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REQUIREMENTS FOR THE NORMAL PROFESSIONAL
CERTIFICATE

The work for this certificate in the Summer Quarter was authorized
by the State Board of Education by resolution December 15,
1924. Thirty session hours are required for its completion.

This certificate permits the holder to teach in the elementary
schools. It is valid for ten years and renewable for periods of ten
years.

A resident requirement of three full Summer Quarters is required
for this certificate.

I. Courses Leading to the Normal Professional Certificate for Teachers
of Grammar Grades:

• 1.

   

  Academic Subjects

  19 session-hours

                     

  (a)	English s41—Survey of English Grammar	1 session-hour
  	English s42—The Teaching of Composition	1 session-hour
  	English s42—The Teaching of Composition	session-hour
  	English sA1-I—Grammatical Analysis and
  	English Electives	1 session-hour
  	Composition	3 session-hours
  (b)	History sB3-I, or II, or III—American	1 session-hour
  (c)	Government sB1-I—United States Govment	1 session-hour
  (d)	Psychology—Education sB2-I	1 session-hour
  (e)	Electives (5 in each of two subjects)	10 session-hours

• 2.

             

  Education	8 session-hours
  Education s33, or s34—Educational Psychology	1 session-hour
  Education sB2-II—Principles of Teaching	1 session-hour
  Supervised Teaching	2 session-hours
  Education s37, s43, or s44—Elementary Grade Methods	1 session-hour
  Education s46—General Geography	1 session-hour

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  Electives in Education—Elect two of the following:

               

  Education s42—Methods in Civics and History	1 session-hour
  Education sB9-III—The Curriculum of Elementary School	1 session-hour
  Education s45—The Teaching of Arithmetic	1 session-hour
  Education sB5-III—Standard Tests in Elementary School Subjects	1 session-hour
  Education sB9-II (either section)—Supervision	1 session-hour
  Education s35—The Teaching of Geography.	1 session-hour
  Education s31—Nature Study	1 session-hour

• 3.

           

  Health and Physical Education	3 session-hours
  Education sB12-I—Hygiene and Sanitation	1 session-hour
  Physical Education s92	½ session-hour
  Physical Education s95	½ session-hour
  Physical Education (Elective) Education sB12-II	1 session-hour

II. Courses Leading to the Normal Professional Certificate for Kindergarten
and Primary Grade Teaching:

First Three Quarters—

                                 

Industrial and Fine Arts I—Introduction to Industrial and Fine Arts or Ed. s41	1 session-hour
Education sB2-I—Educational Psychology	1 session-hour
Education s31—Nature Study	1 session-hour
Education s33—Elementary Educational Psychology	1 session-hour
Education sB2-II—Principles of Teaching	1 session-hour
Education s45—The Teaching of Arithmetic	1 session-hour
Education s32—Child Literature	1 session-hour
Education s36—The Teaching of Reading	1 session-hour
Writing s113—The Teaching of Handwriting	1 session-hour
English s41—Methods in Language and Grammar	1 session-hour
Education s38—Methods in Language and Spelling, Primary Grades	1 session-hour
Phy. Ed. s93—Physical Education—Primary Grades	½ session-hour
Phy. Ed. s95—Theory, Methods and Practice	½ session-hour
Education sB8-I—School Hygiene	1 session-hour
Music—Public School Music	1 session-hour
Education s46—General Geography	1 session-hour
	15 session-hours

Second Three Quarters—

   

Education sB5-III—Standard Tests in Elementary School Subjects	1 session-hour
Education sB1-I—School Subjects—History of Education	1 session-hour

Note.—Teachers who desire to take Supervised Teaching, must notify the Dean of
the Summer Quarter at least 30 days before the opening of the first term in order to
be assured of securing it, as the number of such students who may be accommodated
is necessarily limited. Only those completing the Normal Professional will be admitted
to the class.

                     

Education s42—Civics and History	1 session-hour
History sB3-I—American History	1 session-hour
History s66—Modern English History	1 session-hour
Education—Supervised Teaching	2 session-hours
Dramatic Art s44—Art of Expression; Reading and Speaking	1 session-hour
English s42—The Teaching of Composition	1 session-hour
English sA—Literature	1 session-hour
Physical Education s96—Folk and Aesthetic Dancing	½ session-hour
Music s15A—Primary Reading and Ear Training	½ session-hour
Elective—Ed. s40 and three others	4 session-hours
	15 session-hours

Appropriate credit will be allowed on this certificate for courses taken
in other standard teachers colleges or normal schools.