Elementary PK-3 Pre-Education Requirements (42 hours)

A minimum grade of “C” must be earned in all Elementary PK-3 Pre-Education Courses.

• ENGL 1050 - Foundations in Written Communication: Strategies, Behaviors, Success Credits: 3 hours
• ENGL 3690 - Writing in the Elementary School Credits: 3 hours
• ENGL 3890 - Teaching Children’s Literature Credits: 3 hours
• MATH 1140 - Essential Quantitative Reasoning Credits: 3 hours
• MATH 1520 - Early Mathematical Reasoning Credits: 3 hours
• MATH 2530 - Number and Computation I Credits: 3 hours
• MATH 2540 - Number and Computation II Credits: 3 hours
• SCI 1600 - Explorations in Integrated Science Credits: 3 hours
• SCI 2070 Credits / Units: 3 hours
• LS 2900 - Literacy Learning through Reading and Writing Credits: 3 hours
• ED 2002 - Elementary Teaching Lab 1: PK-6 Credits: 1 hour
• ED 2500 - Human Development: Applications in Education Credits: 3 hours
• ED 2900 - K-8 Teaching as a Profession Credits: 3 hours
• ED 3002 - Elementary Education Lab 2: Grades PK-3 Credits: 3 hours

Elementary PK-3 Professional Level Requirements (29 hours)

Students must meet Elementary Education admissions requirements or be accepted into the Special Education professional program in order to take the Professional Level Elementary Education classes listed below.

A minimum grade of “CB” must be earned in all Professional Level Elementary Education courses.

• LS 4150 - Foundations of Literacy Credits: 3 hours
• LS 4200 - Literacy Assessment and Instruction Credits: 2 hours
• LS 4210 - Literacy Assessment and Instructional Practice Credits: 1 hour
• ES 3950 - School and Society Credits: 3 hours
• ED 3011 - Elementary Education Science Methods 1: Investigative Practices Credits: 3 hours
• ED 4012 - Elementary Education Science Methods 2: Scientific Model Creation and Engineering by Design Credits: 4 hours
• ED 4071 - Teaching Grades PK-3: Social Studies 1 Credits: 3 hours
• ED 4100 - Seminar in Education Credits: 1 to 2 hours
• ED 4300 - Creativity in the Elementary Classroom Credits: 3 hours
• ED 4710 - Intern Teaching: Elementary/Middle School Credits: 5, 8, or 10 hours

Course Requirements in Learning Disabilities (32 hours)

Students must be accepted into the Special Education professional program in order to take the Special Education classes listed below.

A minimum grade of “CB” must be earned in all Special Education classes.

Note: Students must see a department advisor regarding the sequence in which the courses must be completed.

• SPED 3300 - Foundations of Special Education Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 3380 - Prevention and Intervention Techniques for Establishing Positive School Environments Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 3390 - Collaboration and Communication in Special Education Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 4040 - Field Experience in Special Education II: Data-Based Decision Making and Effective Instruction Credits: 3 hour
• SPED 4100 - Seminar in Special Education: Learning Disabilities and Emotional Impairments Credits: 2 hours
• SPED 4330 - Assessment and Data-Based Decision Making in Special Education Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 4340 - Evidence-Based Instruction I: Focus on K-5 Foundations of Reading, Written Language, and Content Areas Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 4350 - Evidence-Based Instruction II: Focus on 6-12 Language Arts, Math, Science and Social Studies Credits: 3 hours
• SPED 4760 - Intern Teaching in Special Education: Learning Disabilities Credits: 6 hours
• SPED 4810 - Field Experience in Special Education III: Strategic Interventions for Learners with High Incidence Disabilities Credits: 3 hour

Minor

There is no minor required.