Undergraduate Programs Guide
Undergraduate Teacher Education Program
For students interested in a career in education, the Division of Engineering and Department of Education has established an Undergraduate Teacher Education Program for students concentrating in any of the engineering disciplines (A.B. or Sc.B.). Graduates are certified by the State of Rhode Island to enter careers as primary or secondary school science teachers. The graduates of the program are uniquely qualified to teach science in an engaging, technology-based and application-oriented setting. The program builds on the strong commitment of the engineering faculty students to outreach programs in K-12 education.
The program is not a concentration program. Students graduate with an engineering degree, but must also take the following courses from the Education Department in addition to their engineering requirements:
• EDUC 0900: Field work and seminar in High School Education
• One Education Foundations course.
• EDUC 1450: Psychology of Teaching
• EDUC 2060: Methods of Teaching (summer between semester VI and VII) - includes practice teaching
• EDUC 1070: Student Teaching
• EDUC 1080: Analysis of Teaching seminar
The engineering courses for the Teacher Education Program must include ENGN 0510, Electricity and Magnetism, and Physics 0790, the Physics of Matter.
Students interested in the program formally apply during the fall of their Junior year, but are encouraged to speak with Professor J. Blume as early as possible during their Brown career. Websites for more information:
http://www.brown.edu/Departments/Education/te_utep.php
