2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog | 20243

Elementary Education, B.S. major
Science Endorsement (Teacher Licensure)

Required Credits: 101
Required GPA: 2.50

I ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOUNDATION COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ED 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• ED 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• ED 3140 Human Relations In Education (3 credits)
• ED 3350 Pedagogy: Planning for Instruction (3 credits)
• ED 3780 Adaptation and Management: Designing the Learning Environment (3 credits)
• ED 4799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
• HLTH 3400 Health and Drugs in Society (2 credits)

Complete the following course, up to 12 credits:

• ED 4820 Student Teaching - Elementary (1-12 credits)

II ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• ED 3201 Language Arts I (3 credits)
• ED 3202 Language Arts II (3 credits)
• ED 3203 Language Arts III (3 credits)
• ED 3221 Elementary Math Methods (3 credits)
• ED 3222 Elementary Science Methods (3 credits)
• ED 3240 Social Studies in the Elementary School (3 credits)
• ED 3301 Creative Expressions (3 credits)
• ED 3302 Creative Process Foundations: Patterns (3 credits)
• HLTH 4100 Teaching Elementary School Health (2 credits)
• PHED 4200 Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education to Classroom Teachers (1 credit)

Complete the following course:

• MATH 1011 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I (3 credits)

Complete the following course:

• MATH 1013 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II (3 credits)

SCIENCE ENDORSEMENT

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• BIOL 1400 Cellular Principles (4 credits)
  or BIOL 1110 Human Biology (4 credits)
• BIOL 1500 Diversity of Life (4 credits)
  or BIOL 1120 General Biology: Evolution And Ecology (3 credits)
• CHEM 2211 Principles of Chemistry I (4 credits)
  or CHEM 1111 General Chemistry I (4 credits)
• CHEM 2212 Principles of Chemistry II (4 credits)
  or CHEM 1112 General Chemistry II (4 credits)
• GEOL 1110 Physical Geology (4 credits)
• SCI 3100 Integrative Science for Teachers (4 credits)
• SCI 3450 Science Methods For Grades 5-8 (4 credits)
  or ED 3410 Secondary Science Methods (4 credits)

EDUCATION CORE
COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ED 3417 Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (3 credits)
• ED 4737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE (5 CREDITS):

• ED 4840 Student Teaching - Special Fields (1-12 credits)