Elementary with Specialty

Required for Elementary Licensure

(all content areas)

EDUC 2070 Teachers as Leaders for a Changing Society (4)
EDUC 2490 School Health & Chemical Health (1)
EDUC 2800 General Methods (2)
EDUC 3010 Methods & Materials in Mathematics (2)
EDUC 3030 Methods & Materials in Science (2)
EDUC 3050 Methods & Materials in Social Studies (2)
EDUC 3080 Methods and Materials in Art (2)
EDUC 3110 Methods and Materials in Music (1)
EDUC 3130 Methods and Materials in Physical Education (1)
EDUC 3490 Emerging Arts & Literacy (4)
EDUC/PSYC 3540 Relationship Techniques (4)
EDUC 3550 Literacy in the Content Areas (2)
EDUC 3650 Current Issues in Education (2)
EDUC 374X Special Methods: Middle School (2)
EDUC 3800 Student Teaching: Kindergarten (4)
EDUC 3850 Student Teaching: Elementary (8)

Supporting Courses (all content areas):
GEOG 2000 Human Geography (4)
INDI 2400 Literature for Children (2)
MATH 2500 Mathematical Structures (4)
PSYC 1001 General Psychology (4)
PSYC 2025 Lifespan Developmental Psychology (4)

Licensure requirements may not constitute a full major – please consult with your advisor in this major.

Students must choose a specialty in either pre-primary education or middle school education.

SUBJECT AREA SPECIALTY

Preprimary Specialty (ages 3 through grade 6)

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Courses in Subject Area:
EDUC 2110 Foundations in Early Childhood Education (2)
EDUC 3290 Methods & Materials in Kindergarten (2)

Additional Courses to Build Background Knowledge:
FACS 3350 Child in the Family (4)
One course beyond the CORE requirement in fine arts (4) OR
One course beyond the CORE requirement in science (4)

MIDDLE LEVEL SPECIALTY

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Communication Arts/Literature

Courses in Subject Area:
EDUC 3450 Literature for Young Adults (2)

COMM 2020 Communication Dynamics in Personal Relationships (4)
COMM 2050 Media, Culture & Society (4)
ENGL 1000 Human Experience in Literature (4) OR other 2000-level literature course which fulfills the core literature requirement
ENGL 2000 Writing for Life: Developing Skill & Confidence (4)
ENGL 2050 Rhetorical Grammar (4)
ENGL XXXX (One additional English literature course approved by the English Dept. Chair)

Mathematics

Courses in Subject Area:
MATH 1050 Mathematical Ideas in Contemporary Society (4) OR
   MATH 1800 Discrete Mathematics* (4)
MATH 1130 Calculus I (4) OR
   MATH 1110 Functions with Calculus 1A (4) AND
   MATH 1120 Functions with Calculus 1B (4)
MATH 1080 Statistical Analysis (4)
MATH 2510 Mathematics for Middle School (4)
CSCI 1060 Introduction to Computers (4)

*Students should enroll in the highest-level course for which they qualify

Science

Courses in Subject Area:
CHEM 1110 General Chemistry I (4)
CHEM 1120 General Chemistry II (4)
BIOL 1210 General Biology I (4)
BIOL 1220 General Biology II (4)
PHYS 1040 Astronomy (4)
GEOL XXXX (4) (UST or Macalester)

Social Studies

Courses in Subject Area:
ECON 2610 Principles of Microeconomics (4) OR
ECON 2620 Principles of Macroeconomics (4)
HIST 1060 Modern Europe (4) (or any other History course other than American)
HIST 1200 Survey of US Political and Social History 1600-1900 (4) OR
HIST 1300 Introduction to US Historiography (4)
POSC 2010 American Government and Politics (4)
SOCI 1000 Principles and Concepts of Sociology (4)

World Languages and Culture: French

Courses in Subject Area:
FREN 1110 Elementary French I (4)
FREN 1120 Elementary French II (4)
FREN 2110 Intermediate French I (4)
FREN 2120 Intermediate French II (4)
FREN 2200 Introduction to French & Francophone Culture (4)
FREN 3050 French Composition I (4) OR
FREN 3060 French Composition II (4)
FREN 3130 Survey of French Literature I (4)
FREN 3250 French Civilization (4)

Students completing a specialty in World Languages take EDUC 380-01 (4 credits) at the University of St. Thomas (UST).

World Languages and Culture: Spanish

Courses in Subject Area:
SPAN 2120 Intermediate Spanish II (4)
SPAN 2250 Visions of the Hispanic World: Reading to Speak and Write (4)
SPAN 3250 Advanced Oral and Written Spanish (4)

Three advanced courses selected in consultation with a Spanish Department advisor
SPAN XXXX
SPAN XXXX

Students completing a specialty in World Languages take EDUC 380-01 (4 credits) at the University of St. Thomas (UST).