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Early Childhood Education (Grades PK-3), BS

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Students wishing to teach in pre-school, kindergarten, or primary grades should pursue the Early Childhood Education degree program. Please note that certification resulting from successful completion of this program does not certify students to teach above the third-grade level.

University Requirements

^FRESHMAN SEMINAR: Required of all first-time freshmen and all transfer students with fewer than 30 total semester hours of credit.

FS 102 - LEARNING STRATEGIES FOR COLLEGE SUCCESS-EHD STUDENT 3 Credit Hour(s) ^

Credit Hours: 3

General Education Requirements

English Composition

ENGL 105 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 115 - ENGLISH COMPOSITION II 3 Credit Hour(s)

Social and Behavioral Sciences

PSYC 206 - EDUCATIONAL PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)
SOCL 107 - GENDER, RACE, AND CLASS IN SOCIETY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Mathematics

MATH 121 - COLLEGE ALGEBRA 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 111 - MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS 3 Credit Hour(s)
OR
MATH 141 - ELEMENTARY STATISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s)

Natural Sciences*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Biological Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)*
Physical Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)*
Biological or Physical Sciences 3 Credit Hour(s)*

Humanities

COMM 130 - HUMAN COMMUNICATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
COMM 135 - PUBLIC SPEAKING 3 Credit Hour(s)
and
HIST 145 - US HISTORY TO 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)
or
HIST 146 - US HISTORY SINCE 1877 3 Credit Hour(s)

One of the following:

ENGL 205 - SURVEY OF BRITISH LITERATURE I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 210 - INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN LITERATURE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 215 - INTRODUCTION TO FICTION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ENGL 220 - INTRODUCTION TO POETRY AND DRAMA 3 Credit Hour(s)

Fine/Performing Arts*

*See General Education Course Requirements under DEGREE REQUIREMENTS.

Credit Hours: 39

Program Requirements

²ED 412 , ED 422 , and ED 423 must be taken concurrently.

ED 201 - INTRODUCTION TO FOUNDATIONS OF EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 202 - INTRODUCTION TO TECHNOLOGY IN EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 250 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 307 - MATERIALS AND METHODS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 308 - METHODS AND MATERIALS IN ELEMENTARY MATH I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 310 - MATERIALS AND METHODS IN ELEMENTARY SOCIAL STUDIES AND SCIENCE 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 316 - MATERIALS AND METHODS IN ELEMENTARY LANGUAGE ARTS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 317 - READING/WRITING PROCESSES I 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 318 - READING/WRITING PROCESSES II 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 319 - PRACTICUM IN READING 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 321 - DYSLEXIA FOR EDUCATORS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 411 - PREPARATION FOR CLINICAL PRACTICE IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 412 - CLASSROOM MANAGEMENT IN THE ELEMENTARY SCHOOL 3 Credit Hour(s) ²
ED 416 - PRACTICUM IN ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 417 - FOUNDATIONS OF EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 418 - MATERIALS AND METHODS IN EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 419 - LANGUAGE DEVELOPMENT AND COMMUNICATION SKILLS 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 420 - NURSERY & PRESCHOOL EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s)
ED 422 - CLINICAL PRACTICE - STUDENT TEACHING 3-9 Credit Hour(s) ²
ED 423 - PRACTICUM 3-6 Credit Hour(s) ²
ENGL 301 - INTRODUCTION TO LINGUISTICS 3 Credit Hour(s)
MATH 117 - MATHEMATICS FOR ELEMENTARY SCHOOL TEACHERS 3 Credit Hour(s)
PSYC 207 - CHILD PSYCHOLOGY 3 Credit Hour(s)

One of the following:

GEOG 105 - WORLD GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEOG 106 - WORLD GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEOG 251 - PHYSICAL GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)
GEOG 252 - CULTURAL GEOGRAPHY 3 Credit Hour(s)

Two of the following:

¹Successful completion of ED 303 , ED 304 , ED 305 , ED 388 AND passing score on SPED Praxis will result in additional certification.

ED 303 - TEACHING BASIC SUBJECTS TO CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDS 3 Credit Hour(s) ¹
ED 304 - CLASSROOM MOTIVATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ¹
ED 305 - COLLABORATION FOR INCLUSIVE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ¹
ED 388 - ASSESSMENT AND EVALUATION IN INCLUSIVE EDUCATION 3 Credit Hour(s) ¹

Credit Hours: 78

Total Credit Hours: 120

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