Child Growth and Learning
Degree Requirements
Area I - Foundation Skills - 2 hours
| FSL 101 | Foundations of Scholarship and Learning | 2 |
FSL 101 is required for new and transferring students with less than 24 credit hours. Students must earn a "C" or higher in
FSL 101.
Area I - Rhetoric and Communication - 15 hours
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area I - Mathematics - 3-4 hours
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area II - Arts and Humanities - 3 hours
| ART 191 | Enhancing Art Understanding | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area II - Literature in English - 3 hours
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area II - The Social Sciences - 6 hours
| PSY 211 | Psychology of Human Growth & Development | 3 |
| SOC 221 | Introduction to Sociology | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area II - History - 6 hours
Choose one of two sequences:
| HIS 191 | World Civilization to 1500 | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 192 | World Civilization since 1500 | 3 |
| | or | |
| HIS 201 | History of the United States I | 3 |
| | and | |
| HIS 202 | History of the United States II | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Area II - The Natural Sciences - 7-8 hours
Choose one:
AND Choose one from the following:
Required Education Core Courses - 34-36 hours
| ED 190 | Introduction to Computers for Instruction | 3 |
| | or | |
| 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 |
If a student has CIS 170 equivalent course, enroll in ED 191 instead of ED 190. Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses. Exception: Students must earn a "B" or higher in ED 301.
Required Courses for Major - 27 hours
| ED 304 | Strategies for Reading/Language Arts | 3 |
| ED 305 | Diagnosis & Remediation of Reading Difficulties | 3 |
| ED 316/ENG 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 |
| | or | |
| HPER 424 | Health and Physical Education in the Classroom | 3 |
| HPER 311 | Personal and Community Health | 3 |
| | or | |
| HPER 400 | Health Issues | 3 |
| SPE 340 | Language Development and Disorders | 3 |
| SPE 345 | Effective Collaboration | 3 |
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
Additional GEC requirements for licensure - 15 hours
Students must earn a "C" or higher in all courses.
(Qualifies candidate for K-6 licensure)
Required GEC credit hours (43-47 hours)
Total required Education core (34-36 hours)
Required courses for major (27 hours)
Additional requirements for licensure (15 hours)
General elective (0-1 hours)
120 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.