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Bilingual Bicultural Education Ojibwe Minor
B.S. in Ed. degree, all emphases

This minor is a multidisciplinary selection of courses to prepare the student to teach children of Ojibwe heritage. By the end of the program of study a student must demonstrate by examination Ojibwe language oral and written competencies at the minimal level of a college minor.

The minor is authorized by the bilingual education advisor in the Department of Teacher Education and Professional Development. A minimum 2.7 GPA (B-) must be earned in all teaching minors.

Required Courses (15 hours):
EDU 513 (3) Foundations of Bilingual Bicultural Education
EDU 514 (3) Methods and Materials for Bilingual Education
EDU 516 (3) Teaching Native American History and Culture
ENG 375 (3) Introduction to Linguistics
ENG 571 (3) Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages

Electives (9 hours) to be selected in consultation with the advisor.
Area I (3 hours)
CDO 130 (3) Normal Speech and Language Acquisition
SPE 550 (3) Teaching Culturally Diverse Students
EDU 506 (3) Individualizing Instruction

Area II (6 hours)
ANT 175 (3) Archeology of the Americas
ANT 200 (3) Education and Culture
ANT 320 (3) North American Indian Culture
ANT 365 (3) Current American Indian Issues
ENG 328 (3) Literature of the North American Indian
HST 323 (3) History of Native Americans
SOC 323 (3) Racism and Inequality

Total: 24 semester hours

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