Elementary Education, BSEd

Liberal Studies (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements  

Professional Education Sequence for Elementary Education

The Professional Education Sequence for Elementary Education requires 24 hours including the following:

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
• ELMG 484 - Supervised Internship I Credits: 3
• ELMG 485 - Supervised Internship II Credits: 9
• ELMG 495 - Seminar for Student Teachers Credits: 3
• PSY 323 - Psychology Applied to Learning and Teaching Credits: 3
• SPED 339 - Designing Classrooms as Responsive Learning Communities Credits: 3

• Note: You must be fully admitted into the Teacher Education program and have a 2.75 cumulative GPA to all courses in the above list. (Except for EDCI 201.)

Elementary Education Major Course Requirements

 The major course requirements for Elementary Education includes as follows:

• ART 363 - Art for Children Credits: 1
• EDEL 311 - Elementary Curriculum Credits: 3
• EDEL 339 - Seminar for Creating Responsive Learning Communities in the Elementary Grades Credits: 2
• EDEL 390 - Practicum I Credits: 3
• EDEL 415 - Language Arts Methods for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDEL 416 - Science Methods for Grade K-6 Credits: 3
• EDEL 417 - Social Studies Methods for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDEL 428 - Mathematics Methods 1 for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDEL 429 - Mathematics Methods 2 for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDEL 446 - Digital Literacy Methods for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDRD 303 - Children’s Literature in the 21st Century Credits: 3
• EDRD 440 - Reading Diagnosis and Instruction for Grades K-6 Credits: 3
• EDRD 420 - K-6 Reading Methods Credits: 3
• MATH 221 - Number Sense for Teaching Credits: 3
• MATH 321 - Reasoning about Change, Measurement, Chance, and Data for Teaching Credits: 3
• MUS 301 - Music for Elementary Classroom Teachers Credits: 1
• PE 361 - Physical Education for the Elementary Teacher Credits: 1
• PSY 320 - Developmental Psychology I: Childhood Credits: 3

Second Academic Concentration (SAC)

A second academic concentration (SAC) is an 18-hour course of study in an academic discipline required of education students enrolled in a BSEd program in elementary education. The concentration areas available include: art, biology, English, health promotion and wellness, history, mathematics, natural science, psychology, sociology, Spanish and TESOL.  Please select one of the following SACs:

1. Art Hours: 18

Students must choose either a 2D or 3D concentration

Students should take both of the following:

• ART 131 - Introductory Drawing Credits: 3
• ART 137 - Art History Survey II Credits: 3

• The 2D Concentration includes:

• ART 132 - Two-Dimensional Design Credits: 3

• Plus an additional nine hours chosen from painting, drawing, printmaking, photography or book arts courses.

• The 3D Concentration includes:

• ART 142 - Three-Dimensional Design Credits: 3

• Plus an additional nine hours chosen from ceramics or sculpture courses.

2. English Hours: 18

Literature requirement (three hours). Students should choose one of the following:

• ENGL 240 - Research, Literary Criticism & British Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 241 - Formalism & American Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 242 - Cultural Studies & Non-Western World Literature Credits: 3

• Grammar Requirement (three hours) students should choose one of the following:

• ENGL 312 - Grammar for Teachers Credits: 3
• ENGL 319 - Grammar, Language, and Discourse Credits: 3

• Methods Requirement (three hours) Students should choose one of the following:

  Note: Elementary Education majors are encouraged to take ENGL. 413

• ENGL 413 - ESL Methods for Content Teachers Credits: 3
• ENGL 416 - Teaching English as a Second Language Credits: 3

• Upper-level Literature Requirements (nine hours). Students should choose three of the following:

• ENGL 333 - Introduction to Shakespeare Credits: 3
• ENGL 350 - The Renaissance Credits: 3
• ENGL 351 - The Beats, Radicals, and Avant-Garde Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 352 - The Journey in Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 353 - Stories Retold Credits: 3
• ENGL 366 - Literature and Immigration Credits: 3
• ENGL 367 - Appalachian Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 368 - Film Genres Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 378 - Motion Picture Histories Credits: 3
• ENGL 390 - The Bible as Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 394 - Film Adaptation Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 411 - History of the English Language Credits: 3
• ENGL 420 - Chaucer and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 421 - Fairy Tale Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 430 - English Literature of the Renaissance Credits: 3
• ENGL 431 - Shakespeare and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 440 - Milton and His Age Credits: 3
• ENGL 441 - The Age of Pope, Swift, and Johnson Credits: 3
• ENGL 450 - Major Writers Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 451 - Nineteenth-Century British Writers Credits: 3
• ENGL 463 - Contemporary Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 464 - Native American Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 465 - Topics in African American Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 469 - Directors/Screenwriters/Stars Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 470 - Twentieth-Century and Contemporary Postcolonial Literature Credits: 3
• ENGL 471 - Studies in Poetry Credits: 3
• ENGL 472 - Studies in Fiction Credits: 3
• ENGL 473 - Studies in Drama Credits: 3
• ENGL 475 - Modernism Credits: 3
• ENGL 477 - Literature and Gender Credits: 3
• ENGL 478 - Film Theory Credits: 3
• ENGL 479 - Studies in Literature Credits: 3, R6
• ENGL 480 - Studies in English Credits: 1-3, R6
• ENGL 496 - Seminar in World Literature Credits: 3

3. Health Promotion and Wellness Hours: 18

Required courses: Students should take all of the following:

• HPE 312 - Health Education Pedagogy Credits: 3
• HPE 350 - Current Health Problems Credits: 3
• HPE 358 - Healthy Living Concepts Credits: 3
• HPE 360 - Sexual Health Throughout the Lifespan Credits: 3

• Additional courses:

• Select six hours (two courses) or eight hours (HPS 212 plus two additional courses) from the following list:

• ENVH 230 - Introduction to Environmental Health Science Credits: 3
• HPE 212 - Foundations of Health and Physical Education Credits: 2
• HPE 255 - Mental and Emotional Health for Teachers and Their Students Credits: 3
• HPE 305 - Adventure-Based Learning Credits: 3
• HPE 325 - Pedagogy & Prevention of Risky Behaviors K-12 Credits: 3
• HPE 355 - Fitness Concepts Credits: 3
• HPE 424 - Adapted Movement & Wellness Credits: 3
• HPE 240 - Care and Prevention of Athletic Injuries Credits: 3
• HPE 365 - Physical Activity and Aging Credits: 3
• HPE 375 - Psychological Aspects of Physical Activity Credits: 3
• PSY 426 - Death and Dying Credits: 3

• Note: Students who choose to take HPE 212 Foundations of Health and PE will be required to elect an additional course from the list of electives and will result in a concentration of 20 hours instead of 18.

4. History Hours: 18

Required courses:

Students should take one of the following:

• HIST 131 - North American History to 1865 Credits: 3

• or

• HIST 132 - U.S. History Since 1865 Credits: 3

• Additional courses: Select 12 hours of junior-senior level history courses.

5. Mathematics Hours: 18

Required courses:

Students should take four or five of the following (see below for possible choices) plus one or two electives:

• MATH 146 - Precalculus Credits: 4
• MATH 170 - Applied Statistics Credits: 3

• or

• MATH 270 - Statistical Methods I Credits: 3
• MATH 311 - Informal Geometry Credits: 3

• And Either

• MATH 140 - Introductory Calculus Credits: 5

• or

• MATH 153 - Calculus I Credits: 4

• Students majoring in middle grades education must also complete:

• MATH 221 - Number Sense for Teaching Credits: 3

• Elective courses:

  Students should select one or two from the following elective course(s) or other course(s) approved by the Head of the Department of Mathematics and Computer Science to complete a minimum of 18 hours.

• MATH 250 - Introduction to Logic and Proof Credits: 3
• MATH 255 - Calculus II Credits: 4
• MATH 300 - Problem Solving Credits: 2
• MATH 301 - History of the Scientific Revolution Credits: 3
• MATH 400 - History of Mathematics Credits: 3

6. Natural Science Hours: 18

Required courses: Students should take all of the following:

• BIOL 140 - Principles of Biology I Credits: 4
• CHEM 132 - Survey of Chemistry I Credits: 4
• GEOL 150 - Methods in Geology Credits: 4
• PHYS 130 - Introductory Physics I Credits: 4

• Additional courses: Students should select two hours from any AST, BIOL, CHEM, GEOL, or PHYS course not counted for Liberal Studies.

7. Psychology Hours: 18

Required course: Students should take the following required course:

• PSY 150 - General Psychology Credits: 3

• Additional Courses: Students should select any 15 hours of PSY courses.

8. Sociology Hours: 18

Required courses: Students should take the following required course:

• SOC 103 - Human Society Credits: 3

• Additional courses: Students should select 15 hours from any 200-level and above sociology course.

9. Spanish Hours: 18

Required courses:

• SPAN 102 - Experiencing Spanish and the Spanish-Speaking World II Credits: 3

• Students should take either of the following options:

• SPAN 231 - Intermediate Spanish I Credits: 3

• and

• SPAN 232 - Intermediate Spanish II Credits: 3

• Or

• SPAN 240 - Accelerated Intermediate Spanish Credits: 6

• or equivalent

• SPAN 301 - Spanish Conversation and Composition I Credits: 3
• SPAN 302 - Spanish Conversation and Composition II Credits: 3

• Additional courses: Select 3 additional hours from upper level Spanish courses.

10. Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (TESOL): 18