Elementary Education Program, A.B.Ed.
Program of Studies
The Bachelor of Arts in Education (A.B.Ed.) degree in elementary education is a 121-semester hour (120-semester hours, class of 2008 and 2009) program that includes General College requirements primarily completed in the freshman and sophomore years.
The program is four semesters long, beginning in the student's junior year. The first semester focuses on the child and emergent literacy. The second semester focuses on the school, community, society, healthful living, literacy across the curriculum, physical education and aesthetics. During the third semester, in the fall of the senior year, the focus is on curriculum and methods in science, mathematics and literacy. The fourth semester is centered on teaching.
Junior Year, Fall Semester |
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| EDUC 412 | Learning and Development in the Elementary Classroom | 6 hrs |
| EDUC 413 | Emergent Literacy for the Elementary Program | 1 hr |
Junior Year, Spring Semester |
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| EDUC 403 | Working with Socioculturally Diverse Families | 3 hrs |
| EDUC 414 | Literacy Across the Curriculum for the Elementary Education | 1 hr |
| EDUC 415 | Culture, Society, and Teaching | 6 hrs |
| EDUC 416 | Aesthetics Education: Arts, Culture and Learning | 3 hrs |
Senior Year, Fall Semester |
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| EDUC 512 | Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary Grades | 4 hrs |
| EDUC 513 | Teaching Reading and Language Arts (K-6) | 4 hrs |
| EDUC 514 | Teaching Science in the Elementary School | 3 hrs |
| EDUC 516 | Exceptional Children Seminar and Field Placement A | 2 hrs |
| Class of 2008 and 2009 | ||
| EDUC 515 | The Arts as Integrative Teaching | 2 hrs |
| Class of 2010 and subsequent classes | ||
| EDUC 629 | Language Minority Students: Issues for Practitioners | 3 hrs |
Senior Year, Spring Semester |
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| EDUC 517 | Exceptional Children Seminar and Field Placement B | 1 hr |
| EDUC 518 | Student Teaching in the Elementary Grades | 12 hrs |
| EDUC 519 | Seminar on Teaching Elementary Grades | 3 hrs |