reading in the Content Area or EDU 647 Literacy and Learning Across the Curriculum
2. EDU 246 Literacy, Language and Culture or EDU 646 Language and Culture (includes Field Experience)

1. PPST section of Praxis I (take spring semester of the junior year)
2. Content Knowledge of Praxis (take by the spring semester of the senior year)
3. Submit application for student teach by the end of the spring semester of the senior year