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Curriculum in Elementary Education Grades 1-5
Leading to the Degree of Bachelor of Science

(Please refer to footnotes at the bottom of the page for additional details)


FIRST YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 101 or
ENGL 101HG		 Freshman Composition
Freshman Composition Honors		 3
††MATH 105 or
MATH 107/108 or
MATH 161G		 Finite Mathematics
Applied Algebra and Applied Algebra Lab
College Algebra		 3-5
GBIO 106G Introduction to Biological Principles I 3
ART 105 or 106
MUS 151 or
THEA 131G		 Survey of World Art History
Introduction to Music
Introduction to the Theatre		 3
††GEOG 103G Introduction to Geography 3
SE 101 Freshman Academic Success at Southeastern 2
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 17-19

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††ENGL 102 or
ENGL 102HG		 Critical Reading and Writing
Critical Reading and Writing Honors		 3
††MATH 241 or 241HG Elementary Statistics 3
GBIO 107G Introduction to Biological Principles II 3
POLI 201G American Politics 3
HIST 202G American History since 1877 3
††COMM 210G Communicating in the Classroom 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SECOND  YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
ENGL 230 or
ENGL 231 or
ENGL 232G		 World Literature
English Literature
American Literature		 3
†††EDUC 202 Introduction to Education 3
ESSC 101 or
ESSC 102		 Earth and Space Science I
Earth and Space Science II		 3
††MATH 247 Number Structure for PK-8 Teachers 3
††EPSY 301 Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents 3
††SPED 200 Introduction to Diverse Learners 3
  ACT or Praxis Core  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 304 The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School 3
††EDUC 307 Instructional Planning and Assessment 3
††EDUC 309 Integrating Music into the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom 3
††EDUC 315 Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers 3
††MATH 248 Algebra and Geometry Concepts for PK-8 Teachers 3
  Praxis PLT exam following this semester  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3201* Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education 3
††EDUC 3221* Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading 3
††EDUC 3321 Current topics in Technology for Elementary, Middle, and Secondary Education 1
PHSC 101G Physical Science I  3
††LSED 401 Books and Related Materials for Children 3
  Pass Praxis  Content exam this semester  
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 13

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 3242 Struggling Readers and Writers 3
††EDUC 3272 Teaching Science and Social Studies in Elementary School      6
††EDUC 3332 Elementary Curriculum and Instruction in Language Arts and Literacy 6
††ART 371 Art for the Elementary Teacher 3
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
††EDUC 4493 Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction in the Elementary Classroom 3
††EDUC 4523 Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy 3
†††EDUC 4533** Teaching Residency 6
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 12

Second Semester

Course Description Credit Hours
†††EDUC 486 Teaching Residency Capstone 9
 Total Semester Credit Hours: 9

 

Total Credit Hours Required For Curriculum: 120-122

Southeastern 101 is not required of transfer or readmitted Southeastern students with 30 hours or more. Those students will replace Southeastern 101 with 2 hours of electives.
GGeneral Education Courses
††A grade of “C” or better is required.
†††A grade of “B” or better is required
1Take EDUC 320, 322, and 332 concurrently.
2Take EDUC 324, 327, and EDUC 333 concurrently.
3Take EDUC 449, 452, and 453 concurrently.