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

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 & 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.

♥       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 (55.5 credits total)

Free Electives (0 credits Total)

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

courses to satisfy General Education Category requirements.

Graduate Year- Summer (Optional 0-6 credits)

• EDU 999C Teaching Students to Write (PreK - 12) (3 cr) or SMK, or approved elective (3 cr)
• EDU 767: Literature for Children (3 cr) or SMK or approved elective​​ (3 cr)

Stage 3: 5th Year Courses (15-24 credits total)

Fall (6 - 12 credits)

• EDC 830 Practicum I in Early Childhood Education (3 cr)
• EDC 835 Practicum Seminar II in Early Childhood Education (3 cr)

Optional Electives

• EDU 745A Supporting Language and Literacy for Multilinguals (3 cr)
  
  AND/OR
   
• EDU763 Mathematics for Young Children (3 cr) OR
• SMK (3 cr) OR
• Approved Elective (3 cr)
   

Spring (9-12 credits)

• EDC   831  Practicum II in Early Childhood Education
• EDC   836  Practicum Seminar II in Early Childhood Education
• EDU   801  Classroom Management and Positive Classroom Supports (3 cr)
  
  AND/OR
   
• EEC   813  Social Emotional Learning: A Trauma-Sensitive Approach in Early Childhood Settings (3 cr)

Optional Electives

• EDS 739:  Multi-Tiered Intervention for Students with Literacy Difficulties (3 cr)
  
  AND/OR
   
• SMK or approved elective (3 cr)

♦ 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

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 combined degree: 135-151.5