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Concentration Area for Elementary Education

For further information, contact your advisor or Dr. Linda Huber, Department of Elementary Education, TC 208B, 285-8560 lhuber@bsu.edu

Rationale for the Concentration Area

Teachers in America are charged with the responsibility of educating citizens for thoughtful participation in our democracy. As such, schools and classrooms must be models of democratic practices and should include the active and meaningful involvement of families and other community members in the daily life and operation of each school. Students electing this concentration will receive a substantive and balanced education in the content and process features of school and parent/family/community relations.

Choose 15 credits from the following courses

            EDEL 231, Family/Community Relations (3)
            ANTH 302, Anthropology and Education (3)
            POLS 237, State and Local Politics (3)
                            or
            POLS 437, Government and Politics in Indiana (3)
            SOCWK 100, Introduction to Social Work (3)
            FCSFN 240, Nutrition for Educators (3)
            FCSFC 360, Family Relations (3)
            ENG 231, Writing in the Workplace (3)
            ECON 116, Survey of Economic Ideas (3)
            PSYSC 100, General Psychology (3)
            PSYSC 213, Psychology of Human Adjustment (3)
                    (prerequisite PSYSC 100)