Requirements for the Bachelor of Arts Degree in Education

1. The University requirements for bachelor’s degrees as described in the Undergraduate Education section of this catalog; 120 credits, including general elective credits, are required for the Bachelor of Arts degree in Education.
   
   The completion of Mathematics 201 referenced in item 2. b. (4) below may also satisfy the University Mathematics requirement.
   
   The University’s Tier II writing requirement for the Education major is met by completing Teacher Education 301 and 404. Those courses are referenced in item 2. below.
2. The following requirements for the major:

   a.	Professional Education Courses (16 credits):
   	(1)	All of the following courses (16 credits):
   		CEP	240	Diverse Learners in Multicultural Perspectives					3
   		TE	101	Social Foundations of Justice and Equity in Education					3
   		TE	102	Pedagogy and Politics of Justice and Equity in Education					3
   		TE	150	Reflections on Learning					3
   		TE	371	Justice and Equity Seminar I					1
   		TE	372	Justice and Equity Seminar II					1
   		TE	471	Justice and Equity Seminar III					1
   		TE	472	Justice and Equity Seminar IV					1
   b.	Elementary Education Courses (25 or 26 credits):
   	(1)	All of the following courses (10 credits):
   		TE	100	Introduction to Early Childhood and Elementary Education					1
   		TE	333	Social Studies for Young Learners (PK-6)					3
   		TE	403	Teaching Science to Diverse Learners - Elementary					3
   		TE	404	Teaching Social Studies to Diverse Learners-Elementary (W)					3
   	(2)	Language Acquisition and Development
   		One of the following courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		LIN	200	Introduction to Language					3
   		LIN	401	Introduction to Linguistics					4
   	(3)	Literacy
   		Both of the following courses (6 credits):
   		TE	301	Children’s Literacy Development (W)					3
   		TE	348	Reading and Responding to Children’s Literature					3
   	(4)	Mathematics
   		Both of the following courses (6 credits):
   		MTH	201	Elementary Mathematics for Teachers I					3
   		MTH	202	Elementary Mathematics for Teachers II					3
   		The completion of Mathematics 201 may satisfy the university mathematics requirement. Mathematics 201 and 202 are prerequisites for Teacher Education 406 or 406A and must be completed with a minimum grade-point of 2.0 prior to enrollment in Teacher Education 406 or 406A.
   c.	One of the following concentrations (21 to 29 credits):
   	Prekindergarten through Grade Three (29 credits):
   	All of the following courses:
   	HDFS	320	Interaction with Children in Groups						3
   	HDFS	320L	Interaction with Children-Laboratory						1
   	HDFS	321	Curriculum for Children (W)						3
   	HDFS	321L	Curriculum for Children-Laboratory						1
   	HDFS	424	Student Teaching in an Early Childhood Program						6
   	TE	330	Science Curriculum for Young Learners (PK-3)						3
   	TE	405A	Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners I (PK-3)						3
   	TE	405B	Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners II (PK-3)						3
   	TE	406A	Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners I (PK-3)						3
   	TE	406B	Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners II (PK-3)						3
   	Grade Three through Grade Six (21 or 22 credits):
   	1.	One of the following ethnic studies courses (3 or 4 credits):
   		AAAS	100	Race and Community in Local to Global Perspective					3
   		AIIS	201	Introduction to American Indian and Indigenous Studies					3
   		CLS	201	Introduction to Chicano/Latino Studies					3
   		HST	208	Introduction to African History, Culture and Society					4
   		HST	210	Modern East Asia					4
   		HST	309	American Indian History: Precontact to the Present					3
   		HST	310	African American History to 1876					3
   		HST	311	African American History since 1876					3
   		HST	312	African American Women					3
   		HST	327	History of Mexican Americans in the United States					3
   		HST	365	The Vietnam War					3
   		HST	366	Modern Southeast Asia					3
   		HST	371	Women and Gender in Asia					3
   		HST	383	The Caribbean					3
   		HST	384	Modern Mexico					3
   		PLS	304	Minority Politics					3
   		PLS	351	African Politics					3
   		SOC	214	Social Inequality					3
   		SOC	215	Race and Ethnicity					3
   		SOC	375	Urban Sociology					3
   		SSC	293	Introduction to Asian Pacific American Studies					3
   		TE	352	Immigrant Language and Culture					3
   	2.	One of the following United States history courses (3 credits):
   		HST	301	Indigenous-European Encounters in North America					3
   		HST	302	Revolutionary America					3
   	3.	One of the following arts integration courses (3 credits):
   		TE	430	Introduction to Arts in the Classroom					3
   		TE	431	Learning through Drama					3
   		TE	432	Learning through Movement					3
   	4.	All of the following courses (12 credits):
   		ISE	301	Science for Elementary Schools					3
   		TE	332	Science Curriculum for Upper Elementary Learners (3-6)					3
   		TE	405	Teaching Literacy to Diverse Learners (3-6)					3
   		TE	406	Teaching Mathematics to Diverse Learners (3-6)					3
   d.	Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages (17 or 21 credits):
   	Completion of this requirement along with the requirements of 2.b.(2) above satisfies the course requirements for the additional endorsement in English as a Second Language. For students who elect to complete the Birth to Kindergarten and Prekindergarten through Grade Three grade band requirements, this requirement is satisfied by completing TE 341 along with those requirements. These students should refer to the Early Childhood-General and Special Education requirements under Requirements for the Disciplinary Teaching Minors in the section on TEACHER CERTIFICATION below. These students do not meet the course requirements for the additional endorsement in English as a Second Language.
   	(1)	All of the following courses (14 credits):
   		LLT	307	Methods of Second and Foreign Language Teaching					3
   		LLT	346	Pedagogical English Grammar for English Teachers					3
   		LLT	361	Second and Foreign Language Learning					3
   		TE	494	Field Experience in Teacher Education					5
   	(2)	Complete either (a) or (b) (3 or 6 credits):
   		(a)	ANP	420	Language and Culture				3
   		(b)	COM	310	Intercultural Communication				3
   			or
   			COM	320	Diversity and Communication				3
   			LIN	471	Sociolinguistics				3
   e.	Optional Additional Teaching Endorsements
   	Students may elect to complete one or more optional disciplinary teaching minor(s), in addition to the required grade band concentration and English as a Second Language requirements. The following disciplinary teaching minors are available for prospective elementary school teachers.
   		Arabic			20
   		Chinese			24
   		French			21
   		German			23
   		Japanese			24
   		Spanish			24
   		Requirements for the disciplinary teaching minors can be found in the section Requirements for the Disciplinary Teaching Minors in the section on TEACHER CERTIFICATION, below. Students wishing to complete one or more of the following optional disciplinary teaching majors, in addition to the grade band concentration and English as a Second Language requirements, should refer to Teacher Certification Options in the catalog sections for the colleges, departments, and schools that administer disciplinary majors that are available for teacher certification.
   		College of Arts and Letters:
   		Arabic
   		Chinese
   		French
   		German
   		Japanese
   		Spanish