Program: Elementary Education Major B.S.Ed. - Major Code 3225 - Northeastern State University

ECED, ELEM, SPED General Education Requirements

A minimum of 49 hours of academic work in general education is required during the freshman and sophomore years. For students transferring with the Associate of Arts degree or Associate of Science degree from a public institution in Oklahoma, all general education requirements will be satisfied with respect to degree requirements. Some majors may require other specific general education courses as program prerequisites or program requirements. Students are required to complete general education requirements by the time they have completed 90 semester hours of college work. See General Education Requirements for Bachelor’s Degrees for more information.

Student seeking majors in Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Education should take these courses from the General Education requirements to meet 4x12 requirements and prerequisites for upper division work.

Written & Oral Communication (9 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 certification requirements

Social and Behavioral Sciences (9 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 certification requirements:

Global Perspectives (6 hrs)

Studens should take these coursses to meet 4x12 and state certification requirements.

SECOND LANGUAGE REQUIREMENT - 3 hrs

Select from Spanish, French, German, Japanese, Chinese, Russian, New Testament Greek, Latin, American Sign Language, or Cherokee
GEOG 2253 - World Regional Geography #

Life Skills (6 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet degree requirements.

H ED 1113 - Personal Health#
OR HFS 1653 - Basic Nutrition #
EDUC 4823 - Technology in Education
(Part of Professional Education sequence; Admission to Teacher Education required)

Humanities (6 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 requirements.

Natural Sciences (8 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet 4x12 requirements.

Quantitative Analysis (3 hrs)

Students should take one of the following courses OR a higher level math to meet 4x12 requirements.

University Studies (3 hrs)

Students should take these courses to meet degree requirements.

Major

(38 hrs. required plus 2 hrs. elective = 40 hrs)

Professional Education Requirements

(29 semester hours)

Teacher Education Admission and Certification Policies

In addition to courses in the discipline, all students completing a BA or BS degree in Education degree must meet the following requirements for certification.

Be accepted for admission to teacher education, pre-II internship, and full internship according to published course sequence and guidelines.
Demonstrate proficiency at the high novice level in a language other than English.
Develop a portfolio which documents their accomplishments, learning, and strengths related to the competencies, standards, and outcomes established by the Oklahoma Commission for Teacher Preparation, Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, and the Oklahoma State Department of Education.
Complete all courses in the major and Professional Education Core with a grade of “C” or higher.
Students entering NSU beginning Fall 2013 must have an overall GPA of 2.75 for admission to teacher education.
Once admitted to the teacher education program, all majors must continue to maintain a GPA of 2.5 (overall, in their major field of study, and professional education core) through completion with the exception that Early Childhood, Elementary, and Special Educaton majors must maintain a GPA of 2.75 (overall, in their major field of study, and professional education) through completion.
4 X 12 requirement - Early Childhood, Elementary Education, and Special Education programs require completion of 12 semester hours with a grade of “C” or better in the following disciplines: Communication Arts (ENGL, COMM, Literature), Math, Science, and Social Science (ECON, GEOG, HIST, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology) prior to graduation.

Policies of the College of Education

ENGLISH PROFICIENCY:	English proficiency is a graduation requirement. Components I and II of English proficiency should be met with grades of “C” or better prior to the completion of 60 credit hours.
UPPER DIVISION CREDIT:	Total hours must include at least 40 hours of credit in courses number 3000 and above.
LIBERAL ARTS AND SCIENCES:	A minimum of 55 semester credit hours of course work for the BS/BSED degree shall be in the liberal arts and sciences and 80 credit hours of liberal arts and sciences is required for the BA/BAED degree. Liberal Arts and Science courses are designated by a “#” after the course title.

Elementary Education Suggested Course Sequence

Semester 1				Semester 2
ENG 1113		- English Composition I		ENG 1213		- English Composition II
PSYC 1113		- Introduction to Psychology		HIST 1483		- American History 1492 - 1876 (or)
HED 1113		- Personal Health (or)			HIST 1493		- American History 1876 - present
	HFS 1653		- Nutrition	GEOG 2253		- World Regional Geography
HUM 2333		- Art Appreciation (or)		BIO 1114		- General Biological Science
	MUS 2543		- Music Appreciation (or)	POLS 1113		- American Federal Government
	MUS 2863		- World Music (or)	Free Electives		- 2 credit hours
	THTR 2763		- Theater Appreciation (or)
	THTR 2843		- Film Appreciation
UNIV 1002		- University Strategies
Free Electives		- 3 credit hours
TOTAL: 17 hours				TOTAL: 18 hours

Semester 3				Semester 4
SCI 1114		- General Physical Science		READ 4013	Content Literacy K-8
SPAN 1113		- Spanish I (or)		LIBM 4023	Materials for Children
	SPED 3313		- American Sign Language I (or)	ART 3542	Elementary Art Education
			- Other foreign language (3 hrs)	P ED 4513	Elementary School Programs in Physical Education
COMM 1113		- Fundamentals of Communication		MATH 3443	Modeling: Real Numbers and Statistics
ENGL 2113		- Introduction to Literature		Free Electives	- 3 credit hours
MATH 1473		- Applied Mathematics
UNIV 2091		-Capstone -1 credit hour
TOTAL: 17 hours				TOTAL: 17 hours

NOTE: All students must have completed 45 hours of General Education before enrolling in Semester 5 block, and a minimum grade point average of at least 2.75

Semester 5 GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses		Semester 6 GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses
EDUC 3113	-Educational Psychology	SPED 4433	- Introduction to Education of Children with Exceptionalities
EDUC 3313	-Clinical Teaching/Pre-Internship I (Internship required)	MUS 3832	-Music of Elementary Teachers
ELED 4323	-Language Arts in the Elementary School	ELED 4343	-Social Studies in Elementary Grades
READ 4023	-Reading and Lang. Dev. Of the Young Child	MATH 3413	-Modeling: Geometry and Measurement
READ 4063	-Introduction to Reading and Writing Assessment	ELED 4810	- Education Electives, 2 credit hours
TOTAL: 15 hours		TOTAL: 13 hours

Semester 7 GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses		Semester 8 GPA must be at least 2.75 to enroll in these courses
MATH 3433	Modeling: Numeration and Operations
SCI 4214	-Science in the Elementary School	**EDUC 4044	- Elementary Intern Teaching
		**EDUC 4054	- Elementary Intern Teaching
EDUC 4032	- Pre-Internship II (requires 4 seminars on campus)	**EDUC 4172	- Assessment and Evaluation
ELED 4563	-Management of the Elementary Classroom and Curriculum	**EDUC 4252	- Seminar (requires 6 seminars on campus)
EDUC 4823	Technology in Education
TOTAL: 15 hours		TOTAL: 12 hours

+ Ed Electives include hours from the following: any ELED 4811/4812/4813; BIOL 4481, EDUC 4811 (except practicum courses), EDUC 4812, P ED 4741, and any SCI 4111.

*See NSU class schedule for prerequisites.

** All other courses should be successfully completed prior to participation in this semester of Intern Teaching.