This major prepares you to teach in kindergarten through ninth grade. You will have extensive field experiences, starting your freshman year, and a full semester of student teaching. You will take content courses especially designed to make sure that you have a solid knowledge base of the content needed to teach across grade levels in mathematics, science, social students, and English language arts. You will have classroom experiences that span the grades that you will be able to teach.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| PSY-110 | Life Span Development | 4 |
| or SW-250 | Human Behavior in Social Environment | |
| ED-116 | Relational Competence Workshop | 3 |
| ED-201 | Exploration in Teaching, Learning, and Assessing | 6 |
| ED-215 | Engagement in Teaching, Learning, And Assessing | 6 |
| ED-220 | Interview Assessment | 0 |
| ED-225 | Literacy in Early Childhood | 3 |
| ED-315 | Immersion in Tchng, Lrng & Assess | 6 |
| ED-321 | Middle School Teaching & Field | 4 |
| ED-325 | Literacy in Middle Childhood I-ELC | 3 |
| ED-338 | Early Childhood Curriculum & Field | 4 |
| ED-343 | Cornerstones for Effective K-9 Mathematics Teaching & Learning | 4 |
| ED-344 | Teaching Math/Elementary Classroom | 2 |
| ED-351 | Science in the Elementary Curriculum | 4 |
| ED-352 | Investigating Integrated Social Studies With the Inquiry Arc | 4 |
| ED-396 | Introduction to Exceptional Learner | 4 |
| or SPE-314 & SPE-315 | Foundations of Special Education and Charac, Assmnt-Lrnrs With Disabilities | |
| ED-399 | Formal Introduction to Advanced Work | 0 |
| ED-412 | Critical Issues in School & Society | 2 |
| ED-420 | Advancement to Student Teaching Performance Assessment | 0 |
| ED-475 | Student Teaching Seminar | 0 |
| ED-468 | Student Teaching Placement | 18 |
| PST 400 | Praxis II Completed | |
| ED-RDG | Foundations for Reading Exam (FORT) | |
| Total Credits | 77 | |