Undergraduate Catalog 2022-2023

Elementary Education P-5 (BA)

Program Description

Bachelor of Arts Degree

 

Category I: The Individual (9 hours)

IA: Rhetoric

ENGL 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rhetoric and Composition

3

IB: Mathematical Reasoning

MATH 1000

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mathematics for the Liberal Arts

3

IC: Critical Thinking 

PSYC 2240

 

 

 

 

 

 

Psychology of Childhood and
     Early Adolescence

3

 

OR 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PSYC 2290 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Human Growth and Development

3

ID: Scientific Method

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

0

Category II: Western Civilization (15 hours)

IIA: Freshman Composition

ENGL 1102

 

 

 

 

 

 

Literature and Composition

3

IIB: Speaking

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

IIC: Social and Behavioral Sciences

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

IID: Humanities 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

 3

IIE: Government 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list 

3

Category III: World Citizen (12 hours)

IIIA: Modern Language

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose sequence from approved list

6

IIIB: History of Other Cultures

EDUC 4401

 

 

 

 

 

 

Multicultural Classroom

3

IIIC: Fine Arts

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Choose course from approved list

3

 Category IV: The Natural World (8 hours)

 IVA: Natural Science

PHYS 1011

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Science I

4

 

PHYS 1012

 

 

 

 

 

 

Physical Science II

4

Category V: Ethical Perspectives (0 hours)

VA: Philosophy, Religion, and Ethics

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Elementary Education students are
exempt from this requirement.

0

 Category VI: Institutional Requirement (1 hour)

VIA: First-Year Experience

PDMT 1101

 

 

 

 

 

 

Introduction to University Life and
the Liberal Arts Tradition

1

Total Credit Hours:45
EDEM 3327Math Methods I (PK-2)

3

EDEM 3329Children's Literature

3

EDEM 3331Reading Methods (P-5)

3

EDEM 3332Language Arts Methods (P-5)

3

EDEM 3334Social Studies Methods (P-5)

3

EDEM 3335Science Methods (P-5)

3

EDEM 3336Math Methods II (3-5)

3

EDEM 3338Reading Assessment

3

EDEM 3339Fine Arts for Teachers

3

EDUC 1199Introduction to Education

3

EDUC 2000Introduction to Professional Practice

3

EDUC 2250Media and Technology for Educators

3

EDUC 3307Learning and Cognition

3

EDUC 3355Exceptional Children

3

EDUC 3356Introduction to Dyslexia

3

EDUC 4457Critical Skills for the Modern Classroom

3

EDUC 4479Internship I

1

EDUC 4489Internship II

3

EDUC 4495Educational Assessment for All Learners

3

EDUC 4497Classroom Management

3

EDUC 4498Senior Seminar: Reflection and Application

3

EDUC 4499Internship III

6

Elementary Education (EDEM) or Education (EDUC) Electives

9

Total Credit Hours:76