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Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

Elementary Education Licensure, BSED

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General Education Requirements (36 credit hrs)

Core Requirements (12 credit hrs) See list …

English composition (6 hrs)
- ENG 1270 and ENG 1280 recommended
Oral communication (3 hrs)
- CMAT 1130 or CMAT 2030 recommended
Mathematics (3 hrs)
- MATH 1200 recommended

General Requirements (24 credit hrs)

Humanities/Fine Arts (9 hrs) in two or more disciplines
- ART 1100 or ART 2600 , MUS 1134 recommended for Fine Arts
- ENG 1260 recommended for Humanities
Social Sciences (9 hrs); in at least two different disciplines
- HIST 1300 or HIST 1310 ; POL 1010 ; ECON 1010 recommended
Natural Sciences (6 hrs); 3 hrs Physical Science and 3 hrs Life Sciences, one of which must be a lab course
- BIOL 1510 or BIOL 1070 recommended for Biology
- PH S 1100 or PH S 1130 recommended for Physical Science

Elementary Education General Education Requirements (9 credit hrs)

ECON 1020 - Prin Econ II:Microec Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1100 - Global Diversity Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1400 - Intro Physical Geog Credit Hours: 3
or
PH S 1140 - Prac Earth/Spa Sci Credit Hours: 3
or
PH S 1150 - Basic Astronomy Credit Hours: 3

Program/Major Requirements (64 credit hrs)

Core Foundation Courses (36 credit hrs)

(This section was updated as a Catalog Addendum on 8/26/2024.)

ED 2000 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Education Credit Hours: 3
ED 2020 - Critical Issues in Urban Education Credit Hours: 3
ED 4100 - Assmt Eval Classrm Credit Hours: 3
ELED 2112 - Principles of Elementary Mathematics and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
ESL 2000 - Foundations in English as Second Lanugauge Education Credit Hours: 3
ESL 2120 - Teaching English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3
ESL 3130 - Language and Literacy Credit Hours: 3
LITC 3100 - Foundations of Teaching Reading Methods Grades 4-6 Credit Hours: 3
S ED 4301 - Characteristics of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
ED 3312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
or
ED 4312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
LITC 2100 - Foundations of Teaching Reading Methods Grades 1-3 Credit Hours: 3
or
READ 3700 - Found Read Instrctn Credit Hours: 3
P E 2040 - Hlth & PE Eled Tchrs Credit Hours: 3
or
P E 4045 - Hlth/PE for Elem Tch Credit Hours: 3

Professional Education Methods Courses (28 credit hrs)

Restricted to students admitted to the College of Education

ED 3471 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience I Credit Hours: 2
ED 3472 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
ED 4473 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience III Credit Hours: 2
LITC 3200 - Disciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
READ 4160 - Read Asmnt Clsrm Tch Credit Hours: 3
ELED 3111 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom Credit Hours: 3
or both of the following:
ELED 4112 - Mths Teach Eled Socs Credit Hours: 3
ELED 4113 - Mths Teach Eled Fa Credit Hours: 3
ELED 3112 - Methods of Teaching STEM in the Elementary Classroom Credit Hours: 3
or both of the following:
ELED 4110 - Mths Teach Eled Math Credit Hours: 3
ELED 4111 - Mths Teach Eled Sci Credit Hours: 3
ED 4474 - Restorative Justice Action Research in Education Credit Hours: 4
or
ELED 4115 - Eled Std Teach I Credit Hours: 3
ELED 4116 - Eled Std Teach II Credit Hours: 3 to 6
or
ELED 4475 - Student Teaching Grades 1 - 6 Credit Hours: 6

Program/Major Specific Electives (12 credit hrs)

Twelve credit hours based on concentration: English as Second Language or Reading Teacher

English as Second Language Option (12 credit hrs)

ESL 3100 - Instructional Design in English Language learning Credit Hours: 3
ESL 3110 - Language and Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
ESL 4140 - Transformative Approaches in English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3
ESL 4150 - Cross Cultural Studies Credit Hours: 3
OR

Reading Teacher Option (12 credit hrs)

LIS 4030 - Library Materials and Reading Guidance for Elementary and Secondary Teachers Credit Hours: 3
READ 3140 - Reading Diagnosis and Remediation for the Classroom Teacher Credit Hours: 3
or
READ 4140 - Read Diag/Remed:Tchr Credit Hours: 3
READ 4170 - Clncl Prac Rdg Instr Credit Hours: 3
READ 4180 - Materials In Read Credit Hours: 3

Sample 4-Year Plan

Consult with your academic advisor for support.

1st Year - Fall

ART 1100 - Introduction to the Visual Arts Credit Hours: 3
or
ART 2600 - Art for Pre K-8 Teachers Credit Hours: 3
CMAT 1130 - Communication for Professionals Credit Hours: 3
or
CMAT 2030 - Basic Speech Communication Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1260 - Intro to Literature Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1270 - Composition I Credit Hours: 3
POL 1010 - Amer Natl Government Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 15

1st Year - Spring

ECON 1010 - Prin of Econ I Credit Hours: 3
ENG 1280 - Composition II Credit Hours: 3
MATH 1200 - College Algebra Credit Hours: 3
MUS 1134 - Hist/Apprec Music Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1400 - Intro Physical Geog Credit Hours: 3
or
PH S 1140 - Prac Earth/Spa Sci Credit Hours: 3
or
PH S 1150 - Basic Astronomy Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 15

2nd Year - Fall

BIOL 1070 - Biological Science Survey I Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
or
BIOL 1510 - Concepts of Biology Credit Hours: 3
ECON 1020 - Prin Econ II:Microec Credit Hours: 3
ED 2000 - Social and Cultural Foundations of Education Credit Hours: 3
ED 2020 - Critical Issues in Urban Education Credit Hours: 3
ELED 2112 - Principles of Elementary Mathematics and Statistics Credit Hours: 3
ESL 2000 - Foundations in English as Second Lanugauge Education Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 18

2nd Year - Spring

ED 3471 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience I Credit Hours: 2
ESL 2120 - Teaching English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3
GEOG 1100 - Global Diversity Credit Hours: 3
LITC 2100 - Foundations of Teaching Reading Methods Grades 1-3 Credit Hours: 3
ED 3312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
or
ED 4312 - Teaching with Technology Credit Hours: 3
PH S 1100 - Practical Physics I Lecture and Laboratory Credit Hours: 3
or
PH S 1130 - Practical Chemistry: Introduction to Food Science Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 17

3rd Year - Fall

ED 3472 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience II Credit Hours: 2
ED 4100 - Assmt Eval Classrm Credit Hours: 3
ELED 3111 - Methods of Teaching Social Studies and Fine Arts in the Elementary Classroom Credit Hours: 3
LITC 3100 - Foundations of Teaching Reading Methods Grades 4-6 Credit Hours: 3
HIST 1300 - United States History to 1877 Credit Hours: 3
or
HIST 1310 - US Hist Since 1877 Credit Hours: 3
and three (3) credit hours from one of the following options:

for English as Second Language option
ESL 3100 - Instructional Design in English Language learning Credit Hours: 3
OR
for Reading Teacher option
READ 3140 - Reading Diagnosis and Remediation for the Classroom Teacher Credit Hours: 3
or
READ 4140 - Read Diag/Remed:Tchr Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 17

3rd Year - Spring

ED 4473 - Pre-Clinical Field Experience III Credit Hours: 2
ELED 3112 - Methods of Teaching STEM in the Elementary Classroom Credit Hours: 3
ESL 3130 - Language and Literacy Credit Hours: 3
LITC 3200 - Disciplinary Literacy Credit Hours: 3
P E 2040 - Hlth & PE Eled Tchrs Credit Hours: 3
or
P E 4045 - Hlth/PE for Elem Tch Credit Hours: 3
and three (3) credits selected from one of the following options:

for English as Second Language option
ESL 3110 - Language and Linguistics Credit Hours: 3
OR
for Reading Teacher option
LIS 4030 - Library Materials and Reading Guidance for Elementary and Secondary Teachers Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 17

4th Year - Fall

READ 4160 - Read Asmnt Clsrm Tch Credit Hours: 3
S ED 4301 - Characteristics of Exceptional Children Credit Hours: 3
ED 4474 - Restorative Justice Action Research in Education Credit Hours: 4
or
ELED 4115 - Eled Std Teach I Credit Hours: 3
and six (6) credit hours selected from the following options:

for English as Second Language option
ESL 4140 - Transformative Approaches in English Language Learning Credit Hours: 3
ESL 4150 - Cross Cultural Studies Credit Hours: 3
OR

for Reading Teacher option
READ 4170 - Clncl Prac Rdg Instr Credit Hours: 3
READ 4180 - Materials In Read Credit Hours: 3
Credits / Units: 15-16

4th Year - Spring

ELED 4116 - Eled Std Teach II Credit Hours: 3 to 6
or
ELED 4475 - Student Teaching Grades 1 - 6 Credit Hours: 6
Credits / Units: 6

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