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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog

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2023-2024 Undergraduate Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

Education Studies (Non-Licensure) (EDNL) - BS Major

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64-73 credits

2.0 GPA required.

This program is only available to students within the Teacher Education Programs - Elementary Education or Early Childhood Education who have completed all teaching major courses, but unable to complete student teaching. This major (with two tracks) allows those students to complete a bachelor’s degree in Education Studies as a non-license degree. Education Studies department and program advisor approval required for admission.

Education Studies Core Courses (37 credits)

English (4 credits)

ENG 111 - College Reading and Writing (4 credits)

Communication Studies (3 credits)

Choose one:

CMST 191 - Introduction to Public Speaking (3 credits)
CMST 192 - Introduction to Effective Communication (3 credits)

Professional Education Sequence (21 credits)

EDFD 400 - Human Development and Learning: Early Childhood and Elementary (2 credits)
EDFD 420 - Classroom Management: Early Childhood and Elementary (1 credit)
◆ EDFD 440 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: Early Childhood and Elementary (3 credits)
△ EDFD 459 - The Professional Educator (3 credits)
EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, & Families Part I: Early Childhood and Elementary (2 credits)
EDFD 462 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part II (1 credit)
✽ HERS 204 - Personal & Community Health (3 credits)
◎ INDS 300 - Academic Planning and Career Foundations (3 credits)
SPED 300 - Children and Youth with Exceptionalities (3 credits)

Education Electives (9 credits)

EDFD 497 - Individual Educational Topics (1-6 credits)
EDFD 498 - Educational Issues and Trends (1-6 credits)
EDFD 499 - Educational Workshops and Seminars (1-6 credits)

ENDL: Choose Track 1 or Track 2

Students choose the track that best fits already completed courses within their discipline.

Track 1: Required Courses (27 credits)

MATH 202 - Elements of Mathematics (3 credits)
SOC 212 - Sociology of Families (3 credits)
ECEO 320 - Foundations of Literacy, Early Childhood (2 credits)
ECEO 321 - Children’s Literature (2 credits)
ECEO 405 - Topics of Early Childhood Education (2 credits)
ECEO 413 - Infant and Toddler Curriculum and Methods (3 credits)
△ ECEO 416 - Preschool and Kindergarten Curriculum and Methods (3 credits)
ECEO 425 - Early Numeracy Methods (2 credits)
ECEO 428 - Reading and Language Arts Methods (3 credits)
ECEO 435 - Primary Methods 1: Physical Education and the Fine Arts (2 credits)
ECEO 436 - Primary Methods 2: Science, Health and Social Studies (2 credits)

Technical Credits

Up to 16 technical credits may be applied to the 120 overall credit requirement for Track 1.

Track 2: Required Courses (36 credits)

ART 301 - Art in Elementary Classrooms (1 credit)
HERS 310 - Foundations of Elementary Health Education (2 credits)
MATH 202 - Elements of Mathematics (3 credits)
◆ MATH 203 - Number and Number Systems (3 credits)
◆ MATH 204 - Exploratory Geometry (3 credits)
MUS 320 - Music for Elementary Teachers (1 credit)
PESS 200 - Elementary Physical Education for Classroom Teachers (2 credits)
EDUC 221 - Children’s Literature (3 credits)
EDUC 328 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts I (3 credits)
EDUC 329 - Teaching Reading and Language Arts II (3 credits)
EDUC 333 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (3 credits)
△ EDUC 334 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School (3 credits)
EDUC 335 - Teaching of Science and Environmental Studies in the Elementary School (3 credits)
EDRD 450 - Differentiated Reading Instruction (3 credits)

Legend

◎ = Oral Intensive

◆ = Math/Critical Analysis Intensive

△ = Writing Intensive

✽ = Physical Development and Wellness Graduation Requirement

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