Elementary Education Social Studies Major

Students majoring in elementary education must maintain a grade point average of 2.70 or greater with no grade below a “C” in the professional education sequence, the major and/or minor and required cognates combined.

For department information or additional degree requirements, go to the Education, Leadership & Public Service, School of department page.

For related information from the Bureau of Labor Statistics, http://www.bls.gov/ooh/education-training-and-library/kindergarten-and-elementa…

Total Credits Required

128

Liberal Studies	30-40
Health Promotion Requirements	2

Required Courses in Major	36

Economics Electives	8
Choose from the following:
EC 101 Introduction to Economics (4 cr.) [Div II]
EC 201 Microeconomic Principles (4 cr.)
EC 202 Macroeconomic Principles (4 cr.)

Geography Electives	8
Choose from the following:
ENV 101 Introduction to Environmental Science (4 cr.) [Div II] or
GC 100 Physical Geography (4 cr.) [Div II]
GC 164 Human Geography (4 cr.) [Div II]

History Electives	8
Choose from the following:
HS 101 History of Western Civilization to 1600 (4 cr.) [Div I] or
HS 102 History of Western Civilization Since 1600 (4 cr.) [Div I]
HS 126 The United States to 1865 (4 cr.) [Div II]

Political Science Electives	8
Choose from the following:
PS 101 Introduction to Political Science (4 cr.) [Div II]
PS 105 American Government (4 cr.) [Div II]
PS 203 Comparative Government and Politics (4 cr.)
PS 309 State and Local Government (4 cr.)

EC/GC/HS/PS Electives	4
Choose a 300-level course if PS 309 is not taken above.

Professional Education	25
ED 201 Introduction to Education	2
ED 230 Teaching for Learning in the Elementary Classroom	4
ED 301 Dimensions of American Education	2
ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II	3
ED 361 Special Education and the General Classroom Teacher	2
ED 420 Teaching in the Elementary School	11
ED 450 Seminar in Teaching	1

Required Cognates	25
MSED 250 Physical Science for Educators	4
MSED 251 Life Science for Educators	4
MSED 252 Earth Science for Educators	4
MA 150 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I	4
MA 151 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II	4
MA 353 Methods and Materials in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics	3
ED 483 Educational Media Technology	2

Planned Program	25
ED 310 Social Studies Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 312 Science Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 306 Children's Literature	3
ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers	3
ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I	3
HL 150 Health and Education for the Elementary School Teacher	2
MU 149A Music in the Elementary School I	2
AD 310 Art for the Elementary Classroom Teacher	2
ED 307 Integrating the Arts into the Elementary Curriculum	2
PE 224 Developmental Physical Education for Elementary Teachers	2

This major does not require a minor.

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