EC – Grade 4

Bachelor of Science

GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM:  56 total hours

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS: 69 total hours

I.  Professional Development (21 total hours):

1.  Education (18 hours)

EDU 2300 Introduction to Education (field experience required)

EDU 3301 Roles and Responsibilities for Teachers (field experience required)

EDU 3308 Teaching the Exceptional Child (lab required)

EDU 3310 Studies in Multicultural Education

EDU 3338 Computers as a Classroom Tool

EDU 4330 Certification Exam Review

2.  Psychology (3 hours)

PSY 3303 Infant and Child Development

II.  EC-4 Pedagogy (39 total hours):

                  1.  Education (27 hours)

EDU 3303 Instruction and Assessment (prerequisite for other

pedagogy courses)

EDU 4310 Language Arts and Social Studies for EC-4

EDU 4312 Math and Science for EC-4 (field experience required)

(EDU 4310/4312 are blocked courses taken concurrently)

EDU 4314 Language Arts and Social Studies for Grades 1, 2

EDU 4315 Math and Science for Grades 1, 2 (field experience required)

(EDU 4314/4315 are blocked courses taken concurrently)

EDU 4316 Language Arts and Social Studies for Grades 3, 4

EDU 4321 Math and Science for Grades 3, 4 (field experience required)

(EDU 4316/4321 are blocked courses taken concurrently)

EDU 4322 Math for Elementary Teachers

EDU 4323 Science for Elementary Teachers

                   2.  Reading (6 hours)

RDG 3322 Children’s Literature

RDG 4301 Beginning Literacy (lab required)

                   3.  Internship or Student Teaching (6 hours)

(6 hours of internship or 6 hours of student teaching)

Internship

EDU 4324 Elementary Education Internship I

EDU 4325 Elementary Education Internship II

Student Teaching

EDU 4608 Student Teaching – Elementary

III.  ESL (9 hours):

EDU 4317 ESL Methodology

EDU 4371 ESL Literacy

EDU 4364 Language Acquisition and Development

 

IV.  REQUIRED RELATED COURSES (3 hours):

Speech ( 3 hours)

SPC 1301 Fundamentals of Speech

ELECTIVES (3 hours)

TOTAL HOURS:  131 total hours