2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog | 20263

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

Required Credits: 98
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 Diversity and Educational Equity (3 credits)
• ED 3350 Principles and Strategies of Teaching (3 credits)
• ED 3780 Inclusive Teaching and Classrooms (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 (1-16 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 3310 Creative Arts in Education (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)

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED

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Program Learning Outcomes | Elementary Education, B.S. major Science Endorsement (Teacher Licensure)

·        8710.2000 Standards of Effective Practice: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.2000/ 

·        8710.3200 Teachers of Elementary Education: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.3200/

·     8710.3340 Middle Level Endorsement License for Teachers of General Science: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.3340/