2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog

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College of Business and Information Systems

Computer Education Major for Bachelor of Science in Education

This major prepares K-12 teachers to serve the needs of school districts. Graduates are well qualified to teach computer literacy and programming courses. Students are prepared to train other teachers in the integration of computers into other teaching disciplines.

System-wide General Education Requirements* 30
Institutional Graduation Requirements

5
Information Technology Literacy Requirement**

9 
* Majors must take PSYC 101, and either HIST 151 or HIST 152 as part of the system-wide general education requirement.
** Majors must take CSC 150 as part of the information technology literacy requirements.

NOTE: Students should complete professional education coursework (see below) concurrently with general education and content major coursework.

Computer Education Major     36 
  CIS 130 Visual Basic Programming 3   
  CIS 251 Business Applications Programming 3  
CIS 325 Management Info Systems 3 
CIS 332 Structured Systems Analysis and Design 3
  CIS 350 Computer Hardware, Data Communications & Networking 3  
  CIS 383 Networking I 3  
CSC 206 Adv. Computer Applications* 3
CSC 305 Educational Integrated Software 3
  EDFN 365 Computer-Based Technology and Learning 3  
  EDFN 366 Teaching Using Video Conferencing 3  
  EDFN 465 Multimedia & Web Dev. in Education 2  
  OED 214 Word Processing 3  
  CSC/CIS elective (200 level or above) 3  
  *3 one-credit courses required, none of which can be repeated.    
Minor Requirement     19
Professional Education Courses   32
  Students must complete 30 hours of system-wide general education courses in their first 64 credit hours  
  All Professional Education Courses must be completed with a "C" or better.  
  1 - No grade less than a "C" must be completed prior to admission to Teacher Education   
  2 - Requires field experience.   
Pre-Professional Block      
  EDFN 338 Foundations of American Education 1, 2 2   
  EPSY 302 Educational Psychology 1, 2 3   
  HIST/INED 411 South Dakota Indian Studies 3  
  SPED 100 Intro to Persons with Exceptionalities 1, 2  2*  
 

Admission to the Teacher Education Program is required for the remaining courses.
See Requirements for Admission in the College of Education section.
*Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take SPED 100 for 3 credits.
Early Professional Block      
  EDFN/SOC 475 Human Relations 3   
  ENGL/SEED 450 7-12 Teaching Reading in the Content Area2 3  
  EPSY 330 Human Growth and Development 2  3   
Advanced Professional Block      
  SEED 302 Secondary and Middle Level Content
Methods: Business/Computer Major 2 		 2  
Student Teaching Semester      
 

Admission to Student Teaching is required for enrollment in ED 488. See
Approval for Student Teaching in College of Education section. SEED 401 and
SEED 471 are taught in a compressed format during the first four weeks of the
semester and are usually taken in the same semester as student teaching.
  ED 488 K-12 Student Teaching 10  
  SEED 401 Methods of Education Technology 

1

  
  SEED 471 Secondary Education

1

  
  Students planning to teach outside South Dakota are encouraged to take    
  HLTH 201 ATOD Prevention Education 2  
Minor/Endorsement Programs (Minors leading to South Dakota certification)  
  See Education Endorsement Programs in College of Education section for a list of all available minor/endorsement programs for K-12 and Secondary Education majors.

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