B.A. in Middle and Secondary French Education

Grade 7-12 with 5-6 extension
  59-60 total credits required.

 
  Contact Person: Elvira Sanatullova-Allison, Program Coordinator  206 Satterlee, (315) 267-2025, sanatue@potsdam.edu
 
  All education courses must be completed with a 2.0 or higher with a  2.75 GPA in the education major.
 
  Students pursuing the Secondary French Education Program must  also complete a French major. Contact the chair of the Department of   Modern Languages to declare the major, be assigned a French major   adviser and select appropriate courses. The French major must be   completed with a 2.5 GPA.
 
  All courses are 3 credits unless noted. Credits are divided as follows:

                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                      
  Credits
Education Major 22
SECD 210
  Computer Applications in Middle and   Secondary 
  Education (1 credit)
SECD 356Reading in the Middle and Secondary Schools 
SECD 340
    Classroom Management in Secondary
    Education    (1 credit)
 
EDLS 315Teaching Students with Special Needs: Grades 5-12 
EDLS 333Education, Language and Culture 
EDLS 349Introduction to Middle and Secondary School  Education
Courses which must be taken concurrently
SECD 374
    Introduction to First and Second Language    Acquisition:
    Grades 5-12
 
SECD 394
    Observation in the Foreign Language Classroom:   
    Grades 5-12 (1 credit)
Courses which must be taken concurrently 
SECD 474
  Foreign Language Instruction, Curriculum, and 
  Assessment: Grades 5-12
 
SECD 494
  Practicum in the Foreign Language Classroom,
    Grades 5-12 (1 credit)
 

  Student Teaching Semester
 
Courses which must be taken concurrently
14
SECD 455
    Student Teaching in the Middle/Junior
    High    School (6 credits)
 
SECD 456Student Teaching in the Senior High School    (6 credits) 
EDLS 421
    Seminar in Middle/Junior and Secondary
    School    Education (2 credits)
 

    Cognate Requirements
   
All cognate courses must be completed with a 2.0 or higher.     One Arts and Sciences elective (selected with approval ed. adviser) 

      23-24
FREN 303Contemporary France 
FREN 304Contemporary Québec 
HLTH 230School Health (CA, SAVE, 2 credits) 
PSYC 321Psychology of Adolescence 
PSYC 350Educational Psychology 
One of the following  
COMM 106Basic Principles of Speech 
COMM 311Small Group Communication 
COMM 324Persuasive Speaking 
Plus one of the following (3-4 credits) 
ARTH(any course) 
MUAM
                  Music course regarding a Francophonic region
                of                the world (with advisement)
 

                Certification Requirements
               
  1. New York State Teacher Certification Exams required for Initial                 Certification: LAST, ATS-W and CST (French)
  2. Fingerprinting Clearance