Education, BS-MEd, Justice in Early Childhood Education with Teacher Licensure

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General Education Requirements

Competencies

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

♦ Basic College Mathematics

♦ Reading Comprehension

♣ 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.

♦FYS	First Year Seminar (Required of all freshmen and transfers with fewer than 15 transfer credits)	3 credits
♦W-I	Written Communication Level I	3 credits
♦OC	Oral Communication	3 credits
PGR	Personal Growth and Responsibility	3 credits
CEA	Creative Expression and Appreciation	3 credits
HP	The Human Past	3 credits
CS	Contemporary Society	3 credits
WC	World Cultures	3 credits
#SR	Scientific Reasoning Laboratory Course	4 credits
#SR	Any Scientific Reasoning Course	3-4 credits
QR	Quantitative Reasoning	3 credits

‡ Written Communication (Level II & Level III) and Diversity, Power Dynamics & 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.

W-II	Written Communication - Level II
W-III	Written Communication - Level III
DPDS	Diversity, Power Dynamics & Social Justice

♥ 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 & 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.

♦ General Education categories to be completed with the first 30 credits. Exceptions in the timing of these courses will be made for transfer students.

Courses in Major (55)

Required (88)

Freshman and Sophomore Year/Introductory Studies (18 credits)

Stage 1: Junior Year (17.5 credits)

Stage 2: Senior Year (19.5 credits)

*EDC 720 Lang. Arts Methods in ECE
*EDC 721 Soc Studies Method in ECE
EDC 810 Tech Methods
*EDC 733 Seminar III: CRT for ECE classrooms
EDC 722 Math Methods in ECE
*EDC 723 Science Method in ECE
*EDC 734 Seminar IV: Classroom Man. and SEL for ECE
EDC 735 Pre-Practicum I
EDC 736 Pre-Practicum II

♥ Required Support Courses (15 credits total)

♦ Required Programmatic Assessments

EDA 901 Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic I
EDA 904 Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic IV
EDA 905 Prog Assess for Initial Ed Lic V

Stage 3: 5th Year Courses (15 credits) FALL

Important Note: Students entering their fifth year of study in the 2021 and 2022 academic years will complete three credit practicum seminars.

EDC 830 Practicum I In ECE
AND
EDC 835 Practicum Seminar I in ECE
EDC 795C UDL Practicum Support
EDG 805 Pract. Sem. In CRT

Spring

EDC 805 Professional Lives of Teachers
EDC 862 Pract Sem. In SEI
EDC 831 Practicum II in Early Childhood Education
EDC 836 Practicum Seminar II in Early Childhood Education
† OR Two Half-Practica & Seminars: One in ECE, one in another area.

Free Electives (0 credits Total)

Additional free electives credits listed may be required based on the use of support

courses to satisfy General Education Category requirements.

Required Minor (15-18 credits)

Students in this program must complete a minor in an area of their choosing.

See reverse for suggested minors aligned with the major’s justice focus.

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Additional Information and Notes

♦ Programmatic Assessments are required for all students pursuing educational licensure in a specified

sequence. Results will be factored into gateway reviews for progression that occurs each term

beginning Spring term of the Junior year.

† 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.