Child Growth and Learning
(Qualifies candidate for K-6 licensure)
Required GEC credit hours (44-47 hours)
Total required Education core (22-24 hours)
Required courses for major (28 hours)
Additional requirements for licensure (27 hours)
All courses in this program of study require a "C" or higher, except for ED 301 which must be a "B" or higher.
121 minimum hours required for graduation.
Degree Requirements
Area I - Foundation Skills - 2 hours
FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Area I - Mathematics - 3 or 4 hours
Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours
ART 191 | Enhancing Art Understanding | 3 |
Area II - Literature in English - 3 hours
Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours
PSY 211 | Psychology of Human Growth & Development | 3 |
SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Area II - History - 6 hours
HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| and | |
HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
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HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
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HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Area II - The Natural Sciences - 8 hours
Area II - Choose one course from the following:
Required Education Core Courses - 34-36 hours
ED 190 | Introduction to Computers for Instruction | 3 |
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ED 191 | Computers in the 21st Century Classroom | 1 |
ED 201 | Education as a Profession | 3 |
ED 301 | Strategies in Teaching | 3 |
ED 314 | History of Education | 3 |
ED 317 | Tests and Measurements | 3 |
ED 330 | Exceptional and Culturally Diverse Students | 3 |
ED 432 | Classroom Management | 3 |
ED 433 | Methods in Education | 3 |
ED 435 | Enhanced Student Teaching | 9 |
ED 436 | Student Teaching Seminar | 3 |
Required Courses for Major - 28 hours
ED 304 | Strategies for Reading/Language Arts | 3 |
ED 305 | Diagnosis & Remediation of Reading Difficulties | 3 |
ED 316 | Children and Adolescent Literature | 3 |
ED 322 | Education for the Developing Learner | 3 |
ED 434 | School Counseling | 3 |
HPER 220 | Physical Education Activities | 3 |
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HPER 424 | Health and Physical Education in the Classroom | 3 |
HPER 311 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
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HPER 400 | Health Issues | 3 |
SPE 340 | Language Development and Disorders | 3 |
SPE 345 | Effective Collaboration | 3 |
Additional GEC requirements for licensure - 15 hours
Total GEC Credit Hours (44-47 hours)
Total Required Education Core Courses (22-24 hours)
Total Required Courses for major (28 hours)
Additional GEC requirements for licensure (27 hours)
All Courses must have a “C” or higher, except for ED 301 which requires a “B” or higher.
121 minimum hours required for graduation.
If you'd like to include an ADDITIONAL licensure endorsement for Pre-K-K or Pre-K-3, you will find the requirements here.