Elementary Education:
Master of Arts in teaching

The Elementary Education Program prepares students for licensure in preschool/kindergarten-6th grade. It is a 5-year MAT program. As undergraduates, students must major in Interdisciplinary Liberal Studies (IDLS) and minor in Elementary Education (ELED).

PROGRAM SEQUENCE

 YEAR                               ELED Program Courses
    1    30 hours of IDLS coursework from the core & concentration
    2

EDUC 300 Foundations of American Education
*30 hours of IDLS coursework and electives

    3

Either fall or spring semester (the other semester will be for IDLS courses--15 hours)
ELED 308 Child Development: Birth Through Adolescence
ECED 372 Introduction to Early Childhood Education
ELED 310 Diversity in Elementary Education (with service learning practicum)
ELED 311 Practicum with a Focus on Learners and Learning
READ 366 Early Literacy Development & Acquisition
    4

Either fall or spring semester (the other semester will be for IDLS courses--15 hours)
ELED 432 Children & Science
ELED 433 Children & Math I: Numbers, Operations, Algebric & Geometric Reasoning
ELED 411 Practicum & Seminar: Practicum with a Focus on Curriculum Connections & Guiding Behavior
ELED 434 Children & Social Studies
READ 436 Literacy Learning in the Elementary Grades

*Plan your IDLS courses so that you do not have to take more than 2-3 upper level courses in any semester.  Humanities and Social Science concentrators will take IDLS 400 in the senior year and all core courses should be complete before enrolling.

GRADUATE SEQUENCE

                     OPTION  A                       OPTION B
Summer
ELED 632 Inquiry in ELED
Elective		 Summer
ELED 533
ELED 570 Learning & Teaching in Elem School
Fall
ELED 570 Learning & Teaching in Elem School
READ 590 Reading Across the Curriculum
ELED 510 Creativity and the Arts
ELED 533 Children & Math II: Data, Chance, & Space
ELED 621 Practicum & Seminar: Focus on Inquiry (2)
ELED 622 Inquiry Project (1)		 Fall
ELED 641 Families, Schools, & Communities
ELED 690 Internship in Teaching (8) - 16 weeks
Spring
ELED 641 Families, Schools, & Communities
ELED 690 Internship in Teaching (8) - 16 weeks

Spring
READ 590 Reading Across the Curriculum
ELED 510 Creativity and the Arts
ELED 621 Practicum & Seminar: Focus on Inquiry
ELED 622 Inquiry Project (1)
ELED 632 Inquiry in ELED
Elective

All graduate courses are 3 hours unless otherwise noted.