This program focuses on preparing teachers for grades kindergarten
through nine and leads to the Illinois Standard Elementary
Certificate. A minimum of 124 semester hours, excluding basic military
science, is necessary for graduation. Students are advised that
additional course work may be necessary to teach middle grades 6
through 8 after June 30, 1996. Consult the certification officer in
110 Education Building for additional information.
For teacher education requirements applicable to all curricula,
see Council on Teacher Education.
All courses must be selected from the elementary and early
childhood list of approved courses for general education.
| HOURS | COMMUNICATION SKILLS |
|---|---|
| 6-7 | RHET 105 or RHET 108 and a speech performance elective, or SPCOM 111 and SPCOM 112 |
| 3 | Composition II |
| 9-10 | Total |
| HOURS | MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE see footnote 2 |
| 6-8 | Biological science |
| 6-8 | Physical science (mathematics not acceptable) |
| 3 | MATH 200--Computers for Elementary Teachers |
| 3 | MATH 201--Mathematics for Elementary Teachers |
| 18-22 | Total |
| HOURS | HUMANITIES see footnote 3 |
| 6 | Literature (including 3 hours of English or American literature) |
| 6 | MUSIC 240 and MUSIC 241--Music for Elementary Teachers, I and II |
| 6 | ARTED 203 and ARTED 205--Art in the Elementary Grades, I and ll |
| 3 | C&I 367--Principles and Practices in Teaching Literature to Children and Youth |
| 21 | Total |
| HOURS | AMERICAN HISTORY |
| 3-4 | Choose from: |
| HIST 150--Composition II/History of the United States to 1877 | |
| HIST 151--History of the United States to 1877 | |
| HIST 152--History of the United States, 1877 to the Present | |
| HIST 153--Composition II/History of the United States, 1877 to the Present | |
| HIST 260--Colonial Beginnings and Early United States History to 1815 | |
| HIST 261--The United States in the Nineteenth Century | |
| HIST 262--The United States in the Twentieth Century | |
| HOURS | SOCIAL SCIENCES |
| 4 | PSYCH 100--Introduction to Psychology |
| 3 | POL S 150--American Government |
| 3-4 | GEOG 104, GEOG 110, or GEOG 210--Cultural geography |
| 10-11 | Total |
| HOURS | HEALTH AND/OR PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT |
| 2 | Health and/or physical development |
| 2 | Total |
| HOURS | AREA OF CONCENTRATION see footnote 3 |
| 18 | Additional study in one academic discipline selected from the categories of mathematics, science, social sciences, or humanities and including 9 semester hours of course work at the 200 level or above. (Consult an adviser for the list of approved disciplines.) |
footnote 1. At the time of publication, this program was
being revised.
footnote 2. At least one science course must be a laboratory
course.
footnote 3. At least one 3-semester-hour course in humanities or the
area of concentration must be taken in non-Western culture.
| HOURS | PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION |
|---|---|
| 3 | E P S 201--Foundations of American Education |
| 3 | EDPSY 236--Child Development for Elementary Teachers |
| 5 | C&I 237--Theory and Process in Elementary School Teaching |
| 3 | C&I 345--Principles and Practices in Social Studies Education |
| 3 | C C& I 340 I 340--Principles and Practices in Science Education |
| 3 | C&I 360--Principles and Practices in Language Arts Education |
| 3 | C&I 370--Principles and Practices in Reading Education |
| 8 | ED PR 232--Educational Practice in Elementary Education |
| 3 | SP ED 308--Teaching Students with Learning and Behavior Problems in the Regular Classroom |
| 3 | C&I 330--Principles and Practices in Mathematics Education |
| 37 | Total |
| HOURS | ELECTIVES |
| 124 | To yield this total (with the above requirements) |