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Undergraduate Initial Teacher Education Programs

Bachelor of Science in Early Childhood Education: Prekindergarten/Primary Education: Age 3 through Grade 3 & ESOL Endorsement


Lower Division Preparation

An Associate in Arts Degree or equivalent preparation in basic general education is required. If a student has not completed equivalents of the courses noted below, these courses must be completed with a grade of ‘C’ or higher prior to enrollment in courses at the University for which there are prerequisites.

To qualify for admission to the program, undergraduates must have met all the lower division requirements including: 60 credit hours of lower-division courses, all general education requirements, lower-division GPA of 2.5 or higher, and all four parts of CLAST passed.

All stated admission requirements are to be considered minimum. A student who meets these minimum requirements is not automatically assured admission. Program admission requirements are subject to change. It is the responsibility of the student to assure that he/she has met the requirements.

Degree Program Hours: 128

Lower Division Common Prerequisites

CourseCourse TitleCredits
EDF 1005Introduction to Education13
EDG 2701Teaching Diverse Populations13
EME 2040Introduction to Educational Technology (or acceptable substitute)3
1Requires field experience of 15 clock hours outside of class time.

Additional General Education Requirements: (15)

These 15 hours are required beyond those taken to meet General Education requirements and must be from the following liberal arts and sciences areas:
  • fine arts or humanities
  • political sciences, sociology, economics, cultural geography, or speech
  • mathematics
  • natural sciences and/or
  • psychology
Among these 15 hours must be included one course in mathematics and, combined with General Education requirements, two courses in the natural sciences. At least one course taken to meet the natural science requirements in general education and/or prerequisites must include a laboratory component.

In addition to EDG 2701, students must take six credit hours with an international or diversity focus in lower division.

Upper Division Program: (65)

Upper Division Course Work:2

Block I - Philosophical Issues

CourseCourse TitleCredits
EDE 3xxxIssues in Early Childhood Education53
EDF 3515Philo/Historical Foundations53
SCE 4310Teaching Elementary Science43
TSL 3xxxFoundations of TESOL3
EEC 4941Field Experience30

Block II - Developmental Issues

CourseCourse TitleCredits
ARE 3313Teaching Elementary Art3
EDP 3004Educational Psychology3
EEC 4005 Early Childhood Programs3
EEX 3xxxExceptional Education Students3
LAE 3xxxLanguage and Literacy Development3
EEC 4941Field Experience30

Block III - Methodological Issues

CourseCourse TitleCredits
EDG 3321General Teaching3
EDG 3321LGeneral Teaching Lab2
HLP 3013Teaching Elementary Health & P.E.3
MAE 4310Teaching Elementary Math3
RED 4150Teaching Primary Literacy3
EEC 4941Field Experience30

Block IV - Social/Cultural Issues

CourseCourse TitleCredits
EDF 4634Cultural/Social Foundations of Education3
EEC 4204Integrated Early Childhood Curriculum3
MUE 3210Teaching Elementary Music3
SSE 4xxxEarly Childhood Social Studies3
TSL 4xxxTESOL and Multiculturalism3
EEC 4941Field Experience30

Block V - Student Teaching

CourseCourse TitleCredits
EDF 4634Cultural/Social Foundations of Education3
EEC 4943Student Teaching9
These two courses must be taken as co-requisites. Students must apply for student teaching two semesters before they plan to begin Block V.

2 All courses in a block must be completed before any courses in the next block can be taken. Students who take fewer than four courses each term must take the courses within each block in the sequence listed.

3 Part-time students must enroll in EEC 4941 every semester in which an elementary education course is taken.

4 Programatic Professional Development Experience in Science Education are required in blocks II, III, IV, & V

5 EDG 3321 and EDG 3321L are corequisites.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Charles Bleiker
College of Education, ZEB 258B
(305) 348-3211

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