General Education: Curriculum and Instruction, BA (non-licensure)

About the Program

The curriculum and instruction major is for those interested in a career in the field of education but not necessarily classroom teaching. This major is non-teaching license program. It provides an educational leadership focus in an increasingly diverse, interconnected, and technology-rich world and values collaboration, community, diversity, global perspectives, inquiry, and reflection. Research on various aspects of educational practices is conducted and disseminated. A focus on theory-into-practice leads to new discoveries in the teaching and learning process across a wide variety of educational contexts. Sample signature areas of discovery include:

• Challenges of acquiring academic language for English language learners (ELLs).
• The Science Learning through Engineering Design (SLED) project.
• Study abroad and internationalization efforts by colleges and universities.
• Impact of technology on citizenship and citizenship education.
• Postsecondary learner’s development of mathematics content knowledge.

The General Education: Curriculum & Instruction Plan of Study outlines the required courses to complete the degree. For more information about the degree program, visit the COE Office of Advising and Recruiting.

General Education: Curriculum and Instruction Major Change (CODO) Requirements   

Degree Requirements

120 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Courses (26 credits)

GPA requirement: 2.5 - with no grade lower than a “C”.

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (45-46 credits)

• ENGL 10600 - First Year Composition With Conferences Credits: 4.00 or
• ENGL 10800 - First Year Composition Credits: 3.00 or
• HONR 19903 - Interdisciplinary Approaches In Writing Credits: 3.00 or
• SCLA 10100 - Transformative Texts, Critical Thinking And Communication I: Antiquity To Modernity Credits: 3.00

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• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World Credits: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) or
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History Credits: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)

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• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 Credits: 3.00 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) or
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877 Credits: 3.00

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• Oral Communication - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science, Technology & Society - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science (any class ASTR, BIOL, BTNY, CHM, EAPS, ENTM, HORT, NRES, PHYS) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science - Credit Hours: 3.00 (laboratory science)
• World Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (48-49 credits)

• Electives - Credit Hours: 48.00-49.00

GPA Requirements

• GPA requirement: 2.5 (with no grade lower than a “C”)

Course Requirements and Notes

• Movie and film courses are not accepted for the English literature requirement.

College of Education Pass/No Pass Option Policy

Education majors (which includes the total credit hour requirement to fulfill General Education: Educational Studies and General Education:  Curriculum & Instruction) are not eligible to receive P/NP for required courses on your plan of study.  Only electives and courses at the 500+ level can have a grade mode change.

Spring 2020 was the only exception approved for the entire campus. 

University Requirements

Additional Information

• The General Education: Curriculum & Instruction major is not a licensure program.

Sample 4-Year Plan

Pre-Requisite Information

For pre-requisite information, log in to mypurdue.purdue.edu and click here.

World Language Courses

World Language proficiency requirements vary by program. The following list is inclusive of all world languages PWL offers for credit; for acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor. (ASL-American Sign Language; ARAB-Arabic; CHNS-Chinese; FR-French; GER-German; GREK-Greek(Ancient); HEBR-Hebrew(Biblical); HEBR-Hebrew(Modern); ITAL-Italian; JPNS-Japanese; KOR-Korean; LATN-Latin; PTGS-Portuguese; RUSS-Russian; SPAN-Spanish)

Critical Course

The ♦ course is considered critical.

In alignment with the Degree Map Guidance for Indiana’s Public Colleges and Universities, published by the Commission for Higher Education (pursuant to HEA 1348-2013), a Critical Course is identified as “one that a student must be able to pass to persist and succeed in a particular major. Students who want to be nurses, for example, should know that they are expected to be proficient in courses like biology in order to be successful. These would be identified by the institutions for each degree program.”

Disclaimer

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