Academic Catalog 2013-2014

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From the Desk of the Dean…

The College of Education (COE) equips Christian

educators to teach and lead biblically in educational

settings

throughout

the

world.

This

mission

encompasses the preparation of teachers to enter both

early childhood and elementary classrooms with a five-

year, two-degree program including an undergraduate

Bible major and graduate master’s degree (B.A./B.S. and M.A.T.) or a stand-alone

M.A. in Teaching (M.A.T.) for those already completing a bachelor’s degree.

Additionally at the master’s level, the COE provides training of K-12

th

grade Bible

teachers (M.A. in Bible Teaching), ESOL teachers (M.A. in Teaching English to

Speakers of Other Language

d the equipping of practicing teachers and

administrators for Christian sc

eadership positions through advanced graduate

studies (Master of Educationb

.), with tracks in Curriculum and Instruction and

Educational Administration, a

cation Specialist (Ed.S.)).

At the doctoral level (Doct

Education (Ed.D.)) three concentrations are

available in Christian Higher Education Leadership, Christian School Leadership,

and Curricular and Instructional Leadership.

In order to fulfill the mission of the College of Education, the courses of study are

based upon a philosophy of education that approaches both the means and the ends

of education by thinking biblically about the nature of students, instructional

strategies, and curricular content (knowledge, skills, and dispositions). Preparation

includes training that equips students to think in culturally responsive ways within

classrooms that are increasingly diverse.

Currently more than 100 graduate students are working during summers to become

or to enhance their positions as K-12

th

grade Christian school principals and

headmasters, curriculum supervisors, and administrators in Christian higher

education. These students, drawn to Columbia International University through the

reputation of our faculty and graduates, currently come to study not only from

schools across the United States, but also from Australia, Ethiopia, Mozambique,

Indonesia, Korea, Bolivia, China, Taiwan, Mexico, the Dominican Republic, and the

Philippines. There is no question that the COE reflects CIU’s middle name –

International.

Regardless of where our students are, beginning as college freshmen or completing

their doctoral degrees, COE students believe that they can and will impact the

kingdom through education. The COE strives to equip students to be discerning and

wise educators whose lives will exemplify the thinking and dispositions of a

Christian educator as they create effective learning communities.

In Christ,

Connie Mitchell

Dean of the College of Education

OLUMBIA NTERNATIONAL NIVERSITY

OLLEGE OF DUCATION