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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: 15.0 cr
CI 1806 - College Algebra through Modeling : 3.0 cr : MATH
PSTL 1312 - Creating Identities Through Art and Performance : 4.0 cr : AH
LE (Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :4.0 cr
CEHD recommends PSTL 1525W (WI)
LE (Biological Sciences) :4.0 cr
CEHD recommends PSTL 1131 (LE-Biol)
Year 1 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 1001 - Introduction to the Elementary School : 3.0 cr
PSTL 1281 - Principles of Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
ESCI 1001 - Earth and Its Environments : 4.0 cr : PHYS, ENV
LE (Diversity and Soc Justice US, Historical Perspectives) :4.0 cr
CEHD recommends PSTL 1231 (LE-HP/DSJ)
Year 2 - Fall Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 1563 - Physics by Inquiry : 4.0 cr : PHYS
PUBH 3005 - Fundamentals of Alcohol and Drug Abuse for Teacher Education : 1.0 cr
CPSY 2301 - Introduction to Developmental Psychology : 4.0 cr : SOCS
LE (Civic Life and Ethics) :3.0 cr
CEHD recommends PSTL 1461 (LE-CIV)
LE (Civic Life and Ethics, Writing Intensive - Lower Division) :3.0 cr
CEHD recommends CI 2311W (WI) (LE-CIV)
Year 2 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 3211 - Introduction to Elementary Teaching : 3.0 cr
CI 3212 - Field Experience: Elementary Teaching : 2.0 cr
EPSY 3119 - Learning, Cognition, and Assessment : 3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr
Year 3 - Fall Semester: 14.0 cr
GEOG 3371W - Cities, Citizens, and Communities : 3.0 cr : DSJ, WI
MTHE 3101 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers I : 3.0 cr
CI 3001 - Engaged Arts Learning in Elementary Classrooms : 2.0 cr
CI 4121 - Culture Power and Education : 3.0 cr : DSJ
LE (Global Perspectives, Literature) :3.0 cr
CEHD recommends PSTL 1368 (LE-Lit/GP)
Year 3 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 3283 - Field Experience in Special Education : 2.0 cr
CI 4122 - Social Class Education and Pedagogy : 3.0 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
Elective :4.0 cr
Year 4 - Fall Semester: 15.5 cr
MTHE 3102 - Mathematics and Pedagogy for Elementary Teachers II : 3.0 cr
CI 3401W - Diversity in Children's Literature : 3.0 cr : WI
CI 3610 - Linguistics for Teachers : 3.0 cr : SOCS
CI 5307 - Technology for Teaching and Learning : 1.5 cr
KIN 3327 - Teaching Physical Education in the Elementary School : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Year 4 - Spring Semester: 15.0 cr
CI 5413 - Foundations of Reading : 3.0 cr
CI 5414 - Field Experience: Working with Developing Readers : 2.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :3.0 cr
Elective :1.0 cr