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BA Elementary Education

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Required Courses in the Elementary Education Degree Program

The following is a general overview of requirements for this program. It is provided for informational purposes only, and interested individuals should contact appropriate university personnel for details and recent updates. (Note: Credit hours associated with specific courses are listed in parenthesis following the course title.)

Upper Division Coursework (66 hours):

For full time students, a block is a semester. A part time student schedule is also available.

Block 1
IDS 3920 Colloquium (3)
EDF 3200 Diversity of Human Experience (6)
EDG 3201 Professional Studies (6)

Block 2
EGE 3266* Emerging Literacy, Communication & Culture (6)
RED 4350 Literacy Content & Processes (3)
MAE 4310 Math Content & Processes (3)
EDG 4371 Creative & Affective Development (3)

Block 3
SSE 4343 Social Sciences & Humanities (3)
SCE 4310 Science Methods (3)
LAE 4416 Children's Literature (3)

Block 4
TSL 4344 Methods, Curriculum & Instructional Effectiveness (3)
EDF 4430 Assessment & Action Research (3)
EDE 4942 Integrated Field Experience:Elementary Ed (3)
EDE 4304 Integrated Mathematics & Science (3)
EDE 4930 Special Topics in Elementary Education (3)

Block 5
EDE 4936 Senior Seminar: Elementary Ed (3)
EDE 4940 Internship: Elementary Ed (9)

*In place of EGE 3266 students may complete RED 4310 Early Learning Literacy (3) and TSL 4xxx Second Language Acquisition, Communication & Culture (3).

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