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Elementary Education Language Arts Major

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 Total Credits Required for Degree  130
 Liberal Studies  30-40
 Health Promotion Requirements  2
Core 36
 ED 306 Children's Literature  3
 ED 311 Language Arts Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 ED 316 Elementary Reading Instruction I  3
 EN 309 The Teaching of Writing  4
 EN 200 Basic English Grammar and Usage for Teachers  2
 EN 206 Survey of Journalism  4
 SP 100 Public Address  4
 SP 110 Interpersonal Communication  4
Communication Elective 4
Choose from the following: 
     BC 165 Introduction to Mass Media  (4 cr.)    
     BC 325 Communication and Performance in Africa  (4 cr.) [VI]   
     SP 402 Communication Criticism  (4 cr.) [II]   
     SP 404 Communication and the Arts  (4 cr.)    
     SP 410 Advanced Interpersonal Communication  (4 cr.)    
     SP 412 Nonverbal Communication  (4 cr.)    
     TH 130 Introduction to Theatre  (4 cr.) [VI]   
     TH 132 Acting I  (4 cr.)    
English Electives 5
Professional Education 25
 ED 201 Introduction to Education  2
 ED 230 Teaching for Learning in the Elementary Classroom  4
 ED 301 Dimensions of American Education  2
 ED 318 Elementary Reading Instruction II  3
 ED 361 Special Education and the General Classroom Teacher  2
 ED 420 Teaching in the Elementary School  11
 ED 450 Seminar in Teaching  1
Required Cognates 14
 MSED 250 Physical Science for Educators  4
 MSED 251 Life Science for Educators  4
 MSED 252 Earth Science for Educators  4
 ED 483 Educational Media Technology  2
Planned Program 27
 ED 310 Social Studies Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 ED 312 Science Methods and Materials for Elementary Teachers  3
 MA 150 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher I  4
 MA 151 Mathematics for the Elementary School Teacher II  4
 MA 353 Methods and Materials in Teaching Elementary School Mathematics  3
 HL 150 Health and Education for the Elementary School Teacher  2
 MU 149A Music in the Elementary School I  2
 AD 310 Art for the Elementary Classroom Teacher  2
 ED 307 Integrating the Arts into the Elementary Curriculum  2
 PE 224 Developmental Physical Education for Elementary Teachers  2
Other Required Courses 4
 HS 126 The United States to 1865 [IV] 4
All students in the elementary education curriculum must complete a 16 credit hour social studies requirement. Any AN, EC, HS, PS or SO prefixed course fulfills this requirement, as well as ENV 101, FR 310, GC 100, GC 164, GC 300, GR 310, NAS 204, PL 270 and SN 314. These credits can be double counted with other program requirements. 