Elementary teachers are prepared to teach children from kindergarten through grade six in all the areas of the basic education curriculum. Elementary education students should plan a liberal arts minor or several coordinated course sequences in the liberal arts.
Elementary education students are encouraged to complete either the early childhood or special education programs if they wish to broaden their professional preparation to include specialized work with younger or educationally challenged children.
| Required Courses - Elementary Education Major/Certification |
| Course # |
Description |
Credits |
| ED 200 |
Assessment Center |
3 |
| ED 258 |
Foundations of Education |
3 |
| ED 259 |
Educational Psychology |
3 |
| ED 300 |
Professional Development |
2 |
| ED 305 |
Integrating the Arts in Early Childhood and Elementary Education |
|
| ED 311 |
no information available |
|
| ED 312 |
Reading and Language Arts Methods |
3 |
| ED 317 |
no information available |
|
| ED 318 |
no information available |
|
| ED 322 |
Math Methods |
3 |
| ED 407 |
Senior Cohort |
1 |
| EL 303 |
no information available |
|
| EL 401 |
Elementary Curriculum |
3 |
| EL 402 |
Elementary Practicum |
4 |
| EL 423 |
Social Studies Methods |
3 |
| SPED 211 |
Special Topics on Inclusion |
3 |
| Specialization Courses - Elementary Education Major/Certification |
| EL 404 |
Primary Student Teaching and Seminar |
6 credits |
| EL 406 |
Intermediate Student Teaching and Seminar |
6 credits |
| Required Support Courses - Elementary Education Major |
| PY 205 |
Child Psychology |
3 |
| PY 308 |
Psychology of the Exceptional Child |
3 |
| EN 220 |
Linguistics |
3 |
| BIO 210/211 |
Teaching Elementary Science I — Physical and Earth Science
Teaching Elementary Science II — Biology and Chemistry |
3 credits each |
| ED 252 |
Computers in Education |
3 |
+ two Math courses, two English courses, including one in literature and one in composition, and United States history
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| Recommended Electives - Elementary Education Major |
| Selected core and elective courses that will strengthen the general knowledge of the teacher candidate. |
