Nov 22, 2024  
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2021-2022 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Elementary Education Grades 1-5, B.S.


Degree Awarded: Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Science 125
Career Opportunities:
Teaching elementary education 1-5 (see College of Education 
Additional Requirements:
Students must earn at least an overall 2.5 GPA and an overall 2.5 GPA in all major courses.

Praxis Exam Requirements: Prior to Teacher Residency, students must pass the Praxis Core Academic Skills for Educators: Reading, Writing, and Mathematics or submit an ACT composite score of 22 or higher. Students must also pass the Praxis Elementary Education: Multiple Subjects (5001) or the Reading/Language Arts (5002), Mathematics (5003), Social Studies (5004), and Science (5005) and the Praxis Principles of Learning and Teaching: K-6 (5622) by established deadline.
Note(s):
1 Choose from Biology, Chemistry, Geology, or Physics. Students cannot get credit for both GEOL 105  and GEOL 225 .
2 Block I Classes must be taken together: EDCI 430 , EDCI 427 , and IRED 320 
3 Block II Classes must be taken together: EDCI 349 , EDCI 425 , READ 310 , and READ 311 
4 Block III Classes must be taken together: EDCI 350 , EDCI 351 , EDCI 426 , and EDCI 300  

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Fine Arts courses.

English Literature (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

Junior Year, Second Semester (15 credit hours)


Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses. 1

Senior Year, Second Semester (10 credit hours)


General Education Core Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
MATH 105 
MATH 117  
BIOL 206 
CHEM 212 
and
Choose 3 cr from any BIOL, CHEM, PHYS, or GEOL
GEOG 103 
PSYC 311  
History
(3 cr)
Fine Arts
(3 cr)
Communication
(3 cr)
Literature
(3 cr)
HIST 221  or HIST 222   Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  
CMCN 100  or CMCN 310   Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List