麻豆社

Search

Adolescent/Young Adult Education

Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science

Degree Type:
B.A., BS
College:
College of Arts & Sciences
Department:
Education

Inspire lives and transform futures.

The Adolescent/Young Adult Education (AYA) major at 麻豆社 prepares you to teach, inspire, and advocate for students in grades 7-12. Develop deep subject matter expertise, gain real-world teaching experience, and leave ready to make a difference in the lives of your students — and in your school and community.

Learn By Doing

Spend your final year immersed in a school setting. In the fall, you’ll observe a classroom and ease into teaching. In the spring, you’ll plan and lead lessons under the guidance of your mentor-teacher.

Prepare for Licensure

Our program meets the standards for Ohio teacher licensure. All JCU education majors are accredited by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation.

  • Learn By Doing

    Spend your final year immersed in a school setting. In the fall, you’ll observe a classroom and ease into teaching. In the spring, you’ll plan and lead lessons under the guidance of your mentor-teacher.

  • Prepare for Licensure

    Our program meets the standards for Ohio teacher licensure. All JCU education majors are accredited by the Association for Advancing Quality in Educator Preparation.

  • Receive Personalized Advising

    Most AYA students are double-majoring, which means you get double the mentorship. Work closely with an advisor from the education department and your chosen content area.

  • 360 hours of student teaching experience

  • #12 in the country for community engagement (Princeton Review, 2024)

  • 100% of students have access to professional development opportunities

  • 14:1 Student-to-faculty ratio

Program Overview & Outcomes

One of the biggest draws to teaching at the middle and high school levels is that you can specialize in a subject area that you’re passionate about. Maybe you’ll be that person who makes math click for a student who previously struggled. Perhaps you’ll spark someone’s love of science, civic engagement, or reading.

As a secondary education student at JCU, you’ll choose a primary major that aligns with your content area, such as:

  • English (literature)
  • History
  • Mathematics

You can also pursue a licensure in Integrated Science. This option doesn’t require a second major, but rather you’ll complete coursework in a range of STEM fields.

Curriculum: What You Will Learn

The requirements for the Adolescent/Young Adult (Secondary) Education major vary based on your chosen subject areas, but all begin with a series of professional and pedagogical studies courses and culminate with a year-long student teaching experience. Your advisor(s) will help make sure you’re on the right track with meeting graduation and licensure requirements.

  • Core Education Courses

    Introduction To Education

    3 Credits

    ED1010

    Prerequisite for admission to teacher education. Emphasis on self-evaluation as a teacher. Introduction to critical issues in education, the person as a teacher, criteria for effective teaching, and effective school settings. Includes a field experience component. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Offered: Fall and Spring.

    School & Society

    3 Credits

    ED2110

    Prerequisite for admission to teacher education. Foundations of education examined through historical, sociological, and philosophical perspectives to provide a comprehensive understanding of American education and related educational issues in a diverse society. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Offered: Fall and Spring. Prerequisite: ED 1010 or ED 1710 (min grade C) and EN 1250 or equivalent.

    Multicultural Education In A Pluralistic Society

    3 Credits

    ED3120

    Cultural, racial, ethnic, socioeconomic, gender, and individual differences and their effects on American education and society studied from sociological, historical, and philosophical perspectives. Development of human-relations skills to address issues of diversity and social justice.Offered: Spring and Summer.

    Educational Technology

    3 Credits

    ED3410

    Principles and techniques affecting technology in educational contexts. Includes exploration of emerging technologies and selection, production, and integration of educational materials. Prerequisite: Formal acceptance into the teacher education program. Lab fee. Offered: Fall and Spring.

    The Exceptional Learner

    3 Credits

    ED4610

    Formation of skills in curriculum development, grouping, special procedures, planning, educational diagnosis, and other techniques suitable for working with a specified population of exceptional children. Requires work with students and parents in field settings.Offered: Fall and Summer.

  • AYA Major Courses

    The Adolescent And Young Adult: Learning And Development

    3 Credits

    ED2315

    Topics, developmental theories, and educational strategies that apply to the age ranges of middle childhood, adolescent, and young adult. Topics include learning theories and neuropsychological development to help students learn to integrate research and theory into their teaching decisions. Field component allowing students to observe developmental theories in real-world settings. This course is for students seeking Middle Childhood or Adolescent/Young Adult licensure.Offered: Spring

    Literacy Across The Curriculum

    3 Credits

    ED2510

    The Foundations of Literacy course provides a scientifically based foundation in the cognitive, socio-cultural, linguistic, and motivational influences on literacy and language development. The course presents the key scientifically based reading research foundations needed to understand how reading develops and effective methods and strategies used to teach literacy skills including writing to young children through young adults. Topics include understanding reading research, cognitive psychology’s contributions to understanding the reading process, language development, the sequence of learning to read, the essential components of reading instruction, what research says about writing and writing instruction, and an introduction to the most effective approaches to teaching reading and writing across the grade bands. Includes field experience. Field assignment related to licensure and content area. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Offered: Fall.

    Educational Assessment

    3 Credits

    ED3025

    Principles of quality formative and summative classroom assessment. Examining differentiated assessments and feedback for different types of learners. Using data-based decision making and analyzing assessment data to examine instructional impact on student outcomes. Introduction to educational accountability, student growth models, and teacher evaluation systems. Prerequisite: ED 1010 (minimum grade C), or ED 2110 (minimum grade C), and formal admission to teacher education. Offered: Spring.

    Adolescent Education Special Methods

    3 Credits

    ED3013

    Prerequisite for ED 4063 and admission to Pre-Student Teaching. For Adolescent licensure program students. General methods and specific content-area methods for planning, implementing, and integrating curriculum, evaluating pupil achievement, and teaching to individual differences. Emphasis on strategies related to effective teaching and learning in each licensure content area. Lab fee required. Offered: Fall. Prerequisites: ED 1010 (min grade C) or ED 2110 (min grade C), and formal acceptance into teacher education. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

    Adolescent Education Seminar

    3 Credits

    ED4073

    Corequisites: ED 4973 and admission to the professional semester. Continued study of adolescent development, learner achievement, and assessment. Integrates program learning with student teaching experience. Development of the professional portfolio and preparation for job interviewing. Includes an intensive performance assessment related to student teaching required for program completion. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Offered: Fall and Spring.

    Adolescent Education Special Topics

    3 Credits

    ED4063

    Practical application of issues to pre-student teaching field setting. Taken by adolescent and PE licensure program students the semester preceding student teaching. Topics include lesson design, implementation, and assessment through the lens of culturally responsive practices. Taken concurrently with pre-student teaching. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Prerequisites: ED 3013 and acceptance into pre-student teaching. Corequisite: ED 4963. Offered: Fall.

    Adolescent Education Special Topics Practicum

    0 Credits

    ED4963

    Adolescent Young Adult teacher candidates will be required to observe, practice and reflect on approaches to appropriate curriculum and methods as part of the pre-student teaching (PST) experience. The PST requires one full day (or equivalent) per week in a high school classroom. For adolescent young adult education students only. Formal admission to PST required. Offered: Fall and Spring. Corequisite: ED 4063. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

    Adolescent Education Internship

    9 Credits

    ED4973

    A full-day semester of teaching in an accredited secondary school under the direction of a classroom teacher qualified in the content area and a University supervisor. Supervision includes personnel with advanced training in the relevant content area. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details. Prerequisites: ED 4063 (minimum grade of C) and ED 4963 (minimum grade of SA). Corequisites: ED 4073 and admission to the professional semester. Offered: Fall and Spring.

  • Content Area Courses

    Ed3225

    ED3225

    The course explores the central questions of its title:

    Com1502

    COM1502

    Introduction to newsgathering and news writing for print, broadcast, online and social media. Uses the Mac lab for classes, with assignments on- and off-campus to build practical experience in verification, interviewing, reporting on events and issues, and writing news and features. Brief introductions to journalism history, current ethical and practical issues, and the legal hazards faced by journalists. Some assignments offer students a choice to cover events and issues in their area of interest, such as sports, health, environment, politics, or the performing arts.

    OR

    Com2552

    COM2552

    This course teaches the fundamentals of digital media content creation, from pre-production to post-production. Students learn and practice the theories and basic principles of storytelling, design, content evaluation, development, workflow, creation, and audio and visual content delivery. They also learn to use professional production tools and software. The course equips students with skills for advanced knowledge in digital media production, preparing them to create content suitable for distribution on various media platforms. Additional fees apply to this course. Please see the section schedule for amount details.

    Intro-Econ Problems & Policies

    EC1101

    Survey of current socioeconomic issues and problems: market structure, costs and competition, international trade, environmental concerns, economic growth, financial panics, inflation, and unemployment. Uses basic economic concepts and analytical tools. Cannot be used to satisfy the part of an EC major, the business core for business majors, or the business minor.

    United States Politics

    PO1100

    The U.S. political system in theory and practice; political processes, institutions, individual and group behavior; the relationship of the political system to the organizational and economic environments.

    Foundations In Sociology

    SC1010

    What is society? How can we understand it? What is the role of the individual in society, and how does society affect individual lives? This course examines a variety of topics such as culture, socialization, social structure, inequality, deviance, crime, and serves as an introduction to the field of sociology and criminology.

Related Majors

As an AYA student, you’ll have two majors: education and your primary content area. Learn more about those related programs.

  • “I always tell people that what makes John Carroll stand out from other schools is that we’re in the classroom from the beginning of freshman year. This exposure, alongside all of the fieldwork we do, was the best way for me to feel more and more comfortable in a teaching role.”

    Alison Brown ’25 Adolescent/Young Adult Education major

Where Our Alumni Go

Our graduates teach and lead in public and private schools in Ohio and around the country. Many advance into school and district leadership, and others use their teaching and curriculum development experience to serve community organizations.

Saved Programs

Saved Undergraduate Programs

No programs saved yet.

Undergraduate Program Explorer

Saved Graduate Programs

No programs saved yet.

Graduate Program Explorer