Mar 29, 2024  
2011-2013 Undergradate & Graduate Bulletin 
    
2011-2013 Undergradate & Graduate Bulletin [ARCHIVED PUBLICATION]

Elementary Education Major, B.A./ B.S.


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The program in Elementary Education will successfully prepare candidates with concentration in both professional education and pedagogy and content area expertise. Building upon the general education provided in the University Core Curriculum, candidates will be given the opportunity to learn and demonstrate developmentally appropriate literacy practices; differentiated instructional practices with special attention to English as a New Language and exceptional needs; classroom and behavior management processes; data-based curriculum,instruction, and assessment strategies; and developmentally and culturally responsive practices that utilize a variety of instructional technologies. The candidate who desires to become an elementary school teacher will complete the following program requirements resulting in a Bachelor of Science. A Bachelor of Arts degree may be earned when the appropriate amount of credit in a foreign language is earned in the completion of UCC category C4.

Elementary Education University Core Curriculum Requirements


A. The Mind: Enhancement of Cognitive Development (12 hours)


A1. Composition and Speech 9 hours
A2. Mathematics 3 hours
  Must include MATH 203  (MATH 103  prerequisite)  

 

B. The Self: Enhancement of Individual Development (9 hours)


B1. Ethics 3 hours
B2. The Arts 3 hours
B3. Health/Fitness 3 hours
  Must include PED 186  and PED 287   

C. The World: Enhancement of Cultural and Natural Awareness (26-27 hours)


C1. History 3 hours
  Must be a U.S. History (HIST 101 , HIST 102 , HIST 130 , or EDUC 173 )  
C2. Individual Development/Social Behavior 6 hours
  Must include EDUC 221  (3)  
C3. Science (at least one lab course) 8-9 hours
C4. Western Culture 6 hours
C5. Global Communities 3 hours

D. The Synthesis: Integration and Application of Knowledge (3 hours)


  Must include EDUC 458   

Major – Elementary Education Requirements


In addition to the University Core Curriculum, candidates should complete the following professional education courses for licensure in the elementary school setting (K-6).

Content Area Minor (24 hours)


Minor in one of the following approved content area programs:

  • Early Childhood Education
  • Instructional Technology
  • Fine Arts
  • Physical Education
  • Reading
  • Mathematics
  • Science
  • Special Education

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