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Program Sample Plan

Program name: Elementary Education: Foundations B.S.
Sample Plan: Elementary Education Foundations
Total Credits: 119.5
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Year 1 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
PSTL 1281 - Principles of Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
PSTL 1131 - Principles of Biological Science : 4.0 cr : BIOL : Preferred Course
LE (Literature) :3.0 cr
LE (Historical Perspectives, Technology and Society) :3.0 cr
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 17.0 cr
CI 1001 - Introduction to the Elementary School : 3.0 cr
University writing : 4.0 cr
CI 1806 - College Algebra through Modeling : 3.0 cr : MATH
PSTL 1204 - Ways of Knowing in the Social Sciences : 4.0 cr : SOCS, DSJ : Preferred Course
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 16.0 cr
Literature : 4.0 cr
PSTL 1171 - Earth Systems and Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
History : 4.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 3212 - Field Experience: Elementary Teaching : 2.0 cr
CI 3211 - Introduction to Elementary Teaching : 3.0 cr
EPSY 3119 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment : 3.0 cr
CI 3001 - Engaged Arts Learning in Elementary Classrooms : 2.0 cr
Elective :5.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
MTHE 3101 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers I : 3.0 cr
CI 1563 - Physics by Inquiry : 4.0 cr : PHYS
CI 3401W - Diversity in Children's Literature : 3.0 cr : WI
PSTL 1312 - Creating Identities Through Art and Performance : 4.0 cr : AH
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 14.5 cr
CI 5307 - Technology for Teaching and Learning : 1.5 cr
EPSY 5613 - Foundations of Special Education I : 3.0 cr : DSJ
EPSY 5616W - Classroom Management and Behavior Analytic Problem Solving : 3.0 cr : WI
CI 3283 - Field Experience in Special Education : 2.0 cr
MTHE 3102 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers II : 3.0 cr
KIN 3327 - Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School : 2.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
PUBH 3003 - Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse : 2.0 cr
GEOG 1301W - Our Globalizing World : 3.0 cr : SOCS, GP, WI
LING 3001 - Introduction to Linguistics : 4.0 cr : SOCS
Elective :3.0 cr
EDHD 5003 - Developmental and Individual Differences in Educational Contexts : 2.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
OLPD 5005 - School and Society : 2.0 cr
OLPD 5009 - Human Relations: Applied Skills for School and Society : 1.0 cr
CI 5413 - Foundations of Reading : 3.0 cr
CI 5414 - Field Experience: Working with Developing Readers : 2.0 cr
Elective :4.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr