Interdisciplinary Educational Studies: Elementary Education K-5 and English as a Second Language Pre-K-12, B.S.

General Education (40-41 hours)

(see General Education  for list of approved courses) 

Program Requirements

• Approved Foreign Language (3 hours)
• HIST 2010 - Making the United States: Cultures in Conflict through the Civil War Era (CZ or HF)
• MATH 2160 - Mathematics for Elementary and Middle School Teachers II (QR)
• PSPS 1010 - American Politics (CZ or SB)
• Physical Science course in Earth Science, Geology, or Astronomy with lab
• Two approved natural sciences course, at least one including a laboratory component
• HIST 1110 - Gods, Empires, and Power: The World to 1400 (CZ or HF)

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• ANTH 1200 - Cultural Anthropology (CZ or SB) or
• GEOG 1030 - World Geography (CZ) or
• REL 2110 - Religions of the East (CZ or HF)

Education Courses:

• ECHD 2435 - Child Development
• ECHD 2460 - Families: Home, School, Community Partnerships
• EDUC 2010 - Education in the United States
• EDUC 3170 - Designing Instruction for the Inclusive Classroom
• EDUC 3180 - Methods in Special Education
• EDUC 3220 - Literacy I: Instruction for Emergent Learners (Birth-1st Grade)
• EDUC 3230 - Literacy II: Instruction for Elementary Learners (2nd-5th Grade)
• EDUC 3500 - Teaching Strategies and Materials in Elementary Grades Mathematics
• EDUC 3600 - Foundations in Teaching English as a Second Language
• EDUC 3700 - Language and Culture
• EDUC 3800 - Strategies and Methods for Teaching ESL (Birth to 5th Grade)
• EDUC 3900 - Field Experience
• EDUC 4170 - Technology and Learning
• EDUC 4320 - Residency I
• EDUC 4350 - Assessment and IEP Development in Special Education
• EDUC 4420 - Professional Seminar
• EDUC 4485 - Residency II in Elementary Education and ESL
• EDUC 3950 - Guidance and Management in Inclusive Elementary Classrooms
• EDUC 4600 - Strategies for Assessing Elementary Education Children
• EDUC 3510 - Science Concepts and Perspectives
• EDUC 3520 - Social Studies Topics, Concepts and Perspectives
• EDUC 3530 - Concepts of Language Literacy: Acquisition, Development, and Usage

Additional Information and Notes

For admission to the Teacher Education Program (TEP): Earn a minimum 2.75 cumulative grade point average, a 2.75 average on all courses taken at UTC, a 2.75 GPA in education courses with no grade lower than C, and a 2.75 in content area courses with no grade lower than C.

For graduation: 2.0 GPA in all required major and related courses (including specified General Education courses).

For graduation with licensure: 2.75 cumulative, 2.75 at UTC, 2.75 in education courses with no grade lower than C, and 2.75 in courses under Program Requirements with no grade lower than C.

Minimum of 39 hours of 3000 and 4000 level courses.

Electives to complete 120 hours.

See Degree and Graduation Requirements  for additional requirements.

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