Class A Level Licensure in Elementary Education

Program Requirements

Must hold bachelor’s degree.

Professional Core: 35 Credits

Courses required of each individual are determined by comparing transcripts of previous college courses with a list of courses of all students seeking initial licensure in Elementary Education.

• EDUC 210 - Technology Applications for Teachers
• EDUC 211 - Laboratory Experiences in Area Schools
• EDUC 291 - Educational Simulations
• EDUC 310 - Foundations of Education
• EDUC 330 - Educational Psychology and Human Development
• EDUC 331 - Instructional Design and Assessment of Learning
• ELEM 320 - Teaching Healthful Living in K-6
• ELEM 335 - Math for 21st Century K-6 Teaching Candidates
• ELEM 451 - Classroom Management for Elementary Teachers
• ENGL 300 - Children’s Literature
• HIST 211 - The United States to 1865

• or

• HIST 212 - The United States since 1865
• SPED 320 - Education of the Exceptional Child

Specialty Area Core: 30 Credits

The number of hours required and the specific courses required can be determined only by a review of all undergraduate course work by the chair of the department.

• ELEM 400 - Teaching Communication Skills in K-6
• ELEM 401 - Teaching Math and Science in K-6
• ELEM 402 - Social Studies and the Arts in Elementary Education
• ELEM 471 - Clinical Experience for Teacher Candidates in Elementary Education
• ELEM 491 - Elementary and Birth-Kindergarten Professional Seminar

Total Credit Hours: 65