General Education Curriculum (43)
The Education program uses a modified version of the General Education Curriculum (GEC) listed in this catalog.
Complete Graduation Requirements are listed in this catalog.
English
one of the following courses:
| ENG 2324 | Introduction to Creative Writing | 3 Credits |
| ENG 2326 | Exploring American Lit | 3 Credits |
| ENG 2327 | Exploring World Lit | 3 Credits |
| ENG 2328 | Exploring British Lit | 3 Credits |
Exercise Science
| EXS 1220 | Basic Concepts of Wellness | 2 Credits |
Fine Arts
any 3-hour FAR, MUS or THA
Geography
History
| HIS 2324 | Fundamentals of Modern American History | 3 Credits |
choose one of the following:
| HIS 2301 | World History to 1648 | 3 Credits |
| HIS 2303 | World History Since 1648 | 3 Credits |
Mathematics
Natural Science
| NSC 1402 | Introductory Astronomy | 4 Credits |
| CHE 1403 | Nature of Physical Science | 4 Credits |
Religion
choose 3 hours from the following:
| REL 1311 | Introduction to Jewish Scriptures | 3 Credits |
| REL 1312 | Introduction to Christian Scriptures | 3 Credits |
| REL 1313 | Introduction to Ethics | 3 Credits |
| REL 1321 | Introduction to Comparative Religions | 3 Credits |
| REL 1323 | Introduction to Interfaith Leadership | 3 Credits |
Social Science
choose two of the following:
Required Related Courses
Exercise Science
| EXS 2201 | Hlth Phys Ed Activties for Elem Teachers | 2 Credits |
History
Math*
| MAT 1304 | Math for Liberal Arts | 3 Credits |
| MAT 1305 | Adv Fda of Math for Teachers | 3 Credits |
Natural Science*
* All EC-6 candidates are required to complete a minimum of 3 math and 3 science courses as a part of their degree plan.
Psychology
| PSY 3303 | Infant and Child Development | 3 Credits |
Spanish
| SPN 1341 | Elementary Spanish I | 3 Credits |
| SPN 1342 | Elementary Spanish II | 3 Credits |
| SPN 2313 | Intermediate Spanish I | 3 Credits |
| | and | |
| SPN 2314 | Intermediate Spanish II | 3 Credits |
| | or test equivalent | |
| | | |
| SPN 2321 | Int Sp for Sp/Sp Sec Ed/Biling Majors | 3 Credits |
| SPN 3328 | Advanced Spanish Grammar | 3 Credits |
| SPN 3340 | Advanced Spanish Writing | 3 Credits |
Major Requirements
Professional Development
| EDU 2100 | Foundations of Education | 1 Credit |
| EDU 3338 | Technology for Classroom Instr | 3 Credits |
Education
| EDU 2208 | Fine Arts Elementary | 2 Credits |
| EDU 3318 | Intro to Early Childhood Education | 3 Credits |
| EDU 3319 | Math for Elementary School Teachers | 3 Credits |
| EDU 3320 | Science for Elementary School Teachers | 3 Credits |
| EDU 3341 | Instruct/Assess/Classrm Mgt Elementary | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4331 | Differ Instr Mix-Ability K-12 Classrm | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4340 | Envir Process/Assess for E C-6 | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4348 | Social Studies for Element Schl Teachers | 3 Credits |
Bilingual Education
| EDU 3324 | Language Acquisition & Development | 3 Credits |
| EDU 3363 | Foundations of Bilingual Education | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4317 | English As a Second Language Methodology | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4329 | Cont Meth Dual Lang Classrm | 3 Credits |
| EDU 4362 | Rdg/Lang Arts in Dual Lang Cl | 3 Credits |
Reading
| RDG 3328 | Children's Bilingual Literature Elementary School | 3 Credits |
| RDG 4345 | Teach Wrtg in Elem Classrm | 3 Credits |
| RDG 4401 | Beginning Literacy | 4 Credits |
| RDG 4402 | Intermediate Literacy | 4 Credits |
Bilingual Clinical Teaching
| EDU 4613 | Bilingual Clinical Teaching | 6 Credits |
M.Ed. Major Requirements
Required Courses
| EDU 6301 | Intro Grad Stu/Rsrch | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6302 | Philosophical Foundations in Education | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6305 | Psychosocial Dimensions in Edu | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6307 | Emerging Issues in Education | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6326 | Writing Institute I | 3 Credits |
Concentration area (choose one area)
Reading and Writing
one of the following:
| RDG 6345 | Rdg Content Area-Ele | 3 Credits |
| RDG 6346 | Rdg Content Area-Secondary | 3 Credits |
one of the following:
Second Language Education and Culture
| EDU 6320 | Culturally Responsive Teching Methods | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6356 | App Lingistics in the Div Urban Classroo | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6357 | Cross-Cultural Communications | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6358 | Improving practice Internship | 3 Credits |
| EDU 6360 | Language Acquisition | 3 Credits |
Total Hours (171)