Early/Primary Education (PreK-3) or Elementary Education (PreK-6)
Degree: Bachelor of Arts
Semester Hours: 45 education courses + 44-46 content courses
Advisor: Cathy Smeltzer Erb
Format: Face-to-face
All students seeking licensure to teach must follow the procedures for admission to teacher education and to student teaching.
Professional Sequence for Early/Primary and Elementary Education
- ED 101 Exploring Teaching - 2
- ED 235 Curriculum and Organization in Early Education - 4
- ED 245 Learning and Classroom Environments - 3
- ED 275 Instructional Technology and Assessment - 3
- ED 331 Math in the Elementary School - 2
- ED 332 Science in the Elementary School - 2
- ED 333 Social Studies in the Elementary School - 2
- ED 301 Needs of Diverse Learners - 3
- ED 341 Language Arts - 2
- ED 342 Reading/Diagnostic Reading - 3
- ED 343 Content Area Reading and Writing - 2
- ED 401 Examining Foundations of Education - 2
- ED 411 Reflective Teaching Seminar and Portfolio - 1
Plus:
Early/Primary Education only
- ED 421 Student Teaching I: PreK-3 - 7
- ED 422 Student Teaching II: PreK-3 - 7
Elementary Education only
- ED 421 Student Teaching I: PreK-3 - 7
- ED 423 Student Teaching II: 4-6 - 7
Recommended:
- *ART 397 Elementary School Art Methods - 2
- *MUED 341 Elementary School Music - 3
Twenty-four semester hours of the above are devoted to professional studies while 21 semester hours involve practica.
Early/primary and elementary licensure candidates must fulfill requirements for a liberal arts major outside the department and meet general program requirements. Additional licensure requirements are as follows:
+ required for PreK-6 licensure
++ required for PreK-3 licensure
- BIOL 155 Biological Explorations - 3
- CHEM 155 Matter and Energy - 3
- +ECON 201 Survey of Economics - 3
- ENGL 350 Literature for Children - 3
- ENVS 135 Earth Science - 2
- ENVS 145 Environmental Science - 2
- GEOG 231 Cultural Geography - 3
- HE 202 Health and Safety - 2
- HIST 101 United States History I: Race and Reason - 2
- HIST 102 United States History II: Mechanization and Modernization - 2
- HIST 103 United States History III: Power and Paradox - 2
- HIST 121 Global Past I: Civilization (to 1400) - 2
- HIST 122 Global Past II: Modernization (post 1400) - 2
- MATH 114 College Algebra - 2
- MATH 120 Mathematics for Social Decision Making - 2
- MATH 134 Finite Math: Logic and Problem Solving - 2
- MATH 136 Finite Math: Number Theory and Probability - 2
- +STAT 120 Descriptive Statistics - 2
- PEM 145 Rhythmic Activities - 1
- PSYC 202 Developmental Psychology - 3
- PSYC 203 Developmental Case Study - 1
- ++SOC 330 The Family in Social Context - 3
Elementary education candidates majoring in liberal arts are encouraged to select a minor from the following content areas: English, history, Spanish, art, music, math, or sciences.