Elementary Education Minor

Required:

• EDU 1141 - Teaching and Learning in a Diverse Society (not before spring first year) or
• EDU 1111 - Learning in a Diverse Society (First Year Seminar)

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• EDU 2015 - Literacy Processes and Acquisition (includes practicum)
• EDU 2115 - Field Practicum [2 hours, twice a week]
• EDU 3324 - Balanced Literacy Instruction and Materials (includes practicum)
• EDU 3124 - Field Practicum [2.5 hours, twice a week]
• EDU 3312 - Teaching Science & Social Studies in the Elementary School (includes practicum)
• EDU 3112 - Field Practicum [2.5 hours, twice a week]
• EDU 3314 - Teaching Elementary School Mathematics (includes practicum)
• EDU 3114 - Field Practicum [2.5 hours, twice a week]
• EDU 4205 - Assessment for Literacy (includes practicum)
• EDU 4105 - Field Practicum [2.5 hours, twice a week]
• SLM 3317 - Children’s Literature
• MAT 1106 - Finite Mathematics With Applications (Dependent on math placement)
• MAT 2242 - Mathematical Structures I (Mathematics 1001, 1002 or placement above 1002)
• MAT 3342 - Mathematical Structures II
• PSY 2209 - Child and Adolescent Development

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• HIS 1109 - Survey of Modern U.S. History, 1865-2000 or
• HIS 2225 - Colonial America, 1607–1763

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• EPE 1043 - Creative Rhythms & Dance
• EPE 1070 - Fundamental Motor Skills

• Education department approved Jan term internship in an ethnically diverse classroom setting, e.g. EDU 2100

• Professional Semester (12 hrs.)

• EDU 4425 - Elementary Student Teaching – Full Semester – Professional Development School Placement

• Passing scores on PRAXIS I, SAT or ACT

• Passing Scores on Praxis II

• Successful completion of Exit Portfolio during student teaching semester

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Recommended:

• STA 2215 - Elementary Statistics for Social Science
• MAT 3322 - Fundamental Concepts of Geometry

Total Program Hours: 65