Bachelor of Education (BEd) – Concurrent

Bachelor of Education (BEd)-Concurrent

Graduation Requirements:

In addition to the program requirements listed below, students must also satisfy the Bachelor of Education degree requirements. Please refer to the Degree Requirement section for further information.

Program Requirements:

Concurrent Education is applicable to all honours undergraduate programs with the exception of the BScN, and the BSW.

Students who are admitted to a degree program with Concurrent Education, and who complete their Nipissing Honours degree, including the Concurrent Education specific courses, by the end of April, will transition into Years 5 and 6 of the Bachelor of Education professional years. All courses required for the Honours undergraduate degree and/or teachable subject requirements must be completed by May 1 of the year for which the BEd Year 5 transition is being made.

Concurrent Education with an Honours undergraduate degree

Students must comply with the requirements for their degree program and include the following Concurrent Education set of courses:

MATH 1070	Fundamental Concepts of Mathematics, or six credits in Mathematics courses having 4U or equivalent prerequisites, and
ACAD 1601	Academic Writing, and
EDUC 0106	Introduction to Teaching (taken in Year 2), and
PSYC 2020	Developmental Psychology for Educators
or both of
PSYC 2006	Childhood Development and
PSYC 2007	Adult Development
or both of
CHFS 2106	Human Development: Children and Youth
CHFS 2107	Human Development: Adults and Aging

Concurrent Education with BPHE

Students must comply with the requirements for their BPHE degree program and include the following Concurrent Education set of courses:

MATH 1070	Fundamentals of Arithmetic for Teachers, or six credits in Mathematics courses having 4U or equivalent prerequisites, and
ACAD 1601	Academic Writing, and
EDUC 0106	Introduction to Teaching (taken in Year 2), and
PHED 2017	Teaching and Learning in Physical Education, and
PHED 3106	Community Leadership Placement I, and
PHED 4106	Community Leadership Placement II with one of PHED 3106 or PHED 4106 successfully completed in an educational setting working with children

In addition, once all undergraduate degree requirements are met, students must complete the following Education requirements outlined below.

Education Requirements

All Divisions

Students in all divisions must complete the following program requirements:

EDUC 4716	Legal and Social Foundations of Education	3 cr.
EDUC 4726	Diversity and Inclusion	3 cr.
EDUC 4736	Introduction to Curriculum Design and Teaching	3 cr.
EDUC 4746	Assessment, Evaluation and Communication of Student Learning	3 cr.
EDUC 4756	Curriculum Design and Inquiry	3 cr.
EDUC 4766	Technology Enriched Teaching and Learning (TETL)	3 cr.
EDUC 4776	Special Needs of Students	3 cr.
EDUC 4714	Practicum I	3 cr.
EDUC 4855	Practicum II	5 cr.
EDUC 4858	Community Leadership Experience	1 cr.

Primary and Junior Divisions

Students must complete the following program requirements:

EDUC 4717	Language and Literacies for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4727	Emergent and Early Literacy for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4737	Health and Physical Education for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4747	Mathematics for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4757	Music for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4767	Science and Technology for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4777	Social Studies for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4787	Visual Arts for the Primary and Junior Divisions	3 cr.
Education Electives		6 cr.

Junior and Intermediate Divisions

Students must complete the following program requirements:

EDUC 4817	Health and Physical Education for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4827	Mathematics for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4837	Music for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4847	Science and Technology for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4857	Social Studies for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4867	Visual Arts for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4897	Language and Literacies for the Junior and Intermediate Divisions	3 cr.
Education Electives		6 cr.

Students registered in the Junior and Intermediate Divisions must complete one of the following teaching subjects:

EDUC 4728	English (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4738	French as a Second Language (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4748	Geography (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4758	Health and Physical Education (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4768	History (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4778	Mathematics (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4788	Music—Instrumental (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4798	Religious Education (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4808	Science—General (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4818	Visual Arts (Intermediate)	3 cr.

Intermediate and Senior Divisions

Students must complete the following program requirements:

EDUC 4877	Language and Literacies for the Intermediate and Senior Divisions	3 cr.
EDUC 4887	Mathematics for the Intermediate and Senior Divisions	3 cr.
Education Electives		12 cr.

Students registered in the Intermediate and Senior Divisions must complete two teaching subjects. Each teaching subject has an Intermediate level course and a Senior level course. See charts below.

Intermediate level courses:

EDUC 4708	Business Studies General (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4728	English (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4738	French as a Second Language (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4748	Geography (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4758	Health and Physical Education (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4768	History (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4778	Mathematics (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4788	Music—Instrumental (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4798	Religious Education (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4808	Science—General (Intermediate)	3 cr.
EDUC 4818	Visual Arts (Intermediate)	3 cr.

Senior level courses:

EDUC 4709	Business Studies General (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4729	English (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4739	French as a Second Language (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4749	Geography (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4759	Health and Physical Education (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4769	History (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4779	Mathematics (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4789	Music—Instrumental (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4799	Religious Education (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4809	Science—Biology (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4819	Science—Chemistry (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4829	Science—Physics (Senior)	3 cr.
EDUC 4839	Visual Arts (Senior)	3 cr.

Note: For senior science teaching subjects (Biology, Chemistry and Physics), the intermediate level course is Science—General.

Those students who have two senior science teaching subjects (Biology–Chemistry, Biology–Physics or Chemistry–Physics) will take an additional elective.

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