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Physical Education Teacher Education Option ED 216

Purpose, Structure, and Function of Education in a Democracy............................................ 3

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Spanish is the only language available at LBCC for students wishing to pursue a foreign language degree at a four-year transfer school. Transfer credit language classes earn four transfer credits each and emphasize speaking, reading and writing, and helping students to build proficiency. Because we offer a limited number of courses in foreign language, students planning to transfer to Oregon State University are strongly encouraged to consider dual enrolling at OSU and LBCC. The Degree Partnership Program( DPP) is an arrangement between LBCC and Oregon State that allows you to take classes at both institutions( see www. linnbenton. edu / go / dpp for more information). Make an appointment to meet with an advisor in Foreign Language to learn more about your options with DPP. Make this appointment at least one term in advance of when you plan to take classes as a dually-enrolled student at OSU, and, if you are seeking financial aid, be sure to list both LBCC and OSU when you complete your FAFSA.

For students interested in transferring to an institution other than Oregon State University, it is important that you identify the institution that you plan to attend. An advisor in the foreign language department can help you select the classes at LBCC that will transfer to that institution. You may want to also work with an advisor from the transfer institution as well.

For students interested in the language, culture, and history of Latin American countries, the faculty in the foreign language department recommends the following courses, most of which can be taken as part of the General Education component of an Associate of Science( AS) or Associate of Arts( Oregon Transfer) degree: ENG 215 Latino / a Literature( 3 credits) ENG 209 Non-Western World Literature: The Americas( 3 credits) GEOG 202 World Geography: Latin American and Caribbean( 3 credits) HST 158 History of Latin America( 3 credits)

LBCC also offers a wide variety of conversational foreign languages to meet community interests and the needs of local employers. Conversational foreign language classes are offered through community education centers in Albany, Corvallis and Lebanon. They include: beginning conversation classes in Arabic, Chinese, German, Japanese,

Latin, and Russian; beginning, intermediate, and advanced conversation classes in French and Spanish; and beginning and intermediate classes in American Sign Language.

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The Associate of Science in History is for students interested in completing a bachelor’ s degree at Oregon State University in History. Students interested in this option are strongly encouraged to enroll in the Degree Partnership Program( DPP) as there may be lower division courses required by their chosen discipline that are only offered at Oregon State University. Students interested in the general transfer degree, the AA( OT) should follow the guidelines for this degree in Appendix B of this catalog. If you know the college / university you will be attending, you should work with an advisor from that school to be sure you are taking appropriate courses at LBCC.

Students who focus on history develop strong reading, writing and critical thinking skills, and the ability to organize seemingly independent information into a unified whole( synthesis). These skills are required in order to research and analyze historical events and to apply past lessons of history to today’ s problems. They are also general skills valued by employers in a wide variety of fields, so a history degree can be a pathway to a wide variety of occupations. Depending on the area of history studied while in school and whether or not a student pursues post-graduate education, career opportunities for students majoring in History currently include the following: teacher / faculty, archivist, writer / researcher, and museum curator / administrator.

The History Department is the home of the co-curricular Peace Studies Program that offers interested students the opportunity to build awareness of nonviolent approaches to conflict resolution on the interpersonal, intergroup, and international levels. Every two years a group of LBCC students participate in the International Symposium on Peace, Justice and Human Rights, which is held in either Great Britain, Norway, the Netherlands, Germany, Poland, Hungary, Lithuania, Israel or the United States. The symposium brings together students and teachers from a number of countries to experience intercultural communication, to learn about intercultural and international conflict, and to explore strategies for peaceful resolution of conflicts. For further information, contact program advisor Scott McAleer at 541-917-4578.

Student Learning Outcomes

Students who successfully complete an Associate of Science degree in History will:

• Articulate the interplay between social or natural forces and individuals.

• Apply analytical skills to social or natural phenomena to explain, evaluate, or predict human behavior.

• Understand and respect cultural differences by: articulating an understanding of the historical basis of cultural ideas, behavior, or issues of inequality, or by articulating how their cultural background influences their reactions to or interactions with others.

• Articulate an awareness of issues related to historical or contemporary inequities in U. S. society and propose methods that would facilitate a more equitable society.