Curriculum Preparatory to Elementary School Teaching

For the Degree of Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education

Illinois law and Council on Teacher Education policy require that all candidates for admission to a teacher preparation program pass the Illinois Certification Testing System test for Basic Skills prior to admission. 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. Students are advised that additional course work must be completed to teach departmentalized subjects in middle grades 5 through 8. Consult the certification officer for additional information.

In order to be recommended for certification, candidates are required to maintain UIUC, cumulative, content area, and professional education grade point averages of 2.5 (A=4.0). Candidates should consult their advisor or the Council on Teacher Education for the list of courses used to compute these grade point averages. 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 SPCM 111 and 112
0-3	Advanced Composition
6-10	Total

Hours	Mathematics and Science¹
6-8	Life science
6-8	Physical science (mathematics not acceptable)
3	Quantitative Reasoning I
4	MATH 103–Theory of Arithmetic
19-23	Total

Hours	Humanities²
6	Literature (including 3 hours of English or American literature)
3	ART 140–Introduction to Art
3	Elective
12	Total

Hours	Foreign Language
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 170–US Hist to 1877-ACP
	HIST 171–US Hist to 1877
	HIST 172–US Hist Since 1877
	HIST 173–US Hist Since 1877-ACP
	HIST 270–United States History to 1815
	HIST 271–Nineteenth Century America
	HIST 272–Twentieth Century America

Hours	Social Sciences
4	PSYC 100–Intro Psych
3	PS 101– Intro to US Gov & Pol
3-4	Cultural geography. Choose from:
	Geog 104-Social and Cultural Geography
	Geog 110-Geography of Intl Conflicts
	Geog 210-Contemp Social & Env Problems
10-11	Total

Hours	Health and/or Physical Development
3	KIN 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. No more than nine of the required eighteen hours may be taken at the 100 level. (Consult an adviser for the list of approved disciplines.)

Hours	Professional Education
3-4	EPS 201/202–Foundations of Education
3	EPSY 236–Child Devt For Elemen Teachers
2	MUS 241–Music for Elementary Teachers
2	ART 202–Art in the Elementary Grades
1	EDPR 250–School & Community Experiences
8	EDPR 432–Ed Prac in Elementary Ed³
1	SPED 205–Introduction to Special Needs
2	SPED 405– Gen Educator's Role in SPED
1	CI 335–Content Area App of Educ Tech
1	CI405–Intro Tchg Elem Age Children
4	CI406–Theory Prac in Elem School Tch
2	CI407–Theory Prac in Elem School Tch
4	CI431–Tchg Elementary Mathematics
2	CI432–Invest Approach Elem Math Inst
1	CI447–Iss Prac in Address Diversity
3	CI448–Tchg Elem Social Studies
2	CI450–Tchg Elem Science, I
2	CI451–Tchg Elem Science, II
3	CI467–Prin Tchg Lit to Child Youth
4	CI475–Teach Elem Rdg & Lang Arts, I
2	CI476–Teach Elem Rdg & Lang Arts, II
53-54	Total
124-134	Total minimum hours, including general education and professional education credits

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. Illinois law and Council on Teacher Education policy require that all candidates for certification in this program pass the Illinois Certification Testing System test in Elementary/Middle Grade prior to student teaching.