Elementary Education Major

Professional/methodology requirements:

• EDU 102 - Foundations of Education
• EDU 202 - Early Field Experience
• EDU 206 - Survey of Exceptional Individuals
• EDU 227 - Instructional Technology
• EDU 228 - Children’s Literature
• EDU 240 - Integrating the Arts for the Elementary Classroom Teacher
• EDU 304 - Educational Psychology
• EDU 315 - Behavior Management and Classroom Instruction
• EDU 323 - Teaching Mathematics
• EDU 326 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts
• EDU 328 - Teaching Science in the Elementary Classroom
• EDU 329 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom
• EDU 340 - Human Relations
• EDU 343WI - Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems
• EDU 409SR - Philosophy of Education
• EDU 413 - Elementary Student Teaching *

Note:

*If seeking certification in special education, birth through grade three inclusive settings, early childhood or reading, complete 8 credits of student teaching in elementary education and 4-8 credits of student teaching in special education, early childhood or reading. The number of weeks/credits required for student teaching will be determined by the coordinator of student teaching and the chair of the department.

Cognate requirements:

• PSY 221SS - Developmental Psychology: Childhood

Content area requirements:

• Biological science course: 4 credits 
• Foreign language course or 201-level proficiency: 0-9 credits
• Physical science course: 3-4 credits

• MAT 107QR - Mathematical Reasoning for Elementary Teachers
• MAT 127 - Patterns, Functions and Algebra for Elementary Teachers