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Professional Semester II (PS II)

Professional Semester II
(PS II) (Spring Only)

The following courses are restricted to students registered in PS II.
Prerequisite(s):
 Professional Semester I

Education 3600

Professional Semester II Practicum
Credit hours: 4.5
Contact hours per week: 0-0-0
Other hours: 0-0-150
Student teachers are assigned to schools for approximately 150 hours of teaching experience in a subject-related practicum.
Grading: Pass/Fail
  

Education 3601

Principles of Curriculum and Instruction for Majors
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 0-0-0
Other hours: 39-0-0
The relationship of content and teaching strategies in specific subject majors. For Modern Languages majors, the language of instruction is French.

Education 3602

The Educational Psychology of Exceptional Learners
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 0-0-0
Other hours: 39-0-0
An introduction to the characteristics and potentialities of children with exceptional learning needs, including principles and strategies used to meet the needs of students with learning and/or behavioural needs within mixed-ability classrooms.

Education 3603

Social Context of Schooling
Credit hours: 3.0
Contact hours per week: 0-0-0
Other hours: 39-0-0
Social and cultural influences and issues affecting learning, teaching and the process of schooling.

Education 3604

Evaluation of Student Learning
Credit hours: 1.5
Contact hours per week: 0-0-0
Other hours: 20-0-0
Evaluation of student learning, emphasizing data gathering, summarizing and interpreting data and use of the results to improve curriculum, teaching and guidance.

Education 3699

Professional Semester II Placeholder
Credit hours: 15.0