Nov 21, 2024

2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

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2024-2025 Undergraduate 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 - Metacognitive Learner: B-6th Grade (2 credits)
EDFD 420 - Classroom Management: B-6th Grade (1 credit)
◆ EDFD 440 - Curriculum, Instruction, and Assessment: B-6th Grade (3 credits)
△ EDFD 459 - The Professional Educator (3 credits)
EDFD 460 - Multicultural Youth, Children, and Families Part I: B-6th Grade (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)

Note

EDFD 400 and 460 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 420 and 440 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 459 and 462 must be taken concurrently

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)

Note

EDFD 400 and 460 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 420 and 440 must be taken concurrently
EDFD 459 and 462 must be taken concurrently