This program can prepare you for a career as a paraprofessional educator (teacher’s aide) in regular and special education classes in elementary and secondary schools and in social service agencies. Cowley’s program provides you with a strong foundation for a career in education through classroom work and observation in the field. Employment of paraprofessionals is expected to grow. |
COURSE
NUMBER
|
COURSE NAME
|
SEMESTER
|
|
1
|
2
|
3
|
4
|
| Basic
Skills (12hours) |
| ENG2211 |
Composition I |
3
|
|
|
|
| MTH4420 |
College Algebra |
3
|
|
|
|
| ENG2212 |
Composition II |
|
3
|
|
|
| COM2711 |
Public
Speaking |
|
|
3
|
|
| Computer Literacy (3 hours) |
| CAP1516 |
Computer
Applications
or Computer Literacy* |
3
|
|
|
|
| Humanities (9 hours) 3 Different Departments |
| |
History Elective* |
|
3
|
|
|
| LIT2511 |
Introduction to Literature |
|
|
3
|
|
ART2111
THE2730
MUS261 |
Art Appreciation or
Theatre Appreciation or
Music Appreciation |
|
|
|
3
|
| Social Sciences (9 hours) 3 Different
Departments |
| PSY6711 |
General Psychology |
3
|
|
|
|
| SOC6811 |
Principles of Sociology |
|
|
3
|
|
| GEG6120 |
Principles of Geography |
|
|
|
3
|
| Laboratory Sciences (5 hours) |
| BIO4111 |
Principles of Biology |
|
5
|
|
|
| Health & Physical Education
(1
hour) |
| HPE6325 |
Lifetime Fitness |
|
|
1
|
|
| GENERAL ED TOTAL 39 |
12
|
11
|
10
|
6
|
| EDU5520 |
Introduction to Paraprofessionalism |
3
|
|
|
|
| EDU6211 |
Introduction to the Teaching Profession |
|
4
|
|
|
| PHO6460 |
Ethics |
|
3
|
|
|
| EDU6270 |
Children & Adolescent Literature |
|
|
3
|
|
| EDU6281 |
Children with Special Needs |
|
|
3
|
|
| MTH4423 |
Elementary Statistics |
|
|
|
3
|
| HPE6312 |
Personal Health and Community Hygiene |
|
|
|
3
|
| BIO4118 |
Environmental Biology |
|
|
|
3
|
| ELECTIVE HOURS 25 |
3
|
7
|
6
|
9
|
| TOTAL HOURS 64 |
15
|
18
|
16
|
15
|
|
*See List of
Electives that fulfill General Education Requirements.
[Programs of
Study]
|