Southeastern At Grayson Program Continues With Second Cohort

Press Release Date: 10-18-2005

The Southeastern at Grayson program is continuing to grow with the announcement that a second cohort group will be added for the spring 2006 semester, and enrollment is now underway.

Beginning this fall, students have had the opportunity to earn a degree from Southeastern Oklahoma State University without, in many cases, ever having to leave the Grayson County College campus in Denison, Texas.

Thanks to this unique collaboration between the two schools, students at the GCC main campus in Denison now have access to a 4–year degree in Elementary Education.

The courses are taught on–site at Grayson by SOSU instructors and adjunct instructors.

Because the program is in its beginning stages, enrollment is limited to the first 30 students who are accepted for admission into the Elementary Education Cohort II. Cohort I, which started classes this fall, will continue with its sequence of courses this spring. A cohort is defined as a group of students who progress through the program together.

This collaborative effort received approval from the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, the Higher Learning Commission of the North Central Association of Colleges and Schools, the Grayson County College Board of Trustees, the Board of Regents of Oklahoma Colleges and the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education.

SOSU and GCC officials have been working together on this project for almost five years.

Representatives from the SOSU offices of admissions, financial aid, and registrar, will hold an Information Day for anyone interested in the program on Tuesday, Nov. 15, at 6 p.m. in room 101 of the Language Arts Building at Grayson.

Following is the schedule of classes for the spring 2006 semester of the SOSU at GCC Elementary Education program:

Cohort I

Monday, 4:30–6:50 p.m. – MATH 3133 –– Geometry for Elementary Majors

Tuesday, 4:30–6:50 p.m. – SCIE 3123 – Science in the Elementary School

Wednesday –Thursday, 4:30–7 p.m. – ELED 3423 –– Teaching Reading Elementary School I

Wednesday –Thursday, 4:30–7 p.m. – ELED 3433 –– Teaching Reading Elementary School II

Friday, 4:30–8:20 p.m. – EDUC 3334 – Teaching Strategies

To Be Announced – EDUC 3002 – Pre–Student Teaching Experience II

Cohort II

Monday, 4:30 – 6:50 p.m. – ELED 2213 – Foundations of Literacy

Monday, 7 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. – ELED 3223 – Social Studies Elementary School

Tuesday, 4:30–6:50 p.m. – EDUC 3313 – Technology Integration for the Classroom

Tuesday, 7 p.m. – 9:20 p.m. – HPER 3553 – Elementary School Program

Wednesday, 4:30–6:50 p.m. – GEOG 2723 – Regional Geography of the World

Thursday, 4:30 – 6:50 p.m. – THTR 4803 – Creative Expression Elementary School

The spring 2006 semester begins on January 11, 2006.

For more information about the SOSU at GCC program, contact Dr. Charles Hickox by telephone ( 580–745–3198) or email (chickox@sosu.edu).