Major Requirements
<p><strong>Prerequisite Coursework:</strong></p>
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<td>ED 1300</td>
<td>Competencies for the Prospective Educator</td>
<td>1.5</td>
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<td>PSY 1400</td>
<td>Child Development</td>
<td>3</td>
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<p><br /><strong>Core Coursework:</strong></p>
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<td>ED 2161</td>
<td>Educational Psychology</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 2355</td>
<td>Children’s Literature: A Gateway to the World</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 2412</td>
<td>Strategies for the Effective Educator, Elementary</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 2420</td>
<td>School, Family and Community</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>SPE 2600</td>
<td>Introduction to Special Education</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 2700</td>
<td>Early Childhood Language Arts and Literacy</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3150</td>
<td>Classroom Management</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3190</td>
<td>Classroom Assessment</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3190L</td>
<td>Assessment Lab: Reading</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>ED 3750</td>
<td>Sheltered English Immersion</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3985</td>
<td>Education Capstone:<br />Integrating Research Based Practices</td>
<td>3</td>
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<p><br /><strong>Required Coursework and Co-requisite Field Work:</strong></p>
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<td>ED 3700</td>
<td>The Teaching of Reading</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3701</td>
<td>Field Observation and Participation</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>ED 3195</td>
<td>Fundamentals of Curriculum: Instructional<br />Methods in Social Studies and Language Arts</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3197</td>
<td>Pre-Practicum I: Elementary</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>ED 3320</td>
<td>Elementary Curriculum:<br />Instructional Methods in Science</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ED 3332</td>
<td>Pre-Practicum II: Elementary</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>ED 4564</td>
<td>Senior Practicum: Elementary</td>
<td>9</td>
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<td>ED 4564SM</td>
<td>Senior Practicum Seminar</td>
<td>0</td>
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<p><strong><br />Related SMK Requirements: </strong></p>
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<td>MATH 1550</td>
<td>Quantification in School Mathematics </td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>MATH 2550</td>
<td>Number Theory and Relationships<br />for Teachers</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>MATH 3250</td>
<td>Pedagogy and Specialized Instruction<br />in Mathematics</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>BIOL 1057</td>
<td>Life Science for Educators</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>PHYS 1200</td>
<td>Physical Science for Educators</td>
<td>4</td>
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<td>PHYS 2001</td>
<td>Robotics and Engineering Lab</td>
<td>1</td>
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<td>P&H 1010</td>
<td>U.S. History I</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>P&H 2700</td>
<td>Thinking Historically about Contemporary U.S.</td>
<td>3</td>
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<td>ENG 1180</td>
<td>Introduction to Literary Studies</td>
<td>3</td>
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