Education Department - (Elementary) Degree Requirements

Elementary Major and Licensure Requirements:
Elementary education majors are required to complete the following non-major and major courses. To be licensed they must also complete an approved middle school specialty area and student teaching. Degree-seeking students follow the bachelor of science Liberal Arts

Foundation requirements
Non-departmental core courses (requirements subject to change—see Education Department for most current list):

ENL 111 Effective Writing
HPE 115 Chemical Dependency (.5)

Math sequence for non-math specialty students:

MPG 3: MAT 137 Math for Elementary Teachers I (required)
MAT 138 Math for Elementary Teachers II (required)
MPG 4: MAT 137 (optional)
MAT 138 (required)

Science sequence for non-science specialty students:

Option A is for weekday students who do not have college level science courses in their background.

SCI 110 Natural Science I
SCI 111 Natural Science II

Option B is for weekday, weekend and/or transfer students with at least one college level science course accepted in transfer or
for weekday students who have already started this sequence.

PHY 103 Conceptual Physics or EED 203 Elementary Education Physical Science (summer school only; does not fulfill general education requirement)
EED 200 Elementary Education Earth Science (summer school only; does not fulfill general education requirement)
BIO 102 The Biological World

Major Courses
Foundations Block I

EDC 200 Orientation to Education in an Urban Setting
EDC 210 Diversity in the Schools (.5)
EDC 220 Educational Technology (.5)
EDC 211 MN American Indians (.5) or EDC 206 Diversity/MN American Indians

Foundations Block II (courses from this point and on require admissions to the department)

EDC 310 Learning and Development

Methods Block I

EED 311 K-6 Methods: Health (.25)
EED 312 K-6 Methods: Physical Education (.25)
EED 320 K-6 Methods: Reading
EED 330 K-6 Methods: Language Arts/Children’s Literature

Methods Block II

EED 341 K-6 Methods: Visual Arts (.25)
EED 342 K-6 Methods: Music (.25)
EED 350 K-6 Methods: Mathematics
EED 360 K-6 Methods: Science
EED 370 K-6 Methods: Social Studies/Thematic Studies (.5)
EED 380 Kindergarten Methods (.5)

Capstone Block

EDC 410 Learners with Special Needs
EDC 490 School and Society

Student Teaching Block
EED 481, 483, 485 Student Teaching (2.0-3.0). Student teaching is required for licensure. Students with an elementary major who do not complete student teaching can graduate through the elementary education non-licensure major.

Middle School Specialty Areas (requirements subject to change—see Education Department for most current list)

Communication Arts Specialty

ENL 220 Intermediate Expository Writing
ENL 240 Introduction to Literary Study
COM 329 or 351 or 354 or 355
EED 331 Middle School Writing Methods (.5)
ESE 350 5-12 Methods: Adolescent Literature/Reading in the Content Areas

Social Studies Specialty

POL 121 American Government and Politics
HIS 120, 121 or 122 US History
ECO 113 Microeconomics
Choose 1: HIS 103: HIS 104; PSY 105; SOC 121; SOC 141
ESE 495 Topics: Human Geography
ESE 311 Middle School Methods: Social Studies (.5)

Math Specialty

MPG 4 or MAT 114 Precalculus
MAT 145 Calculus I
MAT 163 Introductory Statistics or MAT 373 Probability and Statistics I
MAT 252 Exploring Geometry
MAT 271 Discrete Mathematics
MAT 287 History of Mathematics
ESE 331 Middle School Methods: Mathematics (.5)

Science Specialty

CHM 105 Principles of Chemistry I or CHM 115 General Chemistry I
CHM 106 Principles of Chemistry II or CHM 116 General Chemistry II
BIO 121 Human Biology
BIO 102 Biological World
PHY 116 Introduction to Physics
SCI 106 Meteorology
Geology (take elsewhere—see Education Department for suggestions)
ESE 341 Middle School Methods: Science (.5)

A minimum GPA of 2.50 overall, 2.50 in the major, 2.00 in the specialty area, and grades of P in student teaching courses are required for licensure as well as 2.0 or better in all required core, specialty, and education major courses. The equivalent of two full courses graded P/N, plus student teaching, is the maximum allowed within the elementary education major requirements.

Graduation skills in Critical Thinking (CT), Speaking (S), and Writing (W) are embedded throughout the offered courses and are met by completing the major. Consult your department chair or academic adviser for requirements for meeting the Elementary Education Quantitative Reasoning (QR) graduation skill.

Transfer students must consult an adviser about potential adjustments to their course requirements to fulfill each of these skills.
A graduate-level elementary licensure option is available through Weekend College. Licensure is obtained through a combination of graduate and undergraduate credits. The graduate credits can be used toward the MAE degree. Contact the Education Department or the Adult and Graduate Admissions Office for information.

Pre-Primary Specialty: A pre-primary specialty for elementary is currently being developed. Contact the Education Department for further information

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Education Department - (Elementary) Degree Requirements