Elementary Education, BSEd

Liberal Studies Hours (42 hours)

Liberal Studies Program Requirements  

Professional Education Sequence for Elementary Education

The Professional Education Sequence for Elementary Education requires 27 hours including the following:

• EDCI 201 - Teacher Leadership in a Diverse Society Credits: 3
• EDEL 390 - Practicum I 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:

• EDEL 311 - Elementary Curriculum Credits: 3
• EDEL 339 - Seminar for Creating Responsive Learning Communities in the Elementary Grades Credits: 2
• 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
• 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, Communication Sciences and Disorders, 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. Communication Sciences and Disorders Hours: 18

Students should take the following required courses:

• CSD 301 - Speech and Language Development Credits: 3
• CSD 370 - Phonetics Credits: 3
• CSD 372 - Acoustics and Speech Science Credits: 3
• CSD 380 - Anatomy and Physiology of the Speech Mechanism Credits: 3
• CSD 450 - Introduction to Audiology Credits: 3
• CSD 472 - Aural Rehabilitation Credits: 3

3. 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

4. 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.

5. 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 15 hours of junior-senior level history courses.

6. 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 II 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

7. 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.

8. 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.

9. 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.

10. 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

• Additional courses: Select 9 additional hours of SPAN electives.

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