Elementary Education, B.A.

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20½-21 course credits, plus one or more endorsements.

CA 112 Oral Communication
ED 100 Foundations of American Education
plus
ED 181 Field Experience: Foundations of American Education
ED 210 Children’s Literature
ED 211 Psychology of the Exceptional Child
ED 212 Human Relations
ED 221 Teaching Elementary Social Studies
ED 224 Teaching Physical Education, Health and Fitness in the Elementary School
ED 225 Teaching Art and Music in the Elementary School
ED 315 Educational Psychology
plus
ED 383 Field Experience: Educational Psychology
ED 320 Teaching Language Arts
ED 321 Reading in the Elementary School
plus
ED 385 Field Experience: Elementary School Reading
ED 480 Student Teaching: Special Education
and/or
ED 482 Elementary Student Teaching and Capstone Seminar
and/or
ED 484 Prekindergarten and Kindergarten Student Teaching and Capstone Seminar
and/or
ED 488 Middle School Student Teaching
EN 112 Intermediate Composition
MA 110 Structures of Mathematics I
MA 111 Structures of Mathematics II
MA 312 Teaching Elementary School Mathematics
PSY 101 Introduction to Psychology
PSY 210 Child Development
or
PSY 225 Life Span Human Development
SCI 385 Elementary Science Methods

One course from

HI 109 American History to 1877
HI 110 American History Since 1877
HI 150 20th-Century Non-Western History and Geography (recommended)

Note:

A teaching endorsement is required of elementary education majors. K-8 endorsements are available in art, Christian education (not an Iowa Department of Education endorsement), early childhood, English-language arts, French, German, health, history, mathematics, music, physical education, reading, science, social studies, Spanish, and speech communication/theatre. By completing the Elementary Education Major, students have met the requirements for OCAC/ILAC.