Students who wish to pursue K-6 teacher certification in Elementary Education must apply and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program. 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.
Program Requirements Overview
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 14 |
| 3-6 |
| 40 |
| 60 |
| 3-0 |
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 | |
| Urban Anthropology | |
| Historical Archaeology | |
| 15 |
Total Credits | 40 |
Theory and Methods Electives
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
ANTH 310 | Immigration: An Anthropological Perspective | 3 |
ANTH 325 | North American Archaeology | 3 |
ANTH 330 | The Anthropology of Food and Nutrition | 3 |
ANTH 335 | Bioarchaeology | 3 |
ANTH 340 | The Anthropology of Work | 3 |
ANTH 350 | Anthropology of Aging and the Aged | 3 |
ANTH 360 | Environmental Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 370 | Experimental Archaeology | 3 |
ANTH 380 | Anthropology: Gender and Sexuality | 3 |
ANTH 390 | Anthropology of Childhood and Youth | 3 |
ANTH 404 | Planetary Health | 3 |
ANTH 410 | Public Archaeology | 3 |
ANTH 414 | Special Topics in Anthropology | 3-6 |
ANTH 421 | Communities in Transition | 3-4 |
ANTH 422 | Environment and Community | 3-4 |
ANTH 423 | Community and Health | 3-4 |
ANTH 429 | Building Sustainable Communities | 3-4 |
ANTH 430 | Analyzing Ethnographic Discourse and Interaction | 3 |
ANTH 440 | Medical Anthropology | 3 |
ANTH 460 | Field Methods: Visual Anthropology | 3 |
Teacher Education Program Requirements
Teacher Education Program Requirements (Teacher Certification in Elementary School Teacher Grades K-6)
General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 1 |
| Key Issues in Anthropology (Fulfilled in the major.) | |
| Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
| 3 |
| Philosophical Orientation to Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
| 3 |
| Mathematics in Elementary Schools I (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
| Physical Anthropology (Fulfilled in the major.) | |
| 1 |
| Historical Foundations of American Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
| Cultural Anthropology (Fulfilled in the major.) | |
| Introduction to Psychology (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
| Perspectives on Early Childhood and Elementary Education in a Democracy (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | |
Total Credits | 14 |
World Languages and Cultures Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill World Languages and Cultures categories.
Course List
Code |
Title |
Credits |
| 3-6 |
| Cultural Anthropology (Fulfilled in the major.) | |
Total Credits | 3-6 |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree Completion
This four-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within four years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.