Education, Early Education Concentration, Combined B.S. & M.Ed.

General Education Requirements

Competencies

Competencies must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits.

♣ General Education Categories (34-35 credits total)

FYS, W-I, and OC courses must be completed within the student’s first 30 credits. Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines. First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements. 

 ‡ Written Communication (Level II and Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice

Courses taken for Written Communication Level II, Level III and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  Credits will be counted in the area where they apply.

♥       Students may choose to use support courses to satisfy general education categories, but may not be required to do so.  Note:  If a course is used to satisfy two or more requirements (for example, a support course and Scientific Reasoning requirement), the credits are counted in only one place.  Using a course to satisfy more than one requirement does not reduce the credit total required for graduation.  

♣       Courses used to satisfy the general education requirements of the university must be taken from a minimum of six different academic disciplines.  First Year Seminar and Level I Written Communications courses are exempt from this restriction.  Courses may not be used to fulfill both major discipline and general education requirements.

#       These Scientific Reasoning General Education Category courses do not have to be a sequence or be from the same discipline.

‡        Level II and Level III Written Communications courses and Diversity, Power Dynamics and Social Justice may be used to satisfy requirements anywhere else in a student’s program of study where they may apply.  The credits are counted only in one area.

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

Courses in Major (40 credits)

Required (40 credits)

• EDC 115 Exploring Education
• EDC 400 Literacy Development I
• EDC 401 Introduction to Lesson Planning
• EDC 431 Fieldwork Seminar I: Critical Issues and Effective Practices in the Early Primary Grades
• EDC 406 Literacy Development II
• EDC 415 Teaching Students with Exceptional Learning Needs
• EDC 405 Culturally Responsive Teaching
• EDC 432 Fieldwork Seminar II: Critical Issues and Effective Practices in the Early Primary Grades
• *EDC   705  Assessment and Instructional Practice
• *EDC   720  Literacy Methods in the Early Primary Grades
• *EDC   721  Social Studies  and Creative Arts in the Early Grades 
• *EDC   733  Fieldwork Seminar III: Classroom Effective Learning Environments in the Early Primary Grades
• *EDC   722  Mathematics Methods in the Early Primary Grades  
• *EDC   723  Science Methods in Early Primary Grades
• *EDC   734  Fieldwork Seminar IV: Creating Effective Learning Environments in the Early Primary Grades
• *EDS   860  Sheltering Content for English Language Learners 

Required Arts or Science Major (28-42 credits)

Students in the 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.

May be necessary to take additional credits to attain the minimum 120 credits required for graduation depending on choices made for general education or minor selection.

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Additional Information and Notes

†        Practicum Seminars in areas other than ECE may carry more than 1.5 credits

*        Courses with asterisk carry both graduate and undergraduate credit.

Total credits for graduation: 120-135

The additional credits listed above are required for Graduate graduation.