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Elementary (Early Childhood - Grade 4) Certification Requirements

Students completing the following academic programs will be awarded a Bachelor of Arts degree in the specific area of concentration and will be recommended for Texas EC-grade 4 teacher certification upon graduation and the successful completion of the appropriate licensure examinations.

All students working toward elementary certification must meet the course
requirements under:

  1. general education
  2. elementary combination of subjects
  3. professional education Language Arts or
  4. professional education Spanish/Bilingual
    as well as their chosen
  5. area of academic specialization (major).
education student and instuctor
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
ARTS 2330
Arts for Children
3 hrs
GEOG 1303
World Geography
3 hrs
HIST 3301
History of Texas
3 hrs
KINE 3331
Health and Physical Education for Children
3 hrs
MATH 1335
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers
3 hrs
MATH 1336
Geometry for Elementary Teachers
3 hrs
EDUC 2337
Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary Classroom
3 hrs
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Professional Education
Interdisciplinary Major in English, Language Arts and Reading (24 hrs)
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
PSYC 3308
Child Development
3 hrs
EDUC 2330
Foundations of Education
3 hrs
EDUC 3331
Learning Processes and Evaluation
3 hrs
EDUC 4335
Early Childhood Education
3 hrs
EDUC 4337
Elementary Instructional Methods and Classroom Management
3 hrs
EDUC 4338
Curriculum and Evaluation in the Elementary School
3 hrs
EDUC 4650
Student Teaching in a the Elementary Classroom
6 hrs
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Professional Education
Major in Spanish, Language Arts and Reading (Bilingual Education) (27 hrs)
COURSE NUMBER
COURSE TITLE
CREDIT HOURS
PSYC 3308
Child Development
3 hrs
EDUC 2330
Foundations of Education
3 hrs
EDUC 3331
Learning Processes and Evaluation
3 hrs
EDUC 4335
Early Childhood Education
3 hrs
EDUC 4337
Elementary Instructional Methods and Classroom Management
3 hrs
EDUC 4338
Curriculum and Evaluation in the Elementary School
3 hrs
EDUC 4340
Bilingual Elementary School Curriculum
3 hrs
READ 4651
Student Teaching in the Bilingual Elementary Classroom
6 hrs
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Areas of Specialization
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