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2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog 
    
2023-2024 Undergraduate and Graduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Elementary Education Grades 1-5, BS


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Degree Awarded: Total Credit Hours:
Bachelor of Science 120
Career Opportunities:
Teaching elementary education 1-5 (see College of Education & Human Development 
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: The requirements of the program are continually under examination and revision by the Louisiana State Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE). The University reserves the right to make changes as required. All enrolled candidates are subject to these changes.
All required state licensure exams must be passed by established deadlines.
Note(s):
1 Students cannot get credit for both GEOL 105  and GEOL 225 .
2 Block I Classes must be taken together: EDCI 430 IRED 320 LTCY 301 , and EDCI 340  
3 Block II Classes must be taken together: EDCI 349 , EDCI 425 , LTCY 310 , and LTCY 311 
4 Block III Classes must be taken together: EDCI 449 , EDCI 473 , EDCI 426  

Freshman Year, First Semester (15 credit hours)


Sophomore Year, First Semester (18 credit hours)


English Literature (3 credit hours)


Choose from the General Education Curriculum  list of Literature courses.

Social/Behavioral Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose a 200-level or above course from the General Education Curriculum list of Social/Behavioral Science courses.

Fine Arts (3 credit hours)


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

Natural Sciences (3 credit hours)


Choose a BIOL or GEOL course from the General Education Curriculum  list of Natural Science courses. 1

Senior Year, Second Semester (9 credit hours)


General Education Curriculum


English
(6 cr)
Mathematics
(6 cr)
Natural Sciences
(9 cr)
Social/Behavioral Sci
(6 cr)
ENGL 101 
ENGL 102  
MATH 105 
and
Choose 3 cr from the list below.
BIOL 121 
GEOL 225  
and
Choose 3 cr from any
BIOL or GEOL
GEOG 104 
and
Choose from the
Gen Ed Course List  (200+)
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  
 
Mathematics: MATH 206 MATH 210 , or STAT 214  

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