EC – Grade 4 Bilingual

Bachelor of Arts

GENERAL EDUCATION CURRICULUM:  56 total hours

MAJOR REQUIREMENTS:  64 total hours

I.  Professional Development (18 hours):

               1.  Education (15 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 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 (31 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

III.  Internship (4 hours):

EDU 4201 Bilingual Internship I

EDU 4202 Bilingual Internship II

IV.  Bilingual Education (15 hours):

EDU 4362 Reading and Language Arts in the Bilingual Classroom

EDU 4363 Foundations of Bilingual Education

EDU 4317 English as a Second Language

EDU 4329 Content Methodology in the Bilingual Classroom

EDU 4364 Language Acquisition and Development

V.  Required Related Courses (21-22 hours):

Speech (3 hours)

SPC 1301 Fundamentals of Speech

Spanish (18-19 hours) 12 hours of 1000 and 2000 level Spanish or test equivalent from the following: SPN 1341, 1342, 2313, 2314

3 hours from SPN 3301, 3302, 3311, 3312, 3325, or 4369

3 or 4 hours from SPN 3323 or 4405

TOTAL HOURS:  141-142 total hours