Elementary Education Grades 1-5, PBC

Program Admission

No prerequisites are needed other than a baccalaureate degree. Official admission into the program is contingent upon meeting the requirements for EDUC 499.

Term 1: Summer - 6 hours

Note:  EDUC 203 and EDUC 216 require 10 field experience hours each.

EDUC 499 packet must be approved prior to enrolling in EDUC and SPED 300/400 level courses.

• EDUC 110 - Portfolio Management for Teacher Education Programs and Certifications (Cr. 0)
• EDUC 203 - Theories and Principles of Learning and Teaching (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 216 - Reading Methods I (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 499 - Entrance into the Non-Master’s Alternative Program (Cr. 0)

Term 2: Fall - 5 hours

Note:  EDUC 316 requires 20 field experience hours, and EDUC 326 requires 15 field experience hours.

• EDUC 316 - Reading Methods II (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 326 - Social Studies in the Elementary Classroom (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)

Term 3: Spring - 6 hours

Note:  EDUC 325 requires 15 field experience hours, EDUC 327 requires 20 field experience hours, and SPED 320 requires 5 field experience hours.

• EDUC 325 - Science in the Elementary School (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)
• EDUC 327 - Mathematics in the Elementary School (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 400 - Admission to Teacher Residency - Post-Baccalaureate Certificate (Cr. 0)
• SPED 320 - Survey of Contemporary Topics and Issues in Special Education (Lec. 1, Cr. 1)

Term 4: Summer - 5 hours

Note:  EDUC 416 requires 20 field experience hours.

• EDUC 414 - Classroom Engagement and Management (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)
• EDUC 416 - Diagnostic and Remedial Reading in the Elementary School Practicum (Lec. 2, Lab. 2, Cr. 3)

Term 5: Fall - 8 hours

Note:  EDUC 351 requires 10 field experience hours, EDUC 469 requires 20 field experience hours, and (EDUC 460E requires a minimum of 80% of the instructional week in an assigned grade 1-5 classroom completing residency hours, or EDUC 462E requires 100% of the instructional week in a grade 1-5 classroom as the teacher of record).

• EDUC 351 - Educational Measurements (Lec. 3, Cr. 3)
• EDUC 469 - Field Study Project (Lec. 2, Cr. 2)

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  Choose one of the following:

• EDUC 460E - Student Teaching Residency I - PBC (Cr. 3)
• EDUC 462E - Internship Residency I - PBC (Cr. 3)

Term 6: Spring - 3 hours

Note:  EDUC 461E requires 100% of the instructional week in an assigned grade 1-5 classroom completing residency hours, or EDUC 463E requires 100% of the instructional week in a grade 1-5 classroom as the teacher of record.

• Choose one of the following:

• EDUC 461E - Student Teaching Residency II - PBC (Cr. 3)
• EDUC 463E - Internship Residency II - PBC (Cr. 3)

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