Elementary Education Minor with a Major of Speech Pathology and Audiology

This interdepartmental program is designed to prepare students to assume teaching responsibilities in a self-contained classroom in grades K-8.

Minimum 2.0 GPA required in this minor.

Program Requirements

BIOS 1120 - Principles of Biology Credits: 3 hours
ED 2500 - Human Development Credits: 3 hours
ENGL 3820 - Literature for the Young Child Credits: 4 hours
MATH 1500 - Number Concepts for Elementary/Middle School Teachers Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 1070 - Elementary Physics Credits: 4 hours
PHYS 1080 - Elementary Physics Laboratory Credits: 1 hour

One of the Following:

GEOG 1020 - World Geography Through Media and Maps Credits: 3 hours
or
HIST 2110 - American History since 1877 Credits: 3 hours
or
PSCI 2000 - National Government Credits: 3 hours

One of the Following:

HIST 3160 - Women in United States History Credits: 3 hours
or
WMS 3000 - Working Women, Past and Present Credits: 3 hours
or
WMS 3300 - Gender Issues in Education Credits: 3 hours
or
WMS 3500 - Male/Female Psychological Perspectives Credits: 3 hours

Admission to the Upper Professional Level is a prerequisite for the following:

ED 3100 - Educational Psychology of Childhood Credits: 3 hours
(Early Childhood students take ED 3090)
ED 3710 - Elementary Classroom Organization and Management Credits: 3 hours
(Early Childhood students take ED 3690)
And concurrently
ED 3770 - Literacy I: Literacy/Language Development in Emergent and Beginning Literacy Credits: 3 hours
ED 3780 - Literacy II: Literacy/Language Arts Development in the Content Areas Credits: 3 hours
ED 3790 - Literacy III: Literacy/Language Inquiry and Multiple Media Credits: 3 hours
ED 4070 - Teaching Elementary Social Studies Credits: 3 hours
EDT 3470 - Technology for Elementary Education Credits: 2 hours
ENGL 3690 - Writing in the Elementary School Credits: 4 hours
ES 3950 - School and Society Credits: 3 hours
SPED 3300 - Introduction to Special Education Credits: 3 hours

If Elementary Education minor, elect only the following:

ED 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 1 to 2 hours
Credits: 2 hours
ED 4710 - Intern Teaching: Elementary/Middle School Credits: 5, 8, or 10 hours

If Early Childhood Education minor, elect only the following:

ED 3500 - Young Children, Their Families, and Their Society Credits: 3 hours
ED 4090 - Seminar in Early Childhood Education Credits: 1 hour
ED 4700 - Intern Teaching: Early Childhood Credits: 5 hours
ED 5750 - Administration of Child Development Centers Credits: 3 hours
or
FCS 5750 - Administration of Child Development Centers Credits: 3 hours