Elementary Education

Transform your passion for history, government, geography, economics, and the social sciences into a fulfilling teaching career that shapes young minds. Our integrated Social Science major with Secondary Education minor will prepare you to engage grades 5-12 students with compelling content and engaging teaching methods.

By pursuing this combination, you’ll develop deep subject expertise alongside essential classroom skills. Our program offers a balance of rich content knowledge and hands-on teaching experience, culminating in a comprehensive 16-week student teaching placement that will prepare you for success in middle and high school classrooms.

Coursework

Interested in the courses that this program includes? Check out the content (major) courses and education (department) courses.

Admission to Elementary Education

Interested in the Elementary Education program?  Learn about the application process to the department and how to prepare.

Adding Optional Endorsements

Endorsements allow students to expand their scope of teaching and provides additional benefits to districts seeking to most effectively utilize a teacher’s assets. It also provides graduates with a wider range of teaching positions for which they are qualified to apply. Students take additional coursework, resulting in additional teaching licenses. Speak to your advisor early if interested in seeking an endorsement.

Students pursuing an optional endorsement require an additional exam specific to the endorsement sought:

• Middle Level Communication Arts and Literature, grades 5-8
• Middle Level Mathematics, grades 5-8
• Middle Level Science, grades 5-8
• World Languages and Cultures: French, grades K-8
• World Languages and Cultures: German, grades K-8
• World Languages and Cultures: Spanish, grades K-8

For more information regarding licensing, please see Apply for Licensure. Additional questions regarding licensing can be directed to the Program Coordinator.