Education, BS-MEd Justice in SPED - Elementary Education, Teacher Licensure and Dual License in Special Education

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 (70.5 credits total)

Required Minor (15-18 credits)

 Students in the Teacher Licensure 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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♥ Required Support Courses (15 credits)

• MAT 123 (Formerly Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I) Mathematics for the Childhood Education I  (3 cr)
• MAT 124 (Formerly Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II) Mathematics for Childhood Educators II  (3 cr)
• MAT 225 Mathematics for Childhood Educators III  (3 cr)
• PSY 251 Child Growth  (3 cr)
• EDC 115 Exploring Education  (3 cr)

Free Electives (0 credits total)

Credits required for undergraduate degree: 126.5-138.5

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

Graduate Subject Matter Knowledge Electives (Optional 12 credits)

Option 1: 12 credit elective choices

Math:

• EDU 759N-Mathematics For childhood educators (3 cr)

Social studies/science:

• •EDG 825 Topics in Place-Based Education (3 cr)

English Language Arts (choose one):

• EDU 999C: Teaching Students to Write (Pre K-12) (3 cr)
• EDU742A: Literacy Developmental processes OR
• EDU 817C: LIteracy Assessment and Intervention Strategies (3 cr)

TESOL choose one:
• ENG/EDS 859 Teaching Grammar to English Learners (3 cr)
• EDS 770N- Context and Culture in Teaching English to Speakers of other languages (3 cr)

Option 2: Bilingual Education Courses (13 credits) 

• EDS - 771 - Sociolinguistics (3 cr)
• EDS - 779 - Teaching Reading, Writing, and Vocabulary to Multilingual Learners (3 cr)
• EDS - 793 - Language Acquisition (3 cr)
• EDU - 780 - Practicum in Bilingual Education (1 cr)
• WLC - 711 - Foundations of Bilingual Education (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

Added Notes

      **Courses with a double asterisk are for the second license in special education.

♦        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 ELED may carry more than 1.5 credits.

           *        Courses with asterisk carry both graduate and undergraduate credit.              

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

Total credits required for combined degree: 141.5 -154.5