Elementary Education: four-year plan

How to read this plan

This is a sample path to the B.S. in Elementary Education in four years at about 15–16 credits per term. Your actual plan depends on placement, transfer credit, a chosen concentration, and when courses are offered — build it with your adviser and check it against your degree audit. Course numbers link to the catalog.

Year 1 · Fall 13 credits

• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)
• MATH 1200 College Algebra (3 cr)
• EDUC 1000 Schools and Society (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 1 · Spring 13 credits

• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• MATH 1600 Introductory Statistics (3 cr)
• UNIV 1000 First-Year Seminar (1 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)

Year 2 · Fall 14 credits

• Fine Arts elective (3 cr)
• UNIV 1100 College Reading and Study Strategies (3 cr)
• UNIV 1200 Career and Major Exploration (2 cr)
• Humanities elective (3 cr)
• Social Science elective (3 cr)

Year 2 · Spring 11 credits

• UNIV 1300 Academic Recovery Seminar (2 cr)
• UNIV 2000 Transfer Transition Seminar (1 cr)
• Global Perspectives elective (3 cr)
• PHIL 2300 Ethics (3 cr)
• Wellness elective (2 cr)

Year 3 · Fall 11 credits

• EDUC 2100 Human Development and Learning (3 cr)
• UNIV 2100 Peer Leadership Practicum (2 cr)
• EDUC 2300 Educational Psychology and Assessment (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 3 · Spring 15 credits

• EDUC 2500 Teaching Diverse Learners (3 cr)
• UNIV 2500 Learning and Motivation (3 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)
• COOP 2000 Cooperative Education (recommended) (0 cr)
• Free elective (3 cr)

Year 4 · Fall 12 credits

• EDUC 3100 Literacy Across the Curriculum (3 cr)
• EDUC 3300 Curriculum and Instructional Design (3 cr)
• EDUC 3500 Special Education Foundations (3 cr)
• ENGL 1010 Composition I (3 cr)

Year 4 · Spring 22 credits

• EDUC 4100 Methods and Clinical Practice (4 cr)
• EDUC 4900 Student Teaching (12 cr)
• ENGL 1020 Composition II (3 cr)
• COMM 1100 Public Speaking (3 cr)