Western Carolina University - Eight-Semester Plan for B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education

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Eight-Semester Plan for B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education

Major Program Guide For: B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education
Suggested Course Sequence

Total for Degree: 128 Credit Hours
This list adds up to 128 hours.

Freshman Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
Freshman Seminar			3	C1. ENGL	101	Composition I	3
C5. Science			3	P3. History			3
P1. Soc. Science			3	C5. Science			3
P5. Fine Arts			3	C3. COMM	201	Intro to Comm.	3
C4. Health			3	P1. Soc. Science			3
SAC: Students enrolled in a B.S.Ed. degree in Elementary Education are required to select a second academic concentration. 18 hours must be completed for each area. See the current online catalog at: http://catalog.wcu.edu/preview_program.php?catoid=4&poid=215 Grade Requirements: Students must have a cumulative GPA of 2.75 or better on hours attempted at WCU to be admitted to the teacher education program in Elementary Education and must maintain at least a 2.75 to continue in the program. Elementary Education majors must earn a grade of C or better in all required courses except liberal studies and SAC courses but including ENGL 101 and ENGL 102. This C or better requirment includes MATH 321, MATH 322, PE 361, ART 363, and MUS 301. If a student fails any course in the profession education sequence twice, the student is withdrawn from teacher education.
Sophomore Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
C2. MATH	321	Arithmetic I	3	P6. World Culture			3
P4. Humanities			3	SAC			3
C1. ENGL	102	Composition II	3	SAC			3
> EDCI	201	Teacher Lead.	3	EDRD	303	Children's Lit	3
> ELMG	201	Teacher Lead. Seminiar	1	PE	361	PE for the Elem. Teacher	1
SAC			3	MATH	322	Arithmetic II	3
ART			1	MUS			1
> EDCI 201 & ELMG 201 are Co-Requisites and must be taken together. FALL: Apply for Professional Education Sequence in the Office of Field Experience, Killian 228 and take the Praxis. Upper Level Perspective (ULP): An approved Upper Level Liberal Studies Perspectives course is required in one of the Liberal Studies Perspectives categories.
Junior Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
*EDEL	417	SS Methods	3	*EDEL	446	Digital Literacy Methods	2
EDEL	418	K-2 Math Methods	3	*EDEL	416	Science Methods	3
PSY	320	Child/Adol Development	3	*> PSY**	323	Dev., Learning, & Assessment	3
EDRD	334	Reading/Lang Development	3	*> EDEL**	323	Development Seminar	1
EDEL	311	Kindergarten and Primary Curriculum	3	*> ELMG**	390	Practicum I (BLOCK)	2
SAC			3	*EDEL	419	3-6 Math Methods	3
				SAC			3
* You must be fulled admitted to the Professional Education Sequence (PES) and have a minimum 2.75 GPA to take these courses. > PSY 323, EDEL 323, and ELMG 390 are Co-Requisites and must be taken together. FALL: Students should apply for ELMG 390 - BLOCK in the Office of Field Experience, Killian 228. SPRING: Students should apply for Internship in the Office of Field Experience, Killian 228.
Senior Year
Fall				Spring
Course Prefix or Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours	Course Prefix of Liberal Studies Requirement	Course Number	Course Title	Hours
*> ELMG**	484	Internship I	3	*> ELMG**	485	Internship II	9
*> SPED**	339	Designing Classrooms	3	*> ELMG**	495	Seminar for Student Teachers	3
*> EDEL**	339	Creating Resp. Learning Comm. Seminar	1
*> EDEL**	415	Language Arts Methods	3
*> EDRD**	474	Reading & Writing Practicum	3
*EDEL	432	Intergrated Curriculum 3-6	3
* You must be fulled admitted to the Professional Education Sequence (PES) and have a minimum 2.75 GPA to take these courses. > ELMG 484, SPED 339, EDEL 339, EDEL 415, and EDRD 474 are Co-Requisites and must be taken together. > ELMG 485 and ELMG 495 are Co-Requisites and must be taken together.