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Elementary Education + Teacher Licensure

Designed for those with an interest in teaching children from kindergarten through sixth grade across all curriculum areas, our Elementary Education program offers an opportunity for vigorous course work as well as internships and licensure. Your course of study in elementary education will include requirements and additional courses required for teacher licensure with an K-6 endorsement. Applications are being accepted for either a summer or fall start.

ELEM Master's Degree + Licensure Requirements

REQUIRED ELEM CORE (also meets Licensure requirements) (26 semester hours)

Curriculum and Instructional Design (3)

• EDUC 3500 Foundations of Education (3)

Field Work (3)

• EDUC 3260 Advanced Practicum:  Literacy and Social Studies (1)
• EDUC 3280 Advanced Practicum:  Mathematics and Science (1) 
• EDUC 3005 Internship Seminar: Elementary (1)

Advanced Teaching Methods (20) all are required

• EDUC 3416 Theory and Practice of Literacy Education in Elementary Grades (3)
• ENED 3000 Teaching Literature in Preschool and Elementary Classrooms (3)
• EDUC 3418 Teaching Literacy for Diverse  Learners (3)
• MTED 3200 Mathematical Concepts for Elementary Teachers (2)
• MTED 3250 Advanced Teaching of Mathematics in Elementary Schools (3)
• SCED 3200 Science Concepts for Elementary Teachers (2)
• SCED 3250 Advanced Teaching of Science in Elementary Schools (2)
• SSED 3250 Advanced Teaching of Social Studies in Elementary Schools (2)

PROFESSIONAL CORE COURSES (also meets Licensure requirements) (9 semester hours)

Humanistic Dimensions of Education (3)

• EDUC 3520  Principles of ELL Education (3)

Behavioral Studies (6)

• EDUC 3110 Psychological Foundations of Education (3)
• SPED 3000 Educational Psychology of Exceptional Learners (3)

LICENSURE REQUIREMENTS

• HMED 3250 Introduction to Arts Education (2) *
• EDUC 3270 Classroom Organization and  Management (1)*
• EDUC 3000 Internship in Teaching: Elementary (6) *

ELEM Masters + Teacher Licensure Summary

Required Elem Core and Professional Core Courses 35 hours = 35 hours for degree
Licensure only Courses * 9 hours
44 hours total

(This assumes that the student has had no previous education or related coursework and will take all teacher education licensure requirements. An audit of the student's transcript may determine that some licensure requirements have been met.)