Education, Elementary Education Concentration, BS

General Education Core Requirements

Elementary Education Courses (42 credits total)

• EDU 100 - The Premise of the School ______
• EDU 203 - Principles and Fundamentals of Special Education ______
• EDU 208A - Teaching, Learning and Assessment ______
• EDU 250A - Language and Literacy Development ______
• EDU 308 - Teaching Strategies in the Multicultural Classroom _____
• ENL307/EDU307E  Fundamentals of Teaching ESL _____

• These four courses must be taken together:

• EDU 300 - Reading, Writing, and Children’s Literature in the Elementary School with Field Experiences ______
• EDU 309 - Social Studies in the Elementary School with Field Experiences (Pre-Practicum) ______
• EDU 346 - Science in the Elementary School with Field Experience ______
• EDU 347 - Mathematics in the Elementary School with Field Experiences ______

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• ‡  EDU 432 - Student Teaching Practicum-Elementary Education
• EDU 432PS - Student Teaching Seminar - Elementary Education

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• 12 Credits of Education Electives (non-licensure)

• EDU ____ _________________________________ 3 Credit(s) ______
• EDU ____ _________________________________ 3 Credit(s) ______
• EDU ____ _________________________________ 3 Credit(s) ______
• EDU ____ _________________________________ 3 Credit(s) ______

Support Course (3 credits total)

• */† GPH ____ _________________________________ 3 Credit(s) ______

Arts or Science Major/Minor/Free Electives (36 credits minimum)

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 123 credits required for graduation.

Note: Students in the Elementary Teacher Licensure Program must complete a second major in an Arts or Sciences discipline. Students not seeking licensure may elect a minor or free electives.

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Additional Information and Notes

* These are required support courses which may also be used to satisfy the indicated Distribution requirements. A student may choose to fulfill Distribution requirements with courses other than the ones listed, but these listed courses must still be taken.

Note: If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements, (for example, a support course and a distribution elective), the credits are counted in only one place. Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the total credits required for graduation.

‡ Students in the Early Childhood Teacher Licensure Program must complete EDU 432  for Licensure.

† Students must take one GPH course in either Division II or Division III.

+ Choose one literature course from the area not taken as a literature sequence.

Exceptions in the timing of courses will be made for transfer students.

Total minimum credits for graduation: 123