Dual Program Elementary Education/Early Childhood Education Curriculum

REQUIRED COURSES

230:044 Children’s Literature – 3 cr.
(taken with DMACC; LIT 105 Children’s Literature)
800:030 Mathematics for Elem. Teachers – 4 cr. (taken with DMACC; MAT 118 Math for Elementary Educators)
240:031 Educational Media & Classroom Computing – 3 cr.
230:115 Methods of Teaching Early Literacy – 3 cr.
 
PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION REQUIREMENTS
Level I
200:017 Field Experience: Exploring Teaching – 1 cr.
200:030 Dynamics of Human Development – 3 cr.
(taken with DMACC; PSY 121 Developmental Psych)
220:150 Meeting the Needs of Diverse Learners in Classrooms– 2 cr.
(take anytime AFTER 230:030)

Level II
Before enrolling in Level II classes, the student must be
fully admitted into the Teacher Education Program.*
200:128 Field Experience: Teacher as a Change Agent – 1 cr.
200:148 Learning & Instruction in Classroom Contexts – 3 cr.
(taken with DMACC; PSY 281 Educational Psych)
250:150 Classroom Assessment– 2 cr.
280:170g Human Relations: Awareness & Applications – 3 cr.
(taken with either Level II or Level III)

Level III Methods Semester
*see Level II
260:119 Schools and American Society – 3 cr.
210:120 Elementary Classroom Management – 3 cr.
210:161 Teaching Elementary School Science – 3 cr.
210:164 Teaching Elementary School Social Studies – 3 cr.
800:134 Teaching Mathematics in the Elem. School – 3 cr.
(taken with either Level II or Level III)
 
Level IV
*see Level II
280:132 Early Childhood Teaching – 6 cr.
280:134 Elementary Teaching – 6 cr.

EARLY CHILDHOOD MAJOR
200:109 Development of Young Children – 3 cr.
210:121 Infant and Toddler Care and Education – 3 cr.
210:130 Guidance and Instruction in Early Childhood Education – 3 cr. (corequisite 210:192)
210:149 Child, Family, School and Community Relationships – 3 cr.
210:151 Early Childhood Curriculum Development and Organization – 3 cr.
210:192 Experience – 2cr. (corequisite 210:130)
310:031 Nutrition for Early Childhood Education – 2 cr. (or taken with DMACC’s ECE 133 or HCM 231)

ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR
210:123 Expressive Arts in the Elementary School – 3 cr.
210:152 Elementary Curriculum – 3 cr.
230:116 Methods of Teaching Literacy in the Intermediate Grades – 3 cr.
420:045 PE for Elem. Teachers – 3 cr.

UNI GRADUATION REQUIREMENTS
820:140 Environment, Technology & Society (Capstone) – 2 cr.
Non-Western Cultures course taken with DMACC; GLS 199 Japan the Changing Tradition – 2 cr.