Education - Secondary Education: Math & Science
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Education & Academic Success
Degree awarded: Associate in Science
Program Narrative
The Secondary Education: Math & Science major is designed for students who intend to teach mathematics or science at the high school level.
Students interested in becoming an art teacher should refer to the Individualized Transfer Studies major which is the pathway from NCC to Kutztown University for art education.
The need for dedicated, caring, and highly skilled teachers in our nation's schools is greater than ever before. Northampton is committed to providing an excellent foundation for students preparing to major in secondary education when they transfer to a four-year college or university.
The College offers the first two years of the baccalaureate degree program. Completion of the Associate in Science Degree with a major in Secondary Education: Math & Science allows for a smooth transition to a four-year institution. At the transfer institution students will take advanced courses leading to a degree and certification for grades 7 through 12.
Program Features
The Secondary Education major provides students with a strong foundation in mathematics, science, language arts, and social sciences. Students start their professional courses with EDUC115 Education for All Students and SPED160 Introduction to Special Education. All teachers need to be able to work with special education students, and with students who have limited English proficiency. Northampton's program integrates content related to special education and English language learners (ELL).
Students should determine which subject area they intend to teach in high school, and work with their college advisor to select courses based upon the area of specialization and the institution to which they will transfer to complete the junior and senior years of the bachelor's degree. Students will take a significant number of courses at NCC related to the subject they will teach.
We encourage secondary education majors to start thinking about their transfer institution as soon as possible so courses can be selected that provide a smooth transition from one college to the next.
The Secondary Education: Math & Science major is offered on both the Bethlehem and Monroe campuses. All of the courses for this degree are available in the day time, and many of them are offered through evening courses.
Program Outcomes
Graduates of the program will:
- Demonstrate the professional knowledge-base and attitudes appropriate for pre-service teachers, grounded in the social, philosophical and historical foundations of education.
- Learn to create and support learning environments that promote healthy academic and social development of all adolescents.
- Employ effective instructional principles for students from diverse backgrounds or with special needs.
- Use second language learning strategies in learning situations (ELL).
- Integrate disciplinary knowledge and dispositions relevant to content concentration.
- Complete 40 hours of field experiences that contextualizes the complexity of today's classrooms, schools and community.
- Transfer to a four-year college/university offering the B.A or B.S. degree in Secondary Education.
Associate in Science Degree
| Course Code | Course Title |
Credits
|
| First Semester | ||
| CMTH 102 | Speech Communication |
3
|
| EDUC 115 | Education for All Students |
3
|
| ENGL 101C | English I |
3
|
| MATH ______ | Mathematics Transfer Elective (QL) + |
3
|
| ------------------- | Mathematics or Science Transfer Elective + |
3
|
|
15
|
||
| Second Semester | ||
| ENGL 151C | English II |
3
|
| SPED 160 | Intro to Special Education |
3
|
| MATH______ | Mathematics Transfer Elective (QL) + |
3
|
| ------------------- | Science Transfer Elective (SCI) + |
4
|
| ------------------- | Mathematics or Science Transfer Elective + |
3
|
|
16
|
||
| Third Semester | ||
| EDUC 105 | Pre-Service Academic Assessment (PAPA)Preparation |
1
|
| ------------------- | Social Science Transfer Elective (SIT) + |
3
|
| ------------------- | Mathematics or Science Transfer Electives + |
6
|
| ------------------- | Transfer Electives + |
6
|
|
16
|
||
| Fourth Semester | ||
| ENGL 215G | Multicultural Adolescent Literature, (A/H) (WI)(D) |
3
|
| ------------------- | Social Science Transfer Elective (SSHB) + |
3
|
| ------------------- | Mathematics or Science Transfer Electives + |
6
|
| ------------------- | Transfer Elective + |
3
|
|
15
|
||
| Total Credits |
62
|
+ Transfer Electives must be selected with the advice of an academic advisor so that courses will transfer to the student's intended transfer institution, and, correspond to the area of content the student will teach at the high school level. Refer to transfer guides.
- EDUC105 Pre-Service Academic Assessment (PAPA) Preparation course helps students to prepare for the standardized exam. The course is not otherwise AA/AS applicable and is not transferable.
- ENGL215G fulfills one Writing Intensive requirement. One other course must be taken as writing intensive. ENGL215G also fulfils the Diversity elective.
- Taking both ENGL101C and ENGL151C satisfies the general education Computer Literacy Requirement.