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2014-2015 Academic Catalog 
    
2014-2015 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Elementary Education (K-6), B.S.


Educational Outcomes

Teacher education candidates who complete the degree requirements in education will:

  1. Know the content appropriate to their teaching specialty.
  2. Understand how children develop and how they learn through an integrated curriculum and a variety of age-appropriate instructional strategies.
  3. Use a variety of methods to assess students, both formative and summative, to monitor growth, evaluate students, and to inform instruction.
  4. Model 21st century skills and content, including technology and critical thinking, and integrate them into instruction.
  5. Demonstrate leadership in the classroom, in the school, and in the teaching profession.
  6. Embrace diversity in the school community and world, plan instruction accordingly, use materials to counteract stereotypes and maintain a learning environment that conveys high expectations of every student.
  7. Understand the importance of collaboration with parents, educators and other professionals to meet the needs of students.
  8. Demonstrate the ability to engage in scholarly inquiry and professional opportunities.

GPA 2.75

Minimum Graduation Requirements (124 credit hours)


C or Better on All Specialty/Content, Professional Studies, and Student Teaching Courses


Additional Requirements (17 credit hours)


Plus (6 credit hours)


General Education Requirements (30 credit hours)


Perspectives (0 Credit Hours)


Critical Thinking (4 credit hours)


Composition and Literature (6 credit hours)


Religion (3 credit hours)


History (6 credit hours)


Fine Arts (3 credit hours)


Choose from the following:

Humanities (3 credit hours)


  • Fine Arts Credits: 3 hours
  • Literature Credits: 3 hours
  • Philosophy Credits: 3 hours

Health (3 credit hours)


Physical Education Activity (2 credit hours)


  • Physical Education Activity Credits: 1 hour
  • Physical Education Activity Credits: 1 hour

Critical Thinking-Designated Courses (2 courses)


Critical Thinking (CT) courses may overlap with any other requirement:

  • CT-Designated Course (can be met with a course from the major or outside the major)
  • CT-Designated Course (can be met with a course from the major or outside the major)

Writing Intensive-Designated Courses (2 courses)


Writing Intensive (WI) courses may overlap with any other requirement:

  • WI-Designated Course (must be met with a course from the major)
  • WI-Designated Course (can be met with a course from the major or outside the major)