Coursework

Students admitted to the Teacher Education Program in Elementary Education or Secondary Teacher Certification must complete the Rollins General Education requirements as well as both a US History Course and a College Math Course. All Elementary Education majors and English (6-12)  students  must also complete Rollins' State Approved ESOL Endorsement. Rollins General Education requirements can be found in the college course catalogue, listed online at:

Rollins College Course Catalogue

The following is the list of coursework available under the Rollins College Department of Education. Requirements for course selection are dependent on the program/track of the student. For more information about specific programs, see the programs section. Also, please note that not all courses are available each semester.

R - Meets Rollins General Education Requirement E - ESOL-Specific or ESOL-Infused Course

• EDU 100 Special Topics in Education: Introduces school organization and finance, problems of teaching, alternative schools, curriculum development, local control of education, and policy controversies. Suitable for nonmajors. Open to freshmen only.
• EDU 271 School and Society: Chronicles social, political, economic, and historical background of contemporary American school system. Demonstrates how social forces have shaped curriculum, organization, and purposes of formal education.  R E
• EDU 272 Educational Psychology: Covers child development; learning, evaluation, and assessment; and psychology of teaching. Focuses on motivation, perception, personality, intelligence, and learning. Prerequisite: education major or certification track.
• EDU 280 Diversity in American Education: Examines cultural pluralism in the classroom: multicultural education, diversity and teaching, bilingual education, racism, tracking, and teacher preparation.  R E
• EDU 287 The Developing Child in the Elementary School: Studies physical, social, cognitive, emotional, and creative development of young child. Stresses practical applications of theory and research about language, personality, motivation, and learning styles.
  EDU 309 Fundamentals of Reading: Examines the foundations of reading instruction from historical, linguistic, social, psychological, cognitive, and curricular perspectives. Theoretical base for reading and language arts methodology courses. Explores basic phonics instruction, reading programs in use, nature of reading and writing processes, and balanced approach to reading instruction.
  EDU 324 Curriculum Development for Diverse Learners: Addresses organization and curriculum development in elementary and secondary schools including instructional goals and basic teaching strategies. Requires non-teaching field component. Prerequisite: Elementary Education major or certification track. E
  EDU 335 Content Area Reading in Secondary Schools: Prepares teachers in content areas with tools required to assist students with reading skills. Pre-service teachers will learn strategies to improve vocabulary, reading comprehension, and writing skills, enabling students to better learn content materials. Prerequisites: certification track only; EDU 271.
• EDU 358 Strategies for Classroom Management: Teaches prevention or solution of problems through management of classroom, children, and curriculum. Reviews techniques to move children from external to internal control.
  EDU 371 Reading Diagnosis with Content Emphasis: Covers giving and interpreting reading tests, as well as determining programs of remediation. Lab required. Prerequisites: education major, & EDU 309.
  EDU 385 Teaching Children with Special Needs: Emphasizes useful strategies for teaching special populations, including students with learning disabilities, mental disabilities, emotional disabilities, physical disabilities, sensory disabilities, communication disabilities, and giftedness. Includes field component. R
  EDU 406 Teaching and Learning in Diverse Elementary Schools: Emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction based on current research. Includes teaching field experience. Prerequisites: education major and completion of sociological/psychological foundations. Corequisites: EDU 409 and EDU 409L. R,E
  EDU 407 Teaching and Learning in Diverse Secondary Schools: Emphasizes planning, implementing, and evaluating instruction based on current research. Includes teaching field experience. Prerequisites: certification track and completion of sociological/psychological foundations. E
  EDU 409 The Teaching of Literacy: Presents reading and language arts methods for teaching in constructivist, whole language classroom. Prerequisites: Elementary Education major and junior standing. Corequisites: EDU 409L and EDU 406. R E
  EDU 409L Literacy Lab: Prerequisites: education major and junior standing. Co-requisites: EDU 409 and EDU 406.
  EDU 417 Teaching (Particular Subject) in Secondary Schools: Explores selection, evaluation, and use of instructional materials to adapt college major to secondary school. Seminar. Prerequisites: certification track and junior standing. Corequisite: EDU 417L.
• EDU 417L Teaching (Particular Subject) in Secondary School Lab: Requires preinternship field experience of at least four hours weekly in secondary school. Corequisite: EDU 417.
• EDU 444 Educational Statistics: Focuses on the basic concepts of educational statistics with applications to the field of educational testing and assessment. Topics include descriptive statistics, inferential statistics, correlation and prediction, and test theory. R
• EDU 470 Competencies for the Beginning Teacher: Introduces competencies in the six domains of Florida Beginning Teacher Program: planning, classroom management, organization of instruction, presentation of knowledge, communication, and evaluation of student progress. Students practice use of the Florida Performance Measurement System (FPMS), a program to assess and develop beginning teachers. Corequisites: EDU 490 or  EDU 491.
• EDU 490 Student Teaching: Elementary: Provides full-time experience integrating and applying skills in approved local school under direction of master teacher. Prerequisites: all Elementary Education major requirements. Corequisite: EDU 470.
• EDU 491 Student Teaching: Secondary: Similar to EDU 490, with substitutions for teaching level. Prerequisites: all Secondary certification track requirements. Corequisite: EDU 470.