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 a student teaching experience. Degree-seeking students follow the Bachelor of Science Liberal Arts Foundation requirements.
Non-departmental Core Courses
AIS 105 – Introduction to American Indian Studies
Math sequence for students
(Do NOT take if seeking 5-8 math endorsement.) MPG 3 prerequisite.
MAT 204 – Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (fall)
MAT 205 – Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (spring)
Science sequence for students
(Do NOT take if seeking 5-8 general science endorsement.)
Option A is for Day students who do not have college-level science courses in their background.
BIO 102 – The Biological World
and
PHY 203 – Physics and Earth Science for Elementary Education Teachers
Option B is for weekday, AU, 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 203 – Physics and Earth Science for Elementary Education Teachers
or
EED 203 – Physical Science for Elementary Teachers (summer session, Time 1 only) and EED 200 – Elementary Education Earth Science (summer session, Time 2)
and
BIO 102 – The Biological World
Major Courses
Required education courses:
- EDC 200 – Critical Histories and Philosophies of Education
- EDC 220 – Educational Technology
- EED 314 – Transcultural Literacies: An Introduction to Language and Literacy
Elementary Major coursework: (Courses from this point on require admission to the licensure program)
- ESL 320 – Introduction to Linguistics
- EED 335 – Multidisciplinary Methods for Elementary Teachers
- EED 425 – K-6 Language and Literacy Methods: Critical Applications for the Elementary Classroom
- EED 350 – K-6 Methods: Mathematics
- EED 360 – K-6 Methods: Science
- EED 370 – K-6 Social Studies Methods: Decolonizing Curriculum and Classrooms
- EDC 375 – Learners with Dis/abilities
- EDC 490 – School and Society or ESL 490 – Language, Culture, and Schools
Student Teaching
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 or the Interdisciplinary Studies major.
- EDC 481 – Student Teaching: Initial License for Undergraduate Students (or EDC 482 – Student Teaching: Additional License or Endorsement, for students completing an additional license)
- EED 489 – Teacher Performance Assessment and Student Teaching Seminar
For a complete list of courses and descriptions, see the Course Description Search.