A Combined Degree program enables undergraduate students to enroll in graduate courses in their senior year, which can be counted towards the completion of both their Bachelor's and Master's degree requirements. The ability to take these "swing courses" allows students to earn both their Bachelor's and Master's degrees in a shortened period of time, typically within five years. Undergraduate students interested in this option can find more information regarding program requirements on the University's Combined Programs website.
The Combined Degree with Dual Certification Program is a 5-year Program that leads to teacher certification in elementary education (K-6) teacher certification in Teacher of Student Disabilities, a baccalaureate degree in Humanities and master's degree. Interested students must apply to and be admitted to the Teacher Education Program as an undergraduate. Students must successfully complete the undergraduate portion of the program in order to be admitted to the Graduate School and complete the one year master's portion of the program.
Please visit the Teacher Education website for the required undergraduate professional sequence of courses, overall course outline, and other important Program requirements, guidelines and procedures. Students are also strongly advised to review the Teacher Education Program Handbook.
120 credits of coursework is required for the baccalaureate degree. For this program, a student must complete the baccalaureate degree with a minimum 3.25 overall GPA and a minimum 3.25 major GPA.
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Program Requirements Overview
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| General Education Requirements | 14 | |
| World Languages and Cultures Requirements | 3-6 | |
| Major Requirements | 37 | |
| Teacher Education Program Requirements | 60 | |
| Free Electives | 6-3 | |
| Total Credits | 120 | |
Major Requirements
Requirements for the graduate portion of this combined program can be found here.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Required Core Courses | ||
| HUMN 201 | General Humanities I (to 1400) | 3 |
| HUMN 202 | General Humanities II (from 1400) | 3 |
| HUMN 285 | Mythology | 3 |
| HUMN 499 | Senior Humanities Seminar | 4 |
| Humanities Electives | ||
| History | ||
| Complete one course from 2 out of 3 History categories listed below. | 6 | |
| Philosophy | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| Religion | ||
| Complete one couse from the list below. | 3 | |
| Myth Studies | ||
| Complete one couse from the list below. | 3 | |
| National Literature | ||
| Complete one couse from the list below. | 3 | |
| Comparative Literature | ||
| HUMN 217 | Reading Asian Cultures | 3 |
| Art and Music | ||
| Complete one course from the list below. | 3 | |
| Total Credits | 37 | |
Electives
History
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| Select two of the following three requirements: | 6 | |
| Earlier Western History | ||
| Select 0-3 credits from the following: | ||
| Greek Civilization | ||
| Roman Civilization | ||
| Women, Gender, and Sexuality in the Ancient World | ||
| Special Topics in Ancient History (Greece, Rome, W. Asia, N. Africa, Europe) | ||
| Imaging Medieval and Early Modern Women | ||
| The City in Antiquity | ||
| Alexander the Great: Legend and Legacy | ||
| The Roman Republic | ||
| Cleopatra | ||
| The Roman Empire | ||
| Special Topics in Mediterranean Archaeology | ||
| Field Methods in Mediterranean Archaeology | ||
| Africa in Classical Antiquity | ||
| Introduction to Roman Law | ||
| Medieval European Civilization 450-1350 | ||
| Age of Renaissance, 1350-1517 | ||
| Later Western History | ||
| Select 0-3 credits from the following: | ||
| Social History of the United States | ||
| Economic History of the United States | ||
| History of United States Foreign Relations | ||
| U.S. Women’s History | ||
| African American History | ||
| Political History of the United States | ||
| Feminist Ideas in Western Thought | ||
| Historical Geography of the United States | ||
| History of Russia to 1917 | ||
| Russia Since 1917 | ||
| U.S. Immigration History | ||
| Cultural and Intellectual History of the United States Since 1880 | ||
| European Social History | ||
| The Reformation Era, 1500-1650 | ||
| The Nazi Third Reich | ||
| The Holocaust, 1939-1945 | ||
| American Colonial History 1607-1763 | ||
| The Civil War and Reconstruction Era, 1845-1877 | ||
| The Gilded Age and Progressive Era, 1877-1920 | ||
| The Rise and Decline of the New Deal Order: United States Politics and Society, 1920·1980 | ||
| America in the Sixties: The Crisis of Consensus Liberalism | ||
| Urban Politics | ||
| Black Politics in the United States | ||
| The American Presidency | ||
| Contemporary Western European Politics | ||
| Non-Western History | ||
| Select 0-3 credits from the following: | ||
| Introduction to African Civilization | ||
| Early Latin America | ||
| Modern Latin America | ||
| Modern Japan: A History of Japan From the Meiji Through the Showa | ||
| Introduction to Indian Civilization | ||
| Introduction to Chinese Civilization | ||
| Modern Chinese Civilization | ||
| Communist Revolution in China | ||
| Chinese Social History Through Literature | ||
| History of Brazil | ||
| Women and Gender in the Middle East: Past and Present | ||
| Revolutions in Latin American History | ||
| Development of Japanese Character and Culture | ||
| Government and Politics of Africa | ||
| Government and Politics of China and Japan | ||
| Government and Politics of the Middle East | ||
| Total Credits | 6 | |
Philosophy
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| HUMN 454 | Lucretius and Ancient Science | 3 |
| JUST 360 | Rights, Liberties and American Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 102 | Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 202 | Ethics and Business | 3 |
| PHIL 204 | Philosophical Issues in Biomedical Ethics | 3 |
| PHIL 206 | Philosophical Issues in Law and Justice | 3 |
| PHIL 212 | Social and Political Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 231 | American Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 233 | Contemporary Philosophers | 3 |
| PHIL 237 | Asian Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 239 | Existentialism | 3 |
| PHIL 260 | Philosophies of Art | 3 |
| PHIL 262 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| PHIL 264 | Critical Reasoning and Arguments | 3 |
| PHIL 266 | Philosophy of Science | 3 |
| PHIL 270 | Philosophy of Mind | 3 |
| PHIL 271 | Philosophy of Sport | 3 |
| PHIL 280 | Philosophy of Technology | 3 |
| PHIL 290 | Special Topics in Fields in Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 295 | Special Topics in Periods and Movements | 3 |
| PHIL 297 | Special Topics in Periods and Movements | 3 |
| PHIL 310 | Knowledge, Belief and Truth | 3 |
| PHIL 312 | Existence and Reality | 3 |
| PHIL 316 | Philosophy of Law | 3 |
| PHIL 324 | Legal Reasoning | 3 |
| or JURI 324 | Legal Reasoning | |
| PHIL 330 | Philosophy and Death | 3 |
| PHIL 331 | History of Philosophy: Ancient Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 333 | History of Philosophy: Modern Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 390 | Special Topics in Fields of Philosophy | 3 |
| PHIL 395 | Special Topics in Periods of Movements | 3 |
| PHIL 397 | Special Topics in Periods of Movements | 3 |
| PHIL 424 | Seminar in Philosophy | 3 |
| POLS 215 | Ethnic Politics in America | 3 |
| POLS 307 | American Political Thought | 3 |
| POLS 323 | American Constitutional Law: Civil Rights and Liberties | 3 |
Religion
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| RELG 200 | Old Testament/Hebrew Scriptures | 3 |
| RELG 204 | New Testament/Christian Scriptures | 3 |
| RELG 207 | American Religious Texts | 3 |
| RELG 209 | Introduction to Greek and Roman Religion | 3 |
| or HUMN 209 | Introduction to Greek and Roman Religion | |
| RELG 213 | Buddhism | 3 |
| RELG 214 | Asian Texts | 3 |
| RELG 215 | Hinduism | 3 |
| RELG 217 | Taoism | 3 |
| RELG 218 | Death, Dying and Afterlife | 3 |
| RELG 221 | Religion and Culture | 3 |
| RELG 223 | Religion in the United States | 3 |
| RELG 225 | Religion and Social Activism | 3 |
| RELG 240 | Asian Religions | 3 |
| RELG 246 | Islamic Religious Traditions | 3 |
| RELG 254 | Native American Religion | 3 |
| RELG 256 | Religion in Latin America | 3 |
| RELG 267 | Women and Religion | 3 |
| RELG 273 | The Holocaust: Religious Perspectives | 3 |
| RELG 301 | Spirituality and Mysticism | 3 |
| RELG 362 | Philosophy of Religion | 3 |
| RELG 363 | Psychology of Religion | 3 |
Myth Studies
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 210 | Myth and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 366 | African Myth and Literature | 3 |
| HUMN 220 | Celtic Mythology | 3 |
| HUMN 221 | Viking Mythology | 3 |
| HUMN 288 | Mythic Traditions | 3 |
| HUMN 320 | Special Topics in Interdisciplinary Humanities (Course may be used if the topic is appropriate.) | 3 |
| HUMN 380 | The Mythology of JRR Tolkien's Middle-Earth | 3 |
| HUMN 385 | Greek Tragedy | 3 |
| HUMN 470 | Seminar in Classical Humanities | 3 |
| HUMN 490 | Principles of Mythic Symbolism | 3 |
| RELG 332 | Myth, Meaning and Self | 3 |
National Literature
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ENGL 234 | American Drama | 3 |
| ENGL 238 | Black Writers in the United States: A Survey | 3 |
| ENGL 239 | Social Protest Literature in America | 3 |
| ENGL 240 | English Literature I: Beginnings to 1660 | 3 |
| ENGL 241 | English Literature II: 1660 to Present | 3 |
| ENGL 250 | Special Topics in English or American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 256 | English Novel to 1900 | 3 |
| ENGL 275 | Vietnam War and American Culture | 3 |
| ENGL 294 | Women Poets | 3 |
| ENGL 301 | The Novels of Toni Morrison | 3 |
| ENGL 324 | American Poetry to 1940 | 3 |
| ENGL 325 | American Poetry: World War II to Present | 3 |
| ENGL 326 | Early American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 333 | Literature of American Renaissance | 3 |
| ENGL 336 | American Literary Realism | 3 |
| ENGL 337 | Modern American Fiction | 3 |
| ENGL 338 | Recent American Fiction 1990 to Present | 3 |
| ENGL 341 | Literature of the Long Eighteenth Century | 3 |
| ENGL 343 | Milton | 3 |
| ENGL 344 | Chaucer | 3 |
| ENGL 345 | Medieval English Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 346 | 19th Century English Romantic Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 347 | Victorian Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 348 | Renaissance Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 352 | English Drama: Beginnings to 1642 | 3 |
| ENGL 353 | Shakespeare: Comedies-Histories | 3 |
| ENGL 354 | Shakespeare: Tragedies-Romances | 3 |
| ENGL 364 | Contemporary Poetry | 3 |
| ENGL 401 | Old English Language and Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 493 | Seminar in American Literature | 3 |
| ENGL 494 | Seminar in English Literature | 3 |
| HUMN 160 | Digital Transformations in the Humanities | 3 |
Art and Music
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| ARHT 191 | African-American Art | 3 |
| ARHT 280 | Asian Art | 3 |
| ARHT 281 | African Art: Sub-Saharan | 3 |
| HUMN 314 | Greek Art | 3 |
| HUMN 315 | Roman Art | 3 |
| HUMN 321 | Early Medieval Art: Early Christian, Byzantine Early Medieval | 3 |
| ARHT 322 | Medieval Art: Romanesque and Gothic | 3 |
| ARHT 331 | Renaissance Art in Italy: The Fifteenth Century | 3 |
| ARHT 332 | Renaissance Art in Italy: The Sixteenth Century | 3 |
| ARHT 336 | Northern Renaissance Painting | 3 |
| ARHT 340 | Seventeenth and Eighteenth Century Art | 3 |
| ARHT 350 | Art of the Nineteenth Century | 3 |
| ARHT 360 | Twentieth-Century Art | 3 |
| ARHT 361 | Modern Architecture | 3 |
| ARHT 490 | Special Topics in Art History | 3 |
| MUGN 100 | Introduction to Music | 3 |
| MUGN 109 | Introduction to Jazz | 3 |
| MUGN 120 | Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena | 3 |
| MUGN 136 | The History of Broadway | 3 |
| MUGN 150 | Influence of Afro-American Culture on Music | 3 |
| MUGN 160 | Introduction to Music in World Cultures | 3 |
| VIST 109 | Special Topics in Global Art Cultures | 3 |
| VIST 203 | Modern Philosophies of Art | 3 |
| VIST 205 | History of Contemporary Art | 3 |
| VIST 272 | History of Product Design | 3 |
| VIST 305 | Theories of Looking: Critical Theory and Visual Culture | 3 |
Teacher Education Program Requirements
General Education Requirements
Click here for a list of courses that fulfill General Education categories.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| A. New Student Seminar | ||
| Complete a 1 credit New Student Seminar course. | 1 | |
| C. Communication | ||
| 1. Writing | 3 | |
| 2. Literature | 3 | |
| 3. Communication | ||
| Fundamentals of Speech: Communication Requirement (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| D. Fine and Performing Arts | ||
| Fulfilled in the major. | ||
| Introduction to Music | ||
or MUGN 109 | Introduction to Jazz | |
or MUGN 120 | Rap and Rock as Cultural Phenomena | |
or MUGN 136 | The History of Broadway | |
or MUGN 160 | Introduction to Music in World Cultures | |
| F. Humanities | ||
| 1. Great Works and Their Influences | ||
| Fulfilled in the major. | ||
| General Humanities I (to 1400) | ||
or HUMN 202 | General Humanities II (from 1400) | |
or HUMN 285 | Mythology | |
| 2. Philosophical and Religious Perspectives | ||
| Philosophical Orientation to Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| G. Computer Science | ||
| Complete a 3 credit Computer Science course. | 3 | |
| H. Mathematics | ||
| Mathematics in Elementary Schools I (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| I. Natural Science Laboratory | ||
| Complete a 4 credit Natural Science Laboratory course that also fulfills the Teacher Education Health/Hygiene requirement. | 4 | |
| K. Social Science | ||
| 1. American and European History | ||
| Historical Foundations of American Education (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| 2. Global Cultural Perspectives | ||
| Reading Asian Cultures (Fulfilled in the major.) | ||
| 3. Social Science Perspectives | ||
| Introduction to Psychology (Fulfilled in the Teacher Education sequence.) | ||
| L. Interdisciplinary Studies | ||
| 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.
| Code | Title | Credits |
|---|---|---|
| World Languages | ||
| Based on placement exam complete one or two sequential courses in one language. | 3-6 | |
| World Cultures | ||
| African American History (Fulfilled in the major.) | ||
| Total Credits | 3-6 | |
Recommended Roadmap to Degree(s)
This recommended five-year plan is provided as an outline for students to follow in order to complete their degree requirements within five years. This plan is a recommendation and students should only use it in consultation with their academic advisor.
Fifth year courses are taken at the graduate level, after matriculation into the graduate portion of this combined degree program.
| First Year | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (A) New Student Seminar | 1 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C2) Literature | 3 |
| GENERAL EDUCATION: (C1) Writing | 3 | GENERAL EDUCATION: (C3) Communication | 3 |
| 4 | 6 | ||
| Second Year | |||
| Spring | Credits | ||
| EDFD 220 | 3 | ||
| MTHM 201 | 3 | ||
| 6 | |||
| Third Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| ECEL 279 | 3 | ECEL 375 | 3 |
| FSHD 314 | 3 | ECSE 305 | 3 |
| MTHM 302 | 3 | ECEL 408 | 3 |
| READ 399 | 3 | ||
| 12 | 9 | ||
| Fourth Year | |||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits |
| ECSE 339 | 3 | ECSE 523 | 3 |
| READ 408 | 3 | ECSE 536 | 3 |
| READ 515 | 3 | ||
| 6 | 9 | ||
| Total Credits 52 | |||
| Fourth Year | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Summer | Credits | ||||
| ECSE 508 | 3 | ||||
| ECSE 580 | 3 | ||||
| ECEL 691 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | |||||
| Fifth Year | |||||
| Fall | Credits | Spring | Credits | ||
| ECEL 502 | 1 | ECEL 504 | 3 | ||
| ECEL 510 | 2 | ECEL 511 | 6 | ||
| ECEL 517 | 3 | ||||
| ECSE 542 | 3 | ||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||
| Total Credits 27 | |||||