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CURRICULUM PREPARATORY TO ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHING

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

This program prepares teachers for grades kindergarten through nine. A minimum of 124 semester hours, excluding basic military science, is necessary for graduation. Two prerequisite courses must be completed before admission to Elementary Education: Educational Psychology 236 and Educational Policy Studies 201/202. Students who are admitted to Elementary Education in the spring of their sophomore year may be able to complete the requirements for the bachelor's degree in four years. Students who are admitted to Elementary Education in the spring of their junior year will need five years to satisfy the requirements for teacher certification. Those students, however, may be able to petition to count as graduate credit up to 4 units of course credit in excess of the minimum required for the Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education degree. Students are advised that additional course work must be completed to teach departmentalized subjects in middle grades 5 through 8. Consult the certification officer in 130 Education Building for additional information.

For teacher education certification requirements applicable to all curricula, see the Council on Teacher Education section elsewhere in this catalog.

General Education Requirements

All courses must be selected from the campus general education course list. (A list of the courses approved for the laboratory, speech performance, and English/American literature may be obtained from the college office.) 

HOURS     COMMUNICATION SKILLS
6-7     RHET 105 or RHET 108 and a speech performance elective, or SPCOM 111 and 112
0-3     Advanced Composition
6-10     Total


HOURS     MATHEMATICS AND SCIENCE1
6-8     Biological science
6-8     Physical science (mathematics not acceptable)
4     MATH 203-Theory of Arithmetic
3     MATH 117-Experimental Mathematics (or another course satisfying 
      Quantitative Reasoning I)
19-23     Total

HOURS     HUMANITIES2
6     Literature (including 3 hours of English or American literature)
3     ART&D 140-Introduction to Art
3     Elective
12     Total

HOURS     FOREIGN LANGUAGE3
0-12     Three years of one foreign language in high school or completion 
         of the third semester of college level foreign language.

HOURS     AMERICAN HISTORY
3-4     Choose from:
     HIST 150-Advanced Composition/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-Advanced Composition/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 Cetury

HOURS     SOCIAL SCIENCES
4     PSYCH 100-Introduction to Psychology
3     POL S 150-American Government 
3-4     GEOG 104, 110, or 210-Cultural geography 
10-11     Total
HOURS     HEALTH AND/or PHYSICAL DEVELOPMENT
3     KINES 268-Children's Movement
3     Total
HOURS     AREA OF CONCENTRATION2
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.)

1. At least one science course must be a laboratory course.

2. At least one 3-semester-hour course in humanities or the area of concentration must be taken in non-Western culture.

3. This requirement is effective for freshmen entering Fall 2000 and transfers entering Fall 2002. 

HOURS     PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION
3-4     E P S 201/202-Foundations of American Education 
3     EDPSY 236-Child Development for Elementary Teachers 
2     MUSIC 241-Music for Elementary Teachers

2     ARTED 203-Art in the Elementary Grades
1     ED PR 150-School and Community Experiences
8     ED PR 232-Educational Practice in Elementary Education
1     SP ED 205-Introduction to Serving Students with Special Needs
2     SP ED 305-Teaching Students with Special Needs in the Regular Classroom
1     C & I 235-Content Area Applications of Educational Technology
1     C & I 305-Introduction to Teaching Elementary Age Children
4     C & I 306-Theory and Practice in Elementary School Teaching, I
2     C & I 307-Theory and Practice in Elementary School Teaching, II
4     C & I 331-Teaching Elementary Mathematics
2     C & I 332-An Investigative Approach to Elementary Mathematics Instruction
1     C & I 347-Issues and Practices in Addressing Diversity in Elementary Education
3     C & I 348-Teaching Elementary Social Studies
2     C & I 350-Teaching Elementary Science, I
2     C & I 351-Teaching Elementary Science, II
3     C & I 367-Principles and Practices in Teaching Literature to Children and Youth
4     C & I 375-Teaching Elementary Reading and Language Arts, I
2     C & I 376-Teaching Elementary Reading and Language Arts, II

53-54     Total
124-134     Total minimum hours, including general 
            education and professional education credits

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