Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (D21A)

Catalog Term: Fall 2023
Total Credit Hours: 120 

FIRST YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
ENGL 101 College English I 3
MATH 111 College Algebra (C or better required)                               3

GEN ED - FYS

First Year Seminar - See list

3
PSY 111 General Psychology 3
SOC 111 (or)
ANTH 102
Intro to Sociology (or)
Cultural Anthropology
3
  Credit Hours 15
SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
ENGL 102                    College English II                                              3          
COMM 111 Public Speaking 3

GEN ED - Fine Arts

Fine Arts Gen. Ed - See list 3
STAT 370

Elementary Statistics
(Fulfills a three-hundred level general education course)                   

3

CI 270   

Intro to Education Profession (B- or better required)

3
  Credit Hours 15

 

SECOND YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
HIST 131 (or)
HIST 132               

U.S. Colonial to 1865 (or)
U.S. since 1865                                                                                                    

3                                 

MATH 501

Elementary Mathematics (C or better required)                                                             5
CI 345 Integrated Learning through the Arts (B- or better required) 2
CESP 334

Intro to Diversity:  Human Growth and Development
(B- or better required.  Also fulfills a three-hundred level general education course)

3
BIOL 106 Human Organism 3
  Credit Hours 16
SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 519                      


Mathematical Investigations (C or better required)                       

3                           
CI 416

Classroom Management (B- or better required)

2
CI 401

Family Collaboration in Schools and Community
(B- or better required)

3
GEOL 300 (or)
BIOL 370
Energy, Resources and Environment (or)
Intro to Environmental Science
(Fulfills a three-hundred level general education course)
3
GEOG 125 (or)
GEOG 210
Principles of Human Geography (or)
Intro to World Geography
3
CI 203 Self-Care for Today's Educator (B- or better) 1
  Credit Hours 15

 

THIRD YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 311                                                 Intro to Diversity:  Field Experience (B- or better required) 1                                         
CI 320 Intro to Diversity:  Exceptionalities (B- or better required) 2
CI 321 Intro to Diversity: Cultural Issues (B- or better required) 2
CI 329 Universal Design for Learning (B- or better required) 1
CI 520 Physical Science in the Elementary Classroom 3
CI 324

Linguistics for Elementary Teachers (B- or better required)

3
CI 403   

Learning and Educational Assessment (B- or better required) 

2
  Credit Hours 14

 

SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 504

Special Ed Law (B- or better required)

3
CI 402E Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM): Elemenary Teaching Early Literacy K-2  (B- or better required) 3
CI 402J Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM): Elementary Social Studies (B- or better required) 3
CI 411A Preteaching Internship: Elementary Core IIA   (B- or better required) 2
CI 313  Reading & Writing Exceptionalities    (B- or better required) 2
CI 323 Technology Seminar in Elementary Education (B- or better required) 1
 Electives Electives for 120 hours 2
  Credit Hours 16

 

FOURTH YEAR
FALL SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS

CI 402U
                                                                      
Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):  Intermediate Literacy (3-6)
(B- or better required)
3                                                 
CI 402M Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):  Elementary Mathematics (B- or better required) 3
CI 402S Instructional Strategies, Assessment and Management (ISAM):  Elementary Science (B- or better required) 3
CI 411B Preteaching Internship:   Elementary Core IIB (B- or better required) 2
CI 427 Philosophy, History and Ethics of Education (B- or better required) 3
HPS 425 Methods in Physical Education and Health (B- or better required) 2
  Credit Hours 16

 

SPRING SEMESTER  CREDIT HOURS
CI 446                                                    

Elementary Teaching Internship and Classroom Management Seminar
(B- or better required)

2                                       
CI 447 Elementary Teaching Internship (B- or better required) 11
CAS 501 Teacher Licensure Capstone 0
  Credit Hours 13