Elementary Education B.A. (Grades 1-6)

62 credit hours

Requirements

Students seeking the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education must complete a minimum of 128 hours including completing the following courses:

EDU 10000	Orientation to Educational Experiences	3
EDU 11100	School Observation	1
EDU 21501	Teacher Education Seminar I	1
EDU 24600	Children's Literature	3
EDU 20200	Psychology of Teaching and Learning	3
EDU 27600	Methods of Integrating Art, Music, and Movement in Elementary Education	3
EDU 30500	Elementary Reading Methods	3
EDU 30600	Elementary/Middle School Language Arts Methods	3
EDU 30900	Analysis & Correction of Reading Disabilities	3
EDU 31200	Elementary/Middle School Mathematics Methods	3
EDU 31300	Elementary/Middle School Social Studies Methods	3
EDU 31900	Elementary/Middle School Science Methods	3
EDU 32200	Elementary Classroom Teaching & Technology	3
EDU 34100	Education of the Exceptional Child	3
EDU 34400	Elementary School Differentiation and Classroom Management	3
EDU 34500	Childhood Health, Nutrition & Safety	3
EDU 38000	Pre-Student Teaching Practicum	1-3
EDU 30999	Practicum: Analysis and Correction of Reading Disabilities	2
EDU 40400	Advanced Measurement and Evaluation to Enhance Learning	3
EDU 41000	Student Teaching	12

Additionally, students must have 21 credit hours in one content emphasis area.

Note: As part of the general education and Department of Elementary and Secondary (DESE) requirements, early childhood special education majors must also take GEO 20100 or GEO 20200, PS 15500 or HIS 15500, MTH 14800 and MTH 14900, three credit hours in fine art appreciation or fine arts history, and biology with a lab and a physical or earth science with a lab.  We encourage students to complete physical science, however, chemistry, astronomy, meteorology, or earth science is accepted as long as the course includes a laboratory component. Students must also take an Economics Course.  We encourage student to complete ECON 23010, but ECON 23020 or ECON 23030 is also accepted.