DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE, EMU

Computer Science Education Minor
( Secondary, K-12, andSpecial Education-Secondary Teacher Certification )

Banner minor code: CSCT

Successful completion of this program, in conjunction with other teacher education requirements, qualifies students for recommendation for the Michigan Department of Education Secondary Provisional Certificate endorsed in computer science, certification code “NR,” and an additional endorsement dependent on the major or minor selected. The State of Michigan certification test covering this field is #50, “Computer Science.”

Students must be accepted into the College of Education before enrolling in COSC 303 Applications in Computer Science, COSC 306 Methods of Teaching Computer Science in the Secondary Schools, and COSC 342 Programming Languages for Educators.

Required Courses ....................................................... 24 hours
      COSC 111 Introduction to Programming
        (satisfies general education requirement I.5) (3 hrs)
      COSC 211 Programming Data Structures (3 hrs)
      COSC 221 Computer Organization I (3 hrs)
      COSC 311 Algorithms and Data Structures (3 hrs)
      COSC 303 Applications in Computer Science (3 hrs)
      COSC 306 Methods of Teaching Computer Science in the Secondary Schools (3 hrs)
      COSC 342 Programming Languages for Educators (3 hrs)

Total ......................................................................... 24 hours