Education, Early Childhood Through Grade 3 Track, B.S.E.

General

(See General Requirements for all Bachelor’s Degrees )

Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours

(See Academic Foundations and Core Curriculum - 42 semester hours )

Core Curriculum Specifics (44 total hours for core, including these specific courses)

• MATH 1233 - College Algebra 3
• GNSC 1104 - Life/Earth Science 4
• GNSC 1204 - Physical Science 4
• EDUC 2013 - School and Society 3
• COUN 2143 - Human Diversity 3

Other Requirements - 16 semester hours

• MATH 2033 - Structure of the Number System I 3
• MATH 2043 - Structure of the Number System II 3
• Electives - 10 hours

Early Childhood Content - 24 semester hours

• ECED 3113 - Foundations of Early Childhood Education and Early Care 3
• ECED 3173 - ESL Methods and Materials 3
• ECED 4123 - Early Childhood Development: Language and Literacy 3
• ECED 4133 - Early Childhood Curriculum 3
• EDUC 4233 - Undergraduate Action Research 3 semester hours
• GNMT 3003 - Concepts of Mathematics 3
• READ 3023 - Word Study: Language Structures and Phonics 3
• SOST 3003 - Concepts of Social Studies 3

Education and Reading Block - 36 semester hours

Grades of ‘D’ are not acceptable in the following Foundation and Block courses. 

Students must have completed EDUC 2013  and COUN 2143  and completed 45 semester hours.

Total Semester Hours - 120

Admission to Teacher Education Program requires an overall GPA of 2.75.