Students who wish to pursue K-6 teacher certification in Elementary Education must apply and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. Once admitted, students will be matriculated into the B.A. in Elementary Education program as a second major.
Please visit the Teacher Education Program website for the required sequence of courses and other program requirements, guidelines, and procedures. Students are advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 3.0 overall GPA. Major GPA requirements differ depending on field of study. Consult the Teacher Education Program Handbook for more information.
Degree Requirements Overview
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 |
| 12-15 |
| 40 |
| 54-58 |
| 13-6 |
| Total Credits | 120 |
Major Requirements
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| ANTH 100 | Cultural Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 101 | Physical Anthropology | 4 |
| ANTH 102 | Linguistic Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | Introduction to Archaeology | 3 |
| ANTH 200 | Key Issues in Anthropology | 3 |
| ANTH 301 | Methods in Anthropological Research and Practice | 3 |
| ANTH 401 | Seminar in Anthropological Theory | 3 |
| 3 |
| Applied Anthropology | |
| Disability in US Popular Culture | |
| Indigenous Languages and Lifeways | |
| Urban Anthropology | |
| Historical Archaeology | |
| 15 |
| Total Credits | 40 |
Theory and Methods Electives
Co-Major in Elementary Education
Elementary Education (B.A.)
New Student Seminar
Course List | Code | Title | Credits |
| |
| 1 |
| Pathways to Success | |
| Freshman Seminar in Chemistry | |
| First Year Seminar | |
| Adult Academic Success Seminar | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| Freshman Seminar in Health and Physical Education | |
| Pathways to Adult Learning | |
| New Student Seminar | |
| New Student Experience for Mathematical Sciences | |
| Freshman Seminar for Music Majors | |
| Introduction to Nursing | |
| Freshman Seminar in Political Science and Law | |
SEEDS General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill the SEEDS requirements.
Course List
| Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3 |
| |
| 3 |
| |
| |
| 3-6 |
| 3 |
| |
| |
| |
| Total Credits | 12-15 |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion
This recommended degree plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within four years and 120 credits. This plan is a recommendation and MUST be used in consultation with their academic advisor. Important note: Students should be aware this plan assumes no pre-requisite coursework is required. If pre-requisite coursework is needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which do not appear on the plan.
| First Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| SEEDS: Effective Writing I | 3 | ANTH 101 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration - Scientific Reasoning) | 4 |
| New Student Seminar | 1 | SEEDS: World Language 2 or Free Elective | 3 |
| SEEDS: Interactive Communication | 3 | PSYC 101 | 3 |
| ANTH 100 (Fulfills SEEDS: Exploration – Analyzing Cultures and Societies) | 3 | SEEDS: Effective Writing II | 3 |
| SEEDS: World Language 1 | 3 | SEEDS: Exploration 3 | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| | 16 | | 16 |
| Second Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| Apply to Teacher Education Program by February 1 of 2nd year. | | 200-level major elective | 3 |
| ANTH 200 | 3 | ANTH Methods/Theory Elective 1 | 3 |
| FSHD 214 | 3 | ANTH Methods/Theory Elective 2 | 3 |
| ECEL 200 (Fulfills SEEDS: Political and Civic Life) | 3 | ANTH 102 | 3 |
| ANTH 103 | 3 | Free Elective | 3 |
| Free Elective | 3 | |
| Free Elective | 1 | |
| | 16 | | 15 |
| Third Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ANTH 301 | 3 | ANTH Methods/Theory Elective 3 | 3 |
| MTHM 201 (Fulfills SEEDS: Quantitative Reasoning) | 3 | ANTH 401 | 3 |
| READ 399 | 3 | MTHM 302 | 3 |
| ECEL 279 | 3 | READ 408 | 3 |
| ECEL 408 | 3 | ECSE 339 | 3 |
| | 15 | | 15 |
| Fourth Year |
|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
|---|
| ANTH Methods/Theory Elective 4 | 3 | ECEL 414 | 9 |
| ANTH Theory/Methods Elective 5 | 3 | ECEL 421 | 3 |
| ECEL 410 | 3 | |
| ECEL 412 | 3 | |
| ECEL 427 | 3 | |
| | 15 | | 12 |
| Total Credits 120 |