Total credit hours: 120
The Primary Education Program prepares teachers to work with young children from ages three through ten, grades Pre-Kindergarten through fifth.
REQUIRED EARLY CHILDHOOD EDUCATION CURRICULUM
Core Course Requirements
天美传媒 Connections聽(3 credit hours) 聽
LUC 101聽 College Connections
LUC 102聽 Career Connections 鈥 Fulfilled by EDU 100
贰苍驳濒颈蝉丑听 (6 credit hours) 聽
ENG 101聽 College Composition
ENG 313聽 Theoretical Approaches to the teaching of Writing
惭补迟丑别尘补迟颈肠蝉听 (3 credit hours)聽
MTH 112 if ACT score <22 or SAT score <520 (except MTH 224 or MTH 225) OR a math course higher than MTH 114 if ACT score greater or equal to 22 or SAT score is greater or equal to 520 (except MTH 224 or MTH 225)
贰迟丑颈肠蝉听 (3 credit hours)
Education students meet the Core Curriculum Requirement for Ethics through an integrated approach of studying ethics for educators in five courses (EDU 100/101, EDU 230, EDU 216, EDU 317/319, EDU 329).
Enduring Question Seminar聽 聽 聽(2-3 credit hours)
Capstone in the major聽 (12 credit hours)聽
EDE 490聽 Capstone: Early Childhood Student Teaching
Service Learning聽 (20 hours)
Cultural Diversity course or experience聽(3 credit hours)
EDU 216聽 Multicultural & Social Issues in Education
General Education聽聽聽
贬颈蝉迟辞谤测听 (3 credit hours)聽
HST 121聽 Survey of United States History I
or
HST 219聽 Ohio History
尝颈迟别谤补迟耻谤别听听(3 credit hours)聽
ENG 200聽 Introduction to Literature
笔丑颈濒辞蝉辞辫丑测听(3 credit hours)
Any PHL course
Theology聽 聽(6聽credit hours)
First course 鈥 one of the following:
THS 125聽 Foundation of Theology
THS 218聽 Celebrating the Sacraments
THS 220聽 Introduction to the Old Testament
THS 221聽 Introduction to the New Testament
THS 235聽 Survey of Catholic Belief
THS 265聽 Christian Ethics
THS 312聽 Jesus, the Christ
THS 316聽 The Shape and Mission of the Church
Second course 鈥 Any other Theology course (Note that if THS 101 was taken as a first course, THS 105 cannot be taken to fulfill the second course requirement.)
础谤迟/惭耻蝉颈肠听 (6 credit hours)
ART 117聽 Art for the Teachers of Young Children
MUS 113聽 Integrating Music into the Early Childhood Classroom
Natural Science聽 (3 credit hours)
SCI 170聽 Survey of Science
Social Science聽聽(3 credit hours)聽
EDU 250*聽 Educational Psychology and Human Development\
Professional Education Foundation Courses
EDU 100*聽 Foundations of Education or
EDU 101聽 聽Foundations of Education Bridge Course
EDU 151聽 聽Technology in Learning
EDU 251聽 聽Technology & Pedagogy for Learning
EDU 351聽 聽Technology, Pedagogy & Content Knowledge for Learning
EDU 216聽 聽Multicultural & Social Issues in Education
EDU 230*聽 Survey of Special Needs Education
EDU 250* Educational Psychology and Human Development
EDU 317聽 聽 聽Classroom Management for Primary Education
EDU 329聽 聽 聽Differentiated Instruction & Assessment
EDE 490聽 聽 EDE 490 requires a 75-day (Approx. 15-week) field placement
Primary Education Strand
EDE 235**聽 Integrated Curriculum and Instruction in Primary Education
EDE 250**聽 Primary Education Methods and Field Experience I
EDE 307聽 Special Education Assessment & Instructional Adaptations
EDE 315聽 Family, School, Community Relations
EDE 350**聽 Primary Education Methods & Field Experience II
EDE 490**聽 Capstone: Primary Education Student Teaching
Reading Strand
EDU 220 Foundations of Literacy
EDU 221 Vocabulary, Comprehension and Writing Instruction in Content Areas
EDU 324 Phonological Awareness and Phonics
EDU 335 Reading Assessment, Instruction, and Intervention
All four of these classes have a field experience component.
Curriculum Content
Language Arts
COM 100聽 Oral Communications
ENG 101聽 Composition I
ENG 200聽 Introduction to Literature
ENG 220聽 Structures of English Language
Math
MTH 112 if ACT score <22 or SAT score <520 (except MTH 224 or MTH 225)聽 OR聽 a math course higher than MTH 114 if ACT score > or equal to 22 or SAT score > or equal to 520 (except MTH 224 or MTH 225)
MTH 224聽 Mathematics for Teachers of Young Children I
MTH 225聽 Mathematics for Teachers of Young Children II
Science
SCI 170聽 Survey of Science
SCI 370聽 Integrated Science for Teachers
Social Studies
GEO 250聽 World Cultural Geography
HST 121聽 Survey of United States History I
HST 219聽 Ohio History
PLS 122聽 American National Government
Art/Music
ART 117聽 Art for the Teachers of Young Children
MUS 113聽 Integrating Music in the Early Childhood Classroom
* Field experience required
** Clinical experience required
*** Field and clinical experience required