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SPECIaL PROGRaMS
Curriculum continued Third Year Fall: EDUC
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SEM
MAJOR
320
275
339
Spring: EDUC 321
PSY
MAJOR
277
Fourth Year Fall: MAJOR SEM 439
Curriculum and assessment in an age of Multicultural Education – 3 credits (Prerequisite: EDUC 245) Required weekly pre-practicum fieldwork at a Partnership School for a total of 20 hours. Educational Psychology – 3 credits (Prerequisite: PSY 151) third-Year Professional Development Seminar Complete two courses in your subject area specialization. Communication and technology in the Classroom – 3 credits (Prerequisite: EDUC 245) Required weekly pre-practicum fieldwork at a Partnership School for a total of 20 hours. Psychology of adolescence – 3 credits (Prerequisite: PSY 151) Complete two courses in your subject area specialization.
Finish requirements for major. Senior-Year Professional Development Seminar Spring: EDUC 488/490 teaching Practicum in Middle or Secondary School – 12 credits
Required 14 weeks of full-time, supervised teaching at a Partnership School with a minimum of 135 direct instructional hours.
INtERNSHIP PROGRaMS
Nichols College believes that it is important for its students to have the opportunity to experience the world of work prior to graduation from college. the College has created a variety of internship experiences for its students so that they may be better prepared for careers in business, government, and human service. Internships test theories and concepts learned in the classroom in an actual field setting. Students bring the knowledge gained from the internship experience back to the classroom through the insights and critical vantage points they gain as interns. Various academic departments sponsor field experiences that are appropriate to their disciplines. Normally, internships are for academic credit and cover the approximate time period of one academic semester. Internship placements are available in corporations located in various cities throughout the United States. Placements are made through the efforts of the student, the Internship Coordinator, and the faculty sponsor. Nominations for internship assignments are based on a student’s past academic perform64
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ance, recommendation of the proposed faculty sponsor, and acceptance by the host agency or company. Each intern is required to develop an internship proposal called the “learning contract.” the learning contract specifies the student intern’s learning objectives, work responsibilities, and the academic requirements set forth by the faculty sponsor (reading and research assignments, term papers, etc.). the sponsoring company’s responsibilities to the student intern are specified carefully in the learning contract. Students interested in internships relevant to their studies should contact the Internship Coordinator in the Office of Career Services for details and possible placement. For complete regulations governing internships and/or a list of current or past placements, students should contact the Office of Career Services.
aRMY ROtC PROGRaM
army Reserve Officers training Corps (ROtC) is a supplemental program available to all students at Nichols College. Qualified american citizens who successfully complete ROtC will be commissioned upon graduation as second lieutenants in the United States army, the army Reserve, or the army National Guard. Delayed entry for graduate study may be granted. Military science and ROtC can be combined with any specialization or major offered at the College. the program is not a major or a degree-granting program. Emphasis is placed on the development of individual leadership through laboratories combining theory and practical leadership experience. these laboratories are designed to prepare the student for future leadership roles. 1.
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there are three variations of ROtC available to the student: the traditional four-year program in which the student takes military science courses each academic year and attends an advanced summer camp between the junior and senior years.
a two-year program designed for students who decide to enter ROtC before the end of the sophomore year or for those transferring to the College from non-ROtC colleges or universities. In this program, the student attends a basic summer camp prior to his/her junior year and completes military science courses and advanced camp in the junior and senior years. the student can simultaneously belong to the College’s ROtC program and the army National Guard, or the army Reserve during the junior and senior years. Students in this program receive Reserve drill pay in addition to the ROtC stipend allowance.
all military science courses are open to any student at the College regardless of participation in the ROtC program.
WaSHINGtON, D.C., SEMEStER
Nichols College is affiliated with the Washington Center, a nationally recognized internship placement agency located in the nation’s capital. While the Washington Semester is taken normal-