Additional Endorsements may be added to Early Childhood, Elementary, Middle Grades, Secondary, Special Education, and PK-12 Licensure.
Teacher Education Candidates are strongly recommended to add at least one endorsement to their Professional Educator License. The following endorsements are available at Concordia University Chicago. Be sure to check with your College of Education Faculty Advisor regarding the required Illinois Licensure Content Tests.
English as a Second Language Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
The following courses form the 18 hours required by the state of Illinois for an ESL endorsement and meet the requirements of the state of Illinois statute requiring all ECE candidates graduating July 1, 2014 or later to have the ESL endorsement. These courses are included in the ECE major and are not required in addition to the requirements of the major.
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 18 | |
| Teaching in Diverse Classrooms | ||
| Emergent Literacy | ||
| Theoretical Foundations of Teaching ESL Students | ||
| Linguistics and Language Development for Diverse Learners | ||
| Management and Assessment in Classrooms with Bilingual Learners | ||
| Content and Methods of Teaching ESL | ||
| 100 hours of field experience in ESL classrooms is required | ||
Elementary Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Courses | 18 | |
| Human and Cognitive Development | ||
| Content and Methods for Elementary Literacy | ||
| Content and Methods for Elementary Social Sciences | ||
| Content and Methods for Elementary Math | ||
| Content and Methods for Elementary Science | ||
| Assessment: Elementary and Middle Grades | ||
Middle Grades Literacy Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | 3 | |
| Content and Methods for Middle Grades Literacy | ||
| Choose 5 additional Literacy courses from the list below | 15 | |
| Speech Communication | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas | ||
| English Composition | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Linguistics | ||
| Non-Western Literature | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Classical World Literature | ||
| British Literature II | ||
Middle Grades Math Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 6 courses from list below | 18 | |
| Content and Methods for Middle Grades Math | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary Math | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Discrete Mathematics | ||
| Problem Solving with Number Theory | ||
| Calculus for Business and Life Sciences | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| History of Mathematics | ||
| Mathematical Proof | ||
| Linear Algebra | ||
| College Geometry | ||
| Group Theory | ||
| Probability Theory | ||
| Mathematical Statistics | ||
| Real Analysis | ||
| Complex Analysis | ||
Middle Grades Science Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | 3 | |
| Content and Methods for Middle Grades Science | ||
| Choose 15 additional credits in Life, Physical or Earth Science from the list below | 15 | |
| General Biology I (With Lab) | ||
| General Biology II (With Lab) | ||
| Fundamentals of Microbiology (With Lab) | ||
| Microbiology (With Lab) | ||
| General Chemistry I (With Lab) | ||
| General Chemistry II (With Lab) | ||
| Organic Chemistry I (With Lab) | ||
| Biochemistry (With Lab) | ||
| Elementary Physics I (With Lab) | ||
Middle Grades Social Science Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Required Course | 3 | |
| Content and Methods for Middle Grades Social Science | ||
| Select 15 additional credits from the social science list below | 15 | |
| Geography of North America | ||
| The Developing World | ||
| History of the American People to 1877 | ||
| History of the American People since 1877 | ||
| A History of Illinois | ||
| Seminar in Writing and Researching History | ||
| The Age of Reform, 1400-1650 | ||
| Europe In Our Time: 1918-Present | ||
| Rise and Decline of Modern Europe: 1799-1918 | ||
| Antebellum America | ||
| Contemporary America | ||
| The American Religious Experience | ||
| Twentieth Century World History | ||
| Non-Western Historical Studies | ||
| American Government and Politics | ||
Secondary Literacy Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 6 Literacy courses from the list below | 18 | |
| Speech Communication | ||
| Intercultural Communication | ||
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary English | ||
| Literacy Instruction in the Content Areas | ||
| English Composition | ||
| Writing About Literature | ||
| Linguistics | ||
| Non-Western Literature | ||
| African American Literature | ||
| Classical World Literature | ||
| British Literature II | ||
Secondary Math Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 6 courses from the list below | 18 | |
| Content and Methods of Middle/Secondary Math | ||
| Statistics | ||
| Problem Solving with Number Theory | ||
| Calculus for Business and Life Sciences | ||
| Calculus I | ||
| Calculus II | ||
| Probability and Statistics | ||
| Calculus III | ||
| Differential Equations | ||
| History of Mathematics | ||
| Mathematical Proof | ||
| Linear Algebra | ||
| College Geometry | ||
| Group Theory | ||
| Probability Theory | ||
| Mathematical Statistics | ||
| Real Analysis | ||
| Complex Analysis | ||
Secondary Science (Biology) Education Endorsement (18 credit hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 12 credit hours in Biology and 6 credit hours in both Life Science and Physical Science from the list below | 18 | |
| General Biology I (With Lab) | ||
| General Biology II (With Lab) | ||
| Fundamentals of Microbiology (With Lab) | ||
| Microbiology (With Lab) | ||
| Genetics (With Lab) | ||
| General Chemistry I (With Lab) | ||
| General Chemistry II (With Lab) | ||
| Organic Chemistry I (With Lab) | ||
| Biochemistry (With Lab) | ||
| Elementary Physics I (With Lab) | ||
Secondary Social Science (History) Education Endorsement (18 Credit Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Choose 12 credit hours in History and 6 credit hours in one other Social Science area | 18 | |
| Geography of North America | ||
| The Developing World | ||
| History of the American People to 1877 | ||
| History of the American People since 1877 | ||
| A History of Illinois | ||
| The Age of Reform, 1400-1650 | ||
| Europe In Our Time: 1918-Present | ||
| Rise and Decline of Modern Europe: 1799-1918 | ||
| Antebellum America | ||
| Contemporary America | ||
| The American Religious Experience | ||
| Twentieth Century World History | ||
| Non-Western Historical Studies | ||
| American Government and Politics | ||
Special Education Endorsement (20 Hours)
| Code | Title | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| All required | 20 | |
| Characteristics and Instruction of Exceptional Learners | ||
| Must be taken concurrently in the Fall | ||
| Characteristics of Students with Special Needs: High Incidence | ||
| Instructional Strategies and Curricular Adaptations for Students with Special Needs: High Incidence | ||
| Assessment of Individuals with Disabilities | ||
| Must be taken concurrently in the Spring | ||
| Characteristics of Students with Special Needs: Low Incidence | ||
| Instructional Strategies and Curriculum Adaptations for Student with Special Needs: Low Incidence | ||