Department of Teacher Development and Educational Studies

485B Pawley Hall (248) 370-2613
Fax: (248) 370-2639

Chairperson: Dyanne M. Tracy

Professors emeriti: James W. Hughes, M. Sharon P. Muir

Professors: Dyanne M. Tracy, Mary T. Stein

Associate professors: Karen Bolak, Ji-Eun Lee, Michael MacDonald, Carolyn O’Mahony, Thomas Pedroni, Dawn M. Pickard, Robert A. Wiggins

Assistant professors: Nancy A. Melamed-Brown, Younjoo Kim, Timothy Larrabee, Mark Olson, Michael Weiss

Special instructors: Linda Tyson, Mary F. Zeppelin

General Information

The Department of Teacher Development and Educational Studies offers programs designed to prepare students for careers in elementary and secondary school teaching. Both programs are approved by the Teacher Education Accreditation Council (TEAC) and the Michigan Department of Education.

In conjunction with the Departments of Human Development and Child Studies, and Reading and Language Arts, the Department of Teacher Development and Educational Studies offers programs that enable students to earn concurrently a Bachelor of Science degree from Oakland University and recommendation for a Michigan elementary provisional certificate (see Michigan Teacher Certification).

The Department offers a fifth-year program that prepares students majoring in selected academic fields in the College of Arts and Sciences for recommendation for a Michigan secondary provisional certificate. Students interested in secondary education programs should consult the College of Arts and Sciences section of the catalog.

Students who already hold a four-year degree from an accredited college or university will complete the Bachelor of Science degree requirements, excluding the general education requirements.

Course Offerings

For FE and SE course descriptions, see the Department of Human Development and Child Studies; for RDG and IST courses, see the Department of Reading and Language Arts. The department offers courses from this catalog as warranted by student needs and availability of faculty. Specific offerings for each term may be found in the Schedule of Classes.