The Elementary Education curriculum prepares students for teaching on the elementary school level (grades 1-8).

Freshman Year

First Semester
1 - ED 100 Orientation
3 - ENGL 101 Composition I
3 - MTHSC 115 Contemporary Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I
4 - PH SC 108 Introduction to Physical Science
4 - Foreign Language Requirement¹
15

Second Semester
3 - ENGL 102 Composition II
3 - HIST 172 Western Civilization
3 - MTHSC 116 Contemporary Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II
4 - PH SC 107 Introduction to Earth Science
4 - Foreign Language Requirement¹
17

Sophomore Year

First Semester
4 - BIOL 109 Introduction to Life Science
3 - HIST 173 Western Civilization
3 - MTHSC 216 Geom. for Elem. School Teachers
3 - Arts and Humanities Requirement²
3 - Foreign Language Requirement¹
3 - Literature Requirement³
19

Second Semester
3 - CP SC 120 Issues in Computers or 3 - ED F (AG ED, THRD) 480 Educational Applications of Microcomputers
3 - ED F 334 Child Growth and Development
3 - GEOG 101 Introduction to Geography or 3 - GEOG 103 World Regional Geography
3 - SPCH 150 Intro. to Speech Communication or 3 - SPCH 250 Public Speaking
3 - Arts and Humanities Requirement²
3 - Foreign Language Requirement¹
18

Junior Year

First Semester
3 - ED 321 Physical Education for Elementary School: Games and Sports Skills
3 - ED F 301 Principles of American Education
3 - ED F 302 Educational Psychology
3 - ED F 458 Health Education
3 - ENGL 385 Children's Literature
4 - Elective
19

Second Semester
3 - ED 452 Elem. Methods in Math. Teaching
3 - ED 459 Teach. Read. in the Early Grades: K­3
1 - ED F (THRD) 315 Integrating Computers into the Classroom
3 - ED SP 402 The Exceptional Child
3 - THRD 310 Arts and Creat. for Elemen. Child
6 - Elective
19

Senior Year

(Courses must be taken as listed in both semesters.)

First Semester
3 - ED 401 Elementary Field Experience
3 - ED 451 Elem. Methods in Science Teaching
3 - ED 460 Teach. Read. in the Inter. Grades 4­8
3 - ED 487 Teach. Soc. Studies in the Elem. Sch.
3 - ED 488 Teach. Lang. Arts in the Elem. School
15

Second Semester
12 - ED 481 Dir. Teaching in the Elem. School
12

134 Total Semester Hours

¹Two years of the same foreign language are required.

²HUM 301 and 302; or select three credits from two of the following fields:

ArtA A H 210

MusicMUSIC 210 or 311 or 400

TheatreTHEA 210 or 372

³ENGL 202, 203, 204, 205, 206, 207, 208, 209, or H210.