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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog

School of Education


K-8 Teacher Education - Middle Level Science Concentration BSEd Four-Year Plan

FALL SPRING
First Year
EDUC 100 - Introduction to Elementary and Middle School Education  (FYS) BISC 104 - Principles of Biology with Laboratory  
EDUC 240 - Legal and Ethical Issues in American Education  or EDUC 247 - The History of Education in America   EDUC 258 - Cultural Diversity, Schooling and the Teacher  
EDUC 230 - Introduction to Special Education and Exceptional Children  ENGL 110 - First-Year Writing 
MATH 251 - Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Number and Operations    MATH 252 - Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Rational Numbers and Probability                                                                                  
Geography Requirement (1/1)** Physical Science Elective (1/2)**
History Requirement (1/1)** or Group B Elective  
Credits: 17 Credits: 16
Second Year
EDUC 210 - Beginning Literacy Instruction   EDUC 205 - Human Development: Grades K-8  
MATH 253 - Mathematics for K-8 Teachers: Geometry, Algebra and Measurement    GEOL 113 - Earth Science  
SCEN 101 - Physical Science   Biology Elective (2/2)**
Biology Elective (1/2)** Environmental Science Elective (1/1)**
Physical Science Elective (2/2)** English 200-level (or higher) Elective
Credits: 16 Credits: 16
Third Year
UAPP 102 - Civics and Economics for Teachers   or Group C Elective EDUC 387 - Integrating Technology in Education  
Free Elective EDUC 451 - Educational Assessment for Classroom Teachers  
SCEN 650 or EDUC 440 - Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners   EDUC 341 - Elementary Curriculum: Science  
Earth Science Elective (1/1)**  Free Elective
Fine Arts Elective (1/1)** EDUC 390 - Classroom Management for Social and Emotional Learning  
Credits: 15 Credits: 15
Fourth Year
EDUC 428 - Critical Reflection of Teacher Decision Making   EDUC 400 - Student Teaching  (12 credits)
EDUC 441 - Teaching Science in the Middle School   EDUC 433 - Student Teaching Seminar: Elementary Ed  
EDUC 420 - Reading in the Content Areas    
EDUC 436 - Differentiated Literacy Instruction    
EDUC 440 - Literacy Instruction for English Language Learners  or SCEN 650  
Credits: 14 Credits: 14
Total Credits: 123

Students must earn a grade of C- or higher in all coursework for the major.    

  **See program plan for approved courses.

Disclaimer: Four-Year Plans are a Departmental suggestion of how a student could complete this degree in four years (eight semesters). Students may opt to take courses in the summer or winter sessions. These plans do not take into account additional requirements brought on by minors or other majors. A Four-Year Plan is subject to change from year-to-year given the resources and focuses of the Department.  It is the student’s responsibility to meet with his or her assigned advisor at least once a semester to monitor progress and ensure that he or she is on track to graduate on time. This document is intended as a supplemental advisement tool to be used in conjunction with in-person advisement and the UDSIS Degree Audit.  Students should direct any questions or concerns regarding degree progress to their advisor or Academic Assistant Dean.