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Undergraduate Program Requirements

Bachelor of Science in Transformational Christian Education

This program focuses on preparing students to become Transformational Christian school educators.  The Program promotes the development of Christian teachers within a distinctly Christian environment grounded in a Biblical philosophy of education. The program emphasizes pedagogical skills, differentiated learning, diversity appreciation, instructional technology and a search for truth while setting standards for professionalism and character for each Christian teacher. Students should graduate with a desire to be lifelong learners and servant leaders.

Institutional Learning Outcomes: Profile of a Gracelyn Graduate

Institutional learning outcomes are the outcomes that all Gracelyn students should have upon graduation. Students completing a Gracelyn degree will achieve the outcomes below in each of these domains:

  1. Communication. 

Construct sustained, coherent arguments, narratives or explications of issues, problems or technical issues and processes, in writing and at least one other medium, to general and specific audiences.

  1. Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills. 

Apply practical skills, literacy, technology skills, critical thinking and lifelong learning skills in personal and professional life, utilizing knowledge from Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, Christian Education, and other fields. 

  1. Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility.

Develop a life plan for their own personal vocation, life balance and calling, as well as bringing social change to the world in line with Christian values. Articulate a Christian worldview within their profession and its impact on their approach to work in their field and implications for social responsibility. Develop plans and competencies to increase personal and organizational cross-cultural effectiveness.

 

Program Learning Outcomes: Students who complete the program will:

  1. Develop and execute proficiency in communication.
  2. Demonstrate content knowledge and pedagogical skills.
  3. Use assessment strategies to evaluate progress towards desired outcomes.
  4. Utilize current technology concepts to design, implement and assess learning experiences.
  5. Apply and evaluate culturally responsive teaching practices to help all K-12 students learn.
  6. Develop and demonstrate the application of a biblical worldview.

Students must take the following courses at Gracelyn University:

  1. EDUC 1102: Principles of Teaching in Christian Education (3 credits)
  2. EDUC 2101: Introduction to Christian Education (3 credits)
  3. EDUC 2110: Using Your Giftings through Fine Arts in the Classroom (3 credits)
  4. EDUC 2201: The Science of Reading (3 credits)
  5. EDUC 2202: K-5th Literacy Reading Assessment, Instruction and Intervention (3 credits)
  6. EDUC 2303: Structured English Immersion (3 credits)
  7. EDUC 3101: Transformational Methods of Elementary Education 1 (3 credits)
  8. EDUC 3111: Transformational Methods and Materials in ESL/SpEd (3 credits)
  9. EDUC 3120: Transformational Teaching Methods (3 credits)
  10. EDUC 3130: Transformational Elementary and Secondary Curriculum (3 credits)
  11. EDUC 4101: Introduction to Special Education 1 (3 credits)
  12. EDUC 4102: Introduction to Special Education 2 (3 credits)
  13. EDUC 4110: Transformational Classroom Assessment (3 credits)
  14. EDUC 4120: Teaching All of God’s Children (3 credits)
  15. EDUC 4410: Field Experience I (3 credits)
  16. EDUC 4420: Field Experience II (3 credits)
  17. EDUC 4430: Field Experience III (3 credits)
  18. EDUC 4440: Field Experience IV (3 credits)

Undergraduate General Education Requirements

Gracelyn requires a total of 30 general education credits for a bachelor’s degree across the following domains:

Communications
Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills
Christian Life and Thought
Overall Total 		min 3 credits
min 9 credits
min 3 credits
30 credits

 

Prescribed General Education Courses for Students Transferring In Less than Half Their Degree

Students entering Gracelyn with transfer credits of less than half their degree (60 for Bachelor’s) will be required to take the following specific courses to meet the above requirements and graduate unless the below have been transferred to Gracelyn from another institution.

Foundational Courses

Signature Courses

General Education Outcomes

In addition to achieving their degree program outcomes, students completing a Gracelyn degree will achieve the outcomes below in these domains:

  1. Communication
    Construct sustained, coherent arguments, narratives or explications of issues, problems or technical issues and processes, in writing and at least one other medium, to general and specific audiences.
  2. Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills. 
    Apply practical skills, literacy, technology skills, critical thinking and lifelong learning skills in personal and professional life, utilizing knowledge from Social and Behavioral Sciences, Humanities, Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences and other fields.
  3. Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility.
    Develop a life plan for their own personal vocation, life balance and calling, as well as bringing social change to the world in line with Christian values.
    Articulate a Christian worldview within their profession and its impact on their approach to work in their field and implications for social responsibility.
    Develop plans and competencies to increase personal and organizational cross-cultural effectiveness.

Mapping of Gracelyn Courses to Education Requirements

The following is a list of how Gracelyn courses may be used to fulfill requirements. Note that courses cannot be counted in multiple categories simultaneously – each must be for one or the other.

Communications (min 3)

Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills (min 9)

Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility (min 3)

The list below shows how common courses from other institutions would be classified for transfer credit.

Mapping Transfer Credit to General Education

Communications

Broad Knowledge and Intellectual Skills

Christian Life, Thought and Social Responsibility

 

Undergraduate Graduation Requirements

There are 4 requirements for undergraduate graduation:

Make a DIFFERENCE.

Will you be the hero in a child's life? As an educator, you'll make a life-changing impact through your service.

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