Elementary Education, B.A.

21-21½ course credits, plus one or more endorsements.

• COM 112 Oral Communication

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• ED 100 Foundations of American Education

• plus

• ED 181 Field Experience: Foundations of American Education

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• ED 210 Children’s Literature
• ED 212 Human Relations
• ED 215 Psychology of the Exceptional Child
• 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

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• ED 315 Educational Psychology

• plus

• ED 383 Field Experience: Educational Psychology

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• ED 320 Teaching Language Arts

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• ED 321 Reading in the Elementary School

• plus

• ED 385 Field Experience: Elementary School Reading

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• 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

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• 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

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• PSY 210 Child Development

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• PSY 225 Life Span Human Development

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• SCI 385 Elementary Science Methods

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 , German , health , history , mathematics , mathematics , physical education , reading , science , social studies , Spanish , special education , and speech communication/theatre . By completing the elementary education major, students have met the requirements for OCAC/ILAC.