Four Year Plan

Elementary Education Generalist (Grades K-6)
(126 hours)

Third Year          (35 hours)

Fall or Spring

Concentration Area Course (3)

*EDEL 300: Management, Organization, and Instruction in the             
                   Elementary Education Classroom (3) 

*SCI 397: Teaching Science in the Elementary School (3)

*EDRDG 400: Teaching of Reading in Today's School (3)

*MATHS 391: Teaching and Learning Mathematics in the Elementary School (3)

*EDPSY 393: Educational Psychology for Elementary Education (3)

Fall or Spring

 *EDEL 350: Teaching in the Elementary Education Classroom/Practicum (2)

 *SPCED 302: Teaching Students with Disabilities in the General Education Classroom (3)

*ENG 311: The Teaching of Language Arts in the Elementary Grades (3)

 *SS 397: Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School (3)

  ENG 331: Children's Literature (3)

  Concentration Area Course (3)

*Requires admission to the teaching curriculum to register.

By the end of the third year, each student should have:

1. Completed EDEL 300, EDRDG 400, EDEL 350, SCI 397, SS 397, and EDPSY 393 with at least a grade of "C", and MATHS 391 with at least a grade "C";

2. Maintained at least a 2.5 overall G.P.A.;

3. Completed all Department requirements, and College Standards; and

4. Passed the Writing Competency Exam.

Four Year Plan

Elementary Education Generalist (Grades K-6)

Fourth Year                  (27 hours)

Fall

*EDEL 463, 464, 465    Full Time Student Teaching – 16 weeks (12)

Spring

Concentration Area (3) 

University Core Course (3) 

*EDFON 420: Social, Historical, and Philosophical Foundations of Education (3)

*EDRDG 430: Corrective Reading/Practicum (3)

*EDEL 450: Senior Seminar in Early Childhood and Elementary Education (3)

*Requires admission to the teaching curriculum to register.

 By the end of the fourth year, each student should have: 

1.   Passed the designated Specialty test for the Praxis II Exams;

2.  Completed all requirements for graduation;

3.   Applied for graduation;  

4.  Completed all Department and College Standards for licensure by the State of Indiana.