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Majoring in Elementary Education will thoroughly prepare the student to teach in all kinds of school settings, in particular urban and suburban. Temple is a good school for Education because teachers in urban school districts are in such high demand that upon graduation students can easily find employment around the Philadelphia area.

Class size in the College of Education at Temple is small, usually less than 35 students. Students also get the opportunity to participate in teaching labs, where they are placed in schools or in clinical settings in which they can observe and learn firsthand about teaching methods.

Within the College of Education, students can choose from an array of special areas, such as Elementary Education, Business, Computer, and Information Technology Education, Counseling Psychology, Special Education, and Early Childhood Education. Students who opt to take the more general Elementary Education approach will take Education Core classes, in addition to the Core Curriculum that everyone at Temple takes. The Education Core includes classes such as Economics, Geography, U.S. History, Linguistics, and a group of Education classes that include Instruction, Assessment & Evaluation, and Effective Use of Instructional Tech.

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Majoring in Biology in the College of Science and Technology provides the student with either a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science degree. Not only do students get the chance to be involved in laboratory and field experiences, they also get the chance to work with world-renowned scientists.

A Bachelor of Arts in Biology includes, in addition to the Core Curriculum, many classes such as Calculus, General Chemistry, Organic Chemistry, General Physics, Genetics, Cell Structure and Function, and four or more electives in Biology. A Bachelor of Science in Biology includes the same classes, for the most part, but with seven or more electives in Biology. Majoring in Biology at Temple is very appealing because of the interesting electives that students can take. A new course recently added to the curriculum is Coral Reef Biology in Tropical Belize, which includes a seven day field trip to the Great Barrier Reef of Belize.

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The Marketing program in the Fox School of Business at Temple is another popular choice for a major. Program requirements include Intro to Marketing, Consumer and Buyer Behavior, Marketing Research, International Marketing, and Marketing Strategy Planning. Students who choose to major in Marketing also must complete the Core Curriculum, in addition to two Marketing electives. There are many electives students can choose from, including Advertising, Event Marketing, and Promotion Management, to name a few.

These electives really add to the major because they could pave the way for the student who is interested in branching off from general marketing. And for the tech-savvy student, a new eMarketing program has been added as a result of recent growths in eCommerce. In addition to three Marketing Core courses, this program includes requirements such as Management Information Systems, Principles of Electronic Commerce, eRetailing and Supply Chain Management, and eMarketing Strategy, to name a few.

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The Psychology Program in the College of Liberal Arts at Temple is located on seven floors of state-of-the art Weiss Hall. Not only is the program fourth in the country when it comes to research and development funding, but the Faculty in the program give students reason enough to major in Psychology ? they include Editors and Associate Editors of major research journals, and members of professional psychology associations such as the Association for Advancement of Behavior Therapy, and the Society for Research on Adolescence.

Program requirements for a major in Psychology include Intro to Psych ? Social Science, Intro to Psych ? Natural Science, Foundations of Statistics, a Biology, Chemistry, or Physics to fulfill the Science Requirement, Inferential Methods in Psychology, Scientific Thinking in Psychology, three Foundation Courses, three Advanced Courses, one elective, and one 400-level course for seniors only.

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Temple's School of Communications and Theater boasts one of the oldest and best Journalism programs in the country. The department is just one of two in Pennsylvania that has reached accredited status by the Accrediting Council on Education in Journalism and Mass Communications. The Department includes an internship program, a new Multimedia Urban Reporting Lab, and several specialization options such as Broadcast Journalism, Magazine, News-Editorial, Photography for the Mass Media, and Multimedia. There is even an option for students to take that entails working along with a faculty member to design his or her own Journalism Program.

Core Courses for the Journalism program, in addition to the Core Curriculum, include Journalism & Society, Writing for Journalists, Audio/visual Newsgathering Techniques, Design for Journalists, Electronic Information Gathering, Journalism and the Law, and electives in whatever specialization the student chooses.

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