Education certification minors

Language Arts, Broad field Science, Broad field Social Studies, Mathematics Education, English as a Second Language (ESL).

Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence certification minors

Language arts minor:

• ENGL 150 Literary Genres
• ENGL 290 The English Language
• ENGL 307 Fiction Writing or ENGL 308 Poetry Writing
• EDUC 373 The Writing Process
• COME 122 Interpersonal Communications
• one additional course from ENGL or COME
  

Broad field science minor:

• One course from each of the natural sciences:
• BIOL, CHEM, GEOL or PHYS (if you take SSCI 104 it will substitute for either BIOL, CHEM or PHYS. It does not substitute for GEOL)
• One environmental science course: ENVS 300 Environmental Science, SSCI 301 Environmental Studies or NSCI 333 Issues in World Technology.
• A second course in BIOL, CHEM, GEOL or PHYS to complete the introductory sequence (e.g. BIOL 121, CHEM 107, PHYS 122).
  

Broad field social studies minor:

• HIST 111, HIST 112, HIST 113 Western Civilization or HIST 350 Modern European History
• HIST 116 History of the United States,
• POLI 130 American Politics and Government
• GEOG 140 World Regional Geography or GEOG 225 Social Geography
  
• Two additional courses from ECON, GEOG, POLI, SOCI or PSYC excluding courses taken to fulfill General Education Area 7 and 12.

Mathematics minor:

• One of the following from CSCI 102 Computing on the Web or CSCI 110 Introduction to Computer Programming or EDUC 356 Teaching and Learning with Multimedia or EDUC 357 Telecommunications: Education in a Global Context or EDUC 358 Hardware, Software, Networks and Training: Tools for Technology;
• SSCI 224 Basic Statistics;
• MATH 243 Multicultural Mathematics Ideas;
• MATH 212 Math Applications;
• MATH 124 Survey of Calculus or MATH 131 Calculus and Analytic Geometry 1.
• One course in applied mathematics (e.g. PHYS 121, CHEM 105, ECON 101, ECON 102 or BUAD 105).

English as a second language**:

• ENGL 290 The English Language
• ENGL 305 Advanced Critical Writing or EDUC 373 The Writing Process
• IDIS 310 Language Analysis and Applied Linguistics
• COME 330 Intercultural Communication
• EDUC 310 Methods in teaching English as a Second Language
• two semesters of Foreign Language Study at St. Norbert College (i.e. advanced, new, or beginning).
  

**This minor is appropriate for a candidate whose first language is English or a nonnative speaker who has received an acceptable score on the TOEFL. (Test of English as a Foreign Language). Non-native English speakers will be required to take the TOEFL. Identified deficiencies in English skills may necessitate additional coursework to achieve ESL certification.