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

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.