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Senior Year
Before the RAMP semester, students will com-
plete a minimum of 114 hours that meet the
bachelor’s degree requirements for Bible major,
General Education core, General Education
Distribution, Ministry Skills and upper-level
Practical Skill Development as prescribed by
Teacher Education Program; enroll first semester
in EDU 3135 Contemporary Educational Issues,
satisfactorily complete the CIU dispositional
requirements; maintain 2.70 GPA; meet all M.A.T.
program acceptance requirements; and be for-
mally admitted to the Teacher Education Program
for the RAMP semester.
During the RAMP semester, students will make
application to M.A.T. program, maintain 3.0 GPA
with no grade lower than 2.0 (“C”) in any educa-
tion (EDU) course, satisfactorily complete the pro-
fessional classroom experiences and CIU
dispositional requirements and qualify with the
dispositional, faculty and Student Life recommen-
dations.
Non-compliance may lead to a probationary peri-
od or discontinuation from the program.
Note:
During clinical practice/student teaching in
the five year program, candidates are placed in a
local public school classroom full time. In addition
to coursework, field experience and competency
requirements before clinical practice/student
teaching, candidates must have a “cleared” status
on an FBI fingerprint and background check.
(Eligible applicants who have prior arrests and/or
convictions must undergo a review by the State
Board of Education and be approved before a
certificate can be issued to them.)
Requirements for Teacher Education
RAMP ....................................Minimum: 126
See page 26 for more details on core
requirements.
Bible and Theology ........................................30
BIB 1114 Old Testament: Genesis-Esther ........3
BIB 1115 Old Testament: Job-Malachi..............3
BIB 1120 New Testament Survey ......................3
BIB 3420 Principles of Bible Interpretation........3
BIB 3616 Romans ............................................3
BIB 4310 Progress of Redemption....................3
BIB ____ OT Exegetical Book Study ................3
BIB ____ NT Exegetical Book Study ................3
THE 3301 Theology 1: God, Christ, Spirit ..........3
THE 3302 Theology 2: Sin and Salvation. ..........3
BIB 3820 Bible for Teachers substitutes for an Old Testament
Exegetical Book Study.
General Education ........................................37
Foundation ........................27
COM 2110 Public Speaking..................................3
ENG 1110 Composition and Research ..............3
ENG 1111 Literature and Research ....................3
MAT 2310 Math Concepts and Quantitative
Reasoning ..........................................3
HIS 1210 Historical Perspectives on Culture
and Civilization 1 ................................3
HIS 1211 Historical Perspectives on Culture
and Civilization 2 ................................3
PSY 2110 General Psychology ..........................3
PHI 2110 Intro to Philosophy ............................3
PHI 4140 Ethics ..................................................3
General Education
Distribution ........................10
Normally, students choose 9 semester hours,
including one course from each of three areas
below. For the Teacher Education Program, the 10
hours of General Education Distribution courses
are prescribed.
a) Humanities/Fine Arts
HIS 2310 U.S. History and Government........3
b) Natural Science/Information Science
BIO 2113 Principles of Biology ......................3
AND
BIO 2101 Principles of Biology Lab ..............1
OR
SCI 2313 Principles of Physical Science ......3
AND
SCI 2301 Principles of Physical Science
Lab ..................................................1
c) Social/Behavioral Science
PSY 3330 Psychology of Learning ................3
1. Degree Core Requirements ..........................78