Elementary Education Requirements

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EDUC Courses Specialty Courses

Common Curriculum Speech Requirement

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Comments in [brackets] are Common Curriculum requirements fulfilled by the respective course.
Updated 9/1/08

Elementary Education (K-6) Major Sequence with a 5-8 or K-8 Specialty

• EDUC 109 Chemical Use and Abuse 1 credit
• EDUC 111 Introduction to Teaching and Learning in a Diverse World [GE]  4 credits
  Service Learning Field Experience (Must be completed during EDUC 111)
  First-Year Teacher Shadow Field Experience (Must be completed prior to enrollment in the BLOCK)
• EDUC 150  Fundamentals of Music [FA]   2 credits
• EDUC 151  Principles of Art  BLOCK COURSE  [FA]   2 credits
• EDUC 203 Human Development: Typical and Exceptional BLOCK COURSE  4 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 111)
• EDUC 212  Clinical Experience K-8: Diversity Immersion BLOCK COURSE  2 credits
• EDUC 215  Literature for Children and Adolescents BLOCK COURSE [HM]  4 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 111)
• EDUC 310 Educational Psychology BLOCK COURSE 4 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 111 and PPST)
• EDUC 313  Teaching Physical Education K-6  1 credit  (Pre-req: EDUC 310 and acceptance to ELED major)
• EDUC 315  Art Pedagogy K-6 BLOCK COURSE 2 credits  (Pre-req: EDUC 111)
• EDUC 318  Social Studies Pedagogy K-6  4 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 310 and acceptance to ELED major)
• EDUC 325  Mathematics Pedagogy  K-6  4 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 310, MATH 121, 180 and acceptance to ELED major)
• EDUC 333  Music Pedagogy K-6  2 credits (Pre-req: EDUC 150 or music proficiency, 310 and acceptance to ELED major)
• EDUC 334  Science Pedagogy K-6  4 credits  (Pre-req: COLG 111 and 112, EDUC 310 and acceptance to ELED major)
• EDUC 347  Reading, Writing, Language Growth  K-6   4 credits  (Pre-req: EDUC 310 and acceptance to ELED major) 
• EDUC 356  World Language Pedagogy K-8  (Fall Only)  4 credits   (Pre-req: EDUC 310, acceptance to ELED major and World Language courses through 312)
• EDUC 358 Middle Level Literacy and Pedagogy  4 credits (Prereq: EDUC 310 and at least 8 credits in content courses for the specialty.  Take ONE depending on your area of specialty)
• Middle Level Literacy and Pedagogy in Language Arts (fall and spring)
• Middle Level Literacy and Pedagogy in Social Studies (fall and spring)
• Middle Level Literacy and Pedagogy in Mathematics (fall and spring)
• Middle Level Literacy and Pedagogy in the Sciences (fall only)
• EDUC 359 Issues in Education K-12 (Take semester prior to student teaching) 1 credit (Pre-req: unconditional acceptance into the Education Program)
• EDUC 361 Student Teaching  K-8   16 credits  (Pre-req: successful completion of all major requirements)
• EDUC 390 Human Relations [Senior Seminar]  4 credits  (Pre-req: EDUC 310 and acceptance to ELED major)
• MATH 121  Fundamentals of Mathematics [MT] 4 credits
• MATH 180  Fundamentals of Mathematics II  4 credits (Pre-req: MATH 121 or equivalent)
• COLG 111 Issues on Natural Science I  [NS] 4 credits
• COLG 112 Issues in Natural Science II  [NS] 4 credits
• Speech Requirement   (See options listed below)
• Specialty Area (see following section)

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Areas of Specialty for Elementary Education Majors

Elementary Education majors are required to complete a specialty area for licensure in grades 5-8 or K-8 in one of the following areas: Communication Arts/Literature, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies, or World Languages (French, German or Spanish). (Credits are shown in parentheses after the course title)

Communication Arts and Literature

(This specialty includes coursework in speaking, writing, and literature)

• COMM 111 Public Speaking (4) OR COMM 205 Interpersonal Communication (4)
• EDUC 216 Literature for Young Adults, grades 5-12 (2) (Fall only)
• THEA 260 Theater and Youth (2) (Fall only)
• ENGL 311  Writing Essays (4) OR ENGL 213 Seminar in Creative Writing (4) OR COMM 245
  Introduction to Media Writing  (4) OR ENGL 315 Advanced Writing Seminar (4) with permission of Education Department Chair
• COMM 350 Intercultural Communication (4) OR  COMM 351 Gender and Communication (4) OR an upper-division literature elective (A course emphasizing cultural studies is recommended)
• An upper-division elective in ENGL or COMM (4)  (ENGL 387 Intro to Linguistics is recommended)

Mathematics

• MATH 121*  Fundamentals of Mathematics I  (4)  (Students with an extensive math background may see the Chair of the Math Department to discuss the possibility of a 1-credit ILP as a substitution)
• MATH 118  Essential Calculus (4)  OR   MATH 119  Calculus I (4)
• MATH 124  Probability and Statistical Inference  (4)
• MATH 180* Fundamentals of Mathematics II  (4)

(* courses required of all ELED majors as well as being part of this specialty)      

Science

• BIOL 121 Cellular Life (4) 
• BIOL 221 Introduction to Oragnismal Biology (4)
• BIOL 222 Introduction to Ecology, Evolution, and Diversity (4)
• CHEM 123  General Chemistry I  (4)
• CHEM 234  General Chemistry II  (4)
• PHYS 105 Physics for the Life Sciences I (4)
• PHYS 106 Physics for the Life Sciences II (4)
• ASTR 211  Solar System  (4)
• GEOL 211  Physical Geology  (4)

Social Studies

• ECON 111  Introduction to Economics  (4) [SS]
• HIST 152  The American Experience  (4)  [HM]
• HIST 365  American Indians, 1865-Present  OR  HIST 366 Minnesota Regional History (4) (HM)
• GEOG 230  World Geography  (4)  
• POLS 111  Introduction to U.S. Politics  (4) [SS]

World Languages (French, German, Spanish)

K-8 Licensure in World Languages and Cultures - French

• FREN 212 First Readings in French Literature (4)
• FREN 311 Studies in Language and Culture (4)
• FREN 312 Contemporary France (4)
• FREN 330 French Literature before the Revolution (4)
• Plus one of the following two courses:
• FREN 331 French Literature from Monarchy to Republic (4)
• FREN 341 French-Speaking World Today (4)
• EDUC 356  World Language Pedagogy K-8  (4) (Fall Only)
• Oral Language Proficiency in French (see MCCL Department Chair)
• Study Abroad in target language -- strongly recommended

K-8 Licensure in World Language and Cultures - German

• GERM 212 Introduction to Literature (4)
• GERM 311 German Conversation and Composition I (4)
• GERM 312 German Conversation and Composition II (4)
• Plus 8 credits of upper-division GERM electives
• EDUC 356  World Language Pedagogy K-8  (4) (Fall Only)
• Oral Language Proficiency in German (see MCCL Department Chair)
• Study Abroad in target language -- strongly recommended

K-8 Licensure in World Languages and Cultures - Spanish

• SPAN 212 Texts and Contexts (4)
• SPAN 311 Oral and Written Communication (4)
• SPAN 312 Oral and Written Communication II (4)
• SPAN 350 Intro to Hispanic Linguistics OR SPAN 356L Topics in Hispanic Linguistics (4)
• One course from the following Spanish Culture courses:
• SPAN 335 Spanish Culture (4)
• SPAN 336 Latin American Culture (4)
• SPAN 337 Latino Identity in the United States (4)
• SPAN 356C Topics in Hispanic Culture (4)
• SPAN 355 Topics in Hispanic Literature and Language (4)
• (If SPAN 356L or 356C are chosen from the above courses, an upperdivision literature elective other than 355 may be chosen in consultation with the Hispanic Studies Chairperson)
• EDUC 356  World Language Pedagogy K-8  (4)  (Fall Only)
• Oral Language Proficiency in Spanish (see Hispanic Studies Chairperson)
• Study Abroad in target language (Spain, Latin America or South America) -- strongly recommended

Speech Requirement

The Speech Requirement must be fulfilled prior to acceptance into the Education major/minor in one of the following ways:

1. High School speech in 10th grade or higher (with a grade of "B" or better - must be listed on high school transcript)
2. COMM 111, Public Speaking, 4 credit course
3. COMM 200, Public Speaking Basics, 2 credit course
4. Speech Adequacy Test (see Education Department Handbook, Section VIII)

NOTE: If a student takes the Speech Adequacy Test and does not pass, or if a student's oral communication skills are in question, a college level speech course will be required.)