Anne Heilman Education office phone: 651-641-8200 Chair, Department of Undergraduate Teacher Education (DUTE) Coordinator, K-6 Education, and License Verification Officer Dr. Lynn Gehrke Office phone: 651-603-6206 Coordinator, Field Experiences and Clinical Practice Dr. Kristin Conrad Office phone: 651-603-6204 Coordinator, Secondary and K-12 Education Professor Rick Benson Office 651-641-8245 Coordinator, Childhood Education Dr. Sue Starks Office 651-603-6269 Faculty – Undergraduate Teacher Education Director, Southeast Teacher, English as a Second Language and Hmong Culture and Language Programs Dr. Baas Office phone: 651-603-6188 Faculty – Undergraduate Teacher Education Dr. Michele Pickel Office 651-641-8786 Faculty – Undergraduate Teacher Education Dr. Athena Novack Office phone: 651-603-6252
Global Values – Understand the relationships between the members of the global community; philosophical, religious and social thought from global cultural contexts; the importance of global cultural expression; and the difficulties caused by ethnocentrism. Interpersonal Values – Display effective interpersonal skills during interactions with students, faculty or staff, understand the value of effective interpersonal skills, accept and deliver constructive criticism, and effectively resolve conflicts. Physical Values – Demonstrate strategies that promote lifelong health; implement and evaluate a personal physical fitness plan; implement a health-conscious lifestyle, including intellectual and emotional wellness; balance health of physical self and service to God and humanity. Spiritual Values – Demonstrate an understanding of how the essentials of the Christian faith inform one’s life individually and in community, and develop a sympathetic appreciation of the pertinence of the Christian faith to the total intellectual enterprise. These outcomes have been dispersed into a series of general education courses that reside primarily in the College of Arts and Letters and the College of Education, but their design and delivery are partnerships with all aspects of the university. University General Education Coursework In order to reach these outcomes, general education coursework at Concordia University includes experiences in the following 10 areas: Communication, Fine Arts, Global Studies, Health and Physical Education, History and Political Science, Literature, Mathematics and Natural Science, Religion and Theology, Social and Behavioral Science, and Writing: COMMUNICATION (4 CREDITS REQUIRED) – Communication courses pertain to the study of verbal and nonverbal messages between communicators in interpersonal, group, public, intercultural, and mass media contexts. Communication theory and analysis informs student choice of ethical as well as effective strategies and skills used to relate and respond to ideas. FINE ARTS (4 CREDITS REQUIRED) – The fine arts curriculum increases students’ awareness, understanding and critical appreciation of varied aesthetic expression; and seeks to foster their creative talents. GLOBAL STUDIES (4 CREDITS REQUIRED) – Very broadly construed, global courses help students recognize global interdependence and/or cultural connections; as such, they enhance students’ ability to work constructively with a people, language or culture other than their own.