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 304 - Educational Psychology
• 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 Classsroom
• EDU 340 - Human Relations
• EDU 343 - Diagnosis and Correction of Reading Problems
• EDU 409 - Philosophy of Education
• EDU 413 - Elementary Student Teaching *

Note:

*If seeking certification in special education, unified early childhood, 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:

• ART 235 - Integrating Art for Elementary Classroom Teachers
• KIN 235 - Integrating PE for Elementary Classroom Teachers
• MUS 235 - Integrating Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers
• PSY 221 - Developmental Psychology: Childhood

Content area requirements:

• Biological science course: 4 credits 
• Foreign language course or 201-level proficiency: 0-9 credits
• Math course (minimum of 6 credits): 6 credits 
•   (MAT107 & 109 recommended, but not required)
• Physical science course: 3-4 credits