B.A. in Education

LAU offers at the B.A. level two programs in Education:

The Early Childhood Education Program prepares students to:

Plan and administer all the aspects of early childhood programs.
Teach young students basic motor and cognitive skills through art, music, creative dramatics, and other techniques.
Use carefully planned teaching strategies based on children’s developmental stages.

The Elementary Education Program prepares students to:

Teach children reading, language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, art, drama, music, and physical education.
Employ teaching strategies, which stimulate children’s thinking and challenge them to learn.
Use the latest instructional tools and techniques, to make your teaching more effective.

Curriculum

All programs of study include:

Core requirements: These include the General Education courses.
Emphasis requirements: These include courses in the content area, such as English, Arabic, social studies, math and science, drama, etc., and courses in methods, such as teaching of social studies, art education, etc.
Practicum and Methodology

* Required for Early Childhood Education.

Number	Course	Cr
EDU202	Observation and Curriculum	3
EDU419	Internship	3

And one Practice Teaching course:

Number	Course	Cr
EDU420	Practice Teaching, Early Childhood Education	6
EDU421	Practice Teaching, Elementary, Language Arts and Social Studies	6
EDU422	Practice Teaching, Elementary, Mathematics and Science	6

For Early Childhood Education:

Number	Course	Cr
EDU205	Safety and Health	3
EDU213	Introduction to Language	3
———–	Other subject matter area courses	6

For Elementary Education:

Number	Course	Cr
EDU211	Math for Elementary Teachers	3
EDU212	Science for Elementary Teachers	3
———–	Other subject matter area courses	6

This program requires 95 credits, which can be completed in three years by those entering as sophomores.