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Professional Education Courses

All Required unless otherwise stated.  The Planned Program must total at least 20 credits, that are not double counted with the teaching major or minor areas.  

CREDITS

A. Professional Education Courses

21

  1. All of the following courses

    TE 150 Reflections of Learning 

    3

    TE 301 Learners and Learning in Context 4
    TE 401 Teaching of Subject Matter to Diverse Learners 5
    TE 402 Crafting Teaching Practice 6

   

TE 250 Human Diversity, Power, and Opportunity in Social Institutions 3

   Special Education majors must take CEP 240.

 

B.   Planned Program for Elementary Education 20-25

Please note Planned Program is different for Special Education majors. See Planned Programs for Special Education.

  1. Both of the following mathematics courses (6 credits counted here)  

*MTH 201 Mathematical Investigations I 3
MTH 202 Mathematical Investigations II 3


*MTH 201 is prerequisite for TE 401

NOTE:  The completion of MTH 201 may also satisfy the university mathematics requirement.

  1. The following course on children’s literature

*TE 348 Reading and Responding to Children’s Literature 3


* Course is prerequisite for TE 401
NOTE: This course meets the Childrens Literature requirement for the Language Arts Integrated Teaching Major but the 3 credits count on the planned program.

  1. One of the following courses on language acquisition and development  

*ENG 302 Introduction to English Language 3
*CSD 333 Oral Language Development 3
*LIN 200 Introduction to Language 3

 

NOTE:  Language Arts Integrated Teaching Majors or English Majors may count this course in those majors, in which case 0 (zero) credits count on the planned program.

  1. The following course on science in elementary schools  

SME 301 Science for Elementary Schools 3

 

NOTE:   This course is waived for Integrated Science Teaching Majors.

  1. One of the following U.S. History courses  

     

    HST 202 US History to 1876 4  
    HST 203 US History since 1876 4  

NOTE: Both of these courses are required for the Social Studies Intergrated Teaching Major (0 credits counted on the planned program for the History Concentration; 4 credits counted on the planned program for the Geography Concentration).

 

  1. The following geography course  
GEO 204 World Regional Geography 3

 

NOTE:  This course is required for the Social Studies Integrated Teaching Major (0 credits counted on the planned program for the Geography Concentration; 3 credits counted on the planned program for the History Concentration).

  1. One of the following arts courses:  

IAH 241A Music and Society in Modern World 4
IAH 241C Cultural Traditions of Europe 4
IAH 241E The Creative Process 4
MUS 463 Elementary Music I 2  

 

NOTE:   Students may use IAH 241A, IAH 241C or IAH 241E to satisfy the IAH “B” course component of the University’s Integrated Studies requirement in Arts and Humanities (4 credits may count both on planned program AND toward integrative study requirement).

*Students who choose the two minor option using Math and English together MUST count these

courses in their Planned Program and may not double count these courses toward the English minor.  Additional 300-400 level English courses may be needed on the minor to meet the credit requirements for the English minor.  Consult with an advisor.

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