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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 Hartwell Graduate

Institutional learning outcomes are the outcomes that all Hartwell students should have upon graduation. Students completing a Hartwell 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 Hartwell University:

1. TCED 201 – Introduction to Christian Education
2. TCED 210 – Using Your Giftings Through Fine Arts in the Classroom
3. TCED 301 – Transformational Methods of Elementary Education 1
4. TCED 311 – Transformational Methods and Materials in ESL/SpEd 1
5. TCED 320 – Transformational Teaching Methods
6. TCED 330 – Transformational Elementary and Secondary Curriculum
7. TCED 410 – Transformational Classroom Assessment
8. TCED 420 – Teaching all of God’s Children
9. TCED 441 – Field Experience I
10. TCED 442 – Field Experience II
11. TCED 443 – Field Experience III
12. TCED 444 – Field Experience IV

Undergraduate General Education Requirements

Hartwell 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 Hartwell 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 Hartwell from another institution.

Foundational Courses

Signature Courses

General Education Outcomes

In addition to achieving their degree program outcomes, students completing a Hartwell 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 Hartwell Courses to Education Requirements

The following is a list of how Hartwell 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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