University Catalog

Curriculum in Elementary Education and Special Education
Mild/Moderate 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 I or II 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 241G	Elementary Statistics	3
POLI 201G	American Politics	3
GBIO 107G	Introduction to Biological Principles II	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
††EPSY 301	Educational Psychology of Children and Adolescents	3
††SPED 200	Introduction to Diverse Learners	3
ESSC 101 or ESSC 102G	Earth and Space Science I Earth and Space Science II	3
††MATH 247	Number Structure for PK-8 Teachers	3
	ACT or Praxis Core
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††EDUC 307	Instructional Planning and Assessment	3
††EDUC 315	Classroom Management and Motivation for Beginning Teachers	3
††EDUC 304	The Teaching of Reading in the Elementary School	3
††MATH 248	Algebra and Geometry Concepts for PK-8 Teachers	3
††SPED 213	Technology for Inclusion	1
††SPED 365	Behavior Management Strategies for the Student with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3
	Praxis PLT exam following this semester
Total Semester Credit Hours: 16

THIRD YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††SPED 3661	Methods for Teaching Language Arts to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3
††SPED 3671	Methods for Teaching Mathematics and Other Content Areas to Students with Mild/Moderate Disabilities	3
††EDUC 309	Integrating Music into the Early Childhood and Elementary Classroom	3
††EDUC 3202*	Foundations of PK-8 Mathematics Education	3
††EDUC 3222*	Diagnostic and Prescriptive Reading	3
	Pass Praxis Content exam this semester
Total Semester Credit Hours: 15

Second Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††EDUC 324	Struggling Readers and Writers	3
††EDUC 327	Teaching Science and Social Studies in Elementary School	6
††EDUC 333	Elementary Curriculum and Instruction in Language Arts and Literacy	6
††SPED 442	Developing Family and Professional Partnerships Through Collaboration	3
	Pass Praxis SPED core
Total Semester Credit Hours: 18

SUMMER SEMESTER

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††SPED 4413	Practicum in Assessment and Evaluation of Individuals with Exceptionalities	3
††SPED 4653	Inclusion Practicum	3
Total Semester Credit Hours: 6

FOURTH YEAR

First Semester

Course	Description	Credit Hours
††EDUC 4494*	Mathematics Curriculum and Instruction in the Elementary Classroom	3
††EDUC 4524	Elementary Curriculum and Instruction: Literacy	3
†††EDUC 4534**	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: 129-131