Elementary School Grades (P-5) - Literacy Concentration, B.S.

Elementary School Grades (P-5) Major

[Education majors must choose COM130 in the Foundations Communication pool due to state certification requirements.]

Teacher Education Program Requirements  

Major Requirements (80-82) (70 Core + 10-12 Emphasis)

• ED 200 - Introduction to Education (2)
• ED 220 - Technology for Education (2)
• ED 230 - Human Growth & Development (2)
• ED 262 - Social Studies Content (P-5) (3)
• ED 263 - Science Content (P-5) (3)
• ED 290 - Facilitating EL Student Success (3)
• ED 300 - Guided Inquiry Clinical-Based Experience / Elementary (0.5)
• ED 300 - Guided Inquiry Clinical-Based Experience / Elementary (0.5)
   
• ED 320 - Exceptional Learner in the General Education Classroom (3)
• ED 330 - Behavioral Support for Children and Adolescents (3)
• ED 341 - Reading and Language Arts Methods & Materials (P-5) (3)
• ED 342 - Reading Methods & Content (P-5) (3)
• ED 350 - Literacy Assessment (P-5) (3)
• ED 360 - Social Studies Methods & Materials (P-5) (3)
• ED 382 - Science Methods & Content (P-5) (3)
• ED 401 - Open Inquiry Clinical-Based Experience (1)
• ED 405 - Learning Performance & Assessment (3)
• ED 410 - Classroom Management (3)
• ED 428 - Interventions for Differentiation (3)
• ED 498 - Student Teaching: Professional Clinical-Based Component (3-12) (6 credits required)
• ED 499 - Student Teaching: Professional Clinical-Based Component (3-12) (6 credits required)

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• ENG 360 - Children’s Literature (P-5) (3)

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• MAT 308 - Elementary Math Content & Methods I (4)
• MAT 309 - Elementary Math Content & Methods II (4)

Literacy Concentration (12)

• ED 343 - Language & Literacy Development (3)
• ED 344 - Advanced Teaching of Reading (3)
• ED 345 - Reading Comprehension (3)
• ED 346 - Teaching Writing (3)

Plus Foundations Requirements (41)

Traditional Undergraduate Foundations   

(3 hours Math and 3 hours Foundations Integration satisfied by required major courses; Foreign Language not required of B.S. ELEE majors. Degree becomes B.A. with completion of Foreign Language.)

Plus electives needed for the 124 hour degree requirement (1)