Northern Arizona University - College of Education

Northern Arizona University
College of Education
PO Box 5774
Flagstaff, AZ 86011-5774
(928) 523-2611

C.O.E. Undergraduate Programs

B.S.ED. IN ELEMENTARY EDUCATION

Admissions and Requirements Information

You must be admitted to C.O.E.'s teacher-education program before you take any education courses except EDF 200, EDF 301W and ESE 380. Carefully review the information about admission requirements available from C.O.E.'s Student Services.

B.S.Ed. in Elementary Education Requirements

To earn this degree, you must complete the four components described in the following section. No minor is required for this degree; instead, you must complete an 18-hour content emphasis.

Liberal Studies Requirements	: 35 hours (minimum)
Major Requirements	: 54 hours (minimum)
Content Emphasis	: 18 hours (minimum)
General Electives	: 13 hours (minimum)
TOTAL	: 120*hours

* Be aware that some courses required for your degree may have prerequisites that you must also take. Check all course descriptions to find out. (You may be able to count these prerequisites toward your liberal studies or elective credit).

Please note that NAU requires that at least 30 hours of the courses you take for your degree must be upper-division courses.

LIBERAL STUDIES (35 hours minimum)

University Colloquium (3 hours)

UC 101

3 hours

 

Foundations (7 hours minimum)

ENG 105	Critical Reading and Writing	4 hours
MAT 155	Principles of Mathematics II	3 hours

 

Distribution Requirement (25 hours minimum)
See the General Academic Requirements chapter of the 1999-2001 undergraduate catalogue for information about the specific liberal studies courses required in each distribution block.

Aesthetic and Humanistic Inquiry	3 - 6 hours
Cultural Understanding	3 - 6 hours
Lab Science	4 hours
Science / Applied Science	3 - 6 hours
Social and Political Worlds	3 - 6 hours

MAJOR:¹ (54 hours minimum)

Foundations (15 hours)

MAT 150	Principles of Mathematics I	3 hours
EDF 200	Introduction to Education	3 hours
EDF 301W	School and Society	3 hours
ESE 380	Introduction to the Exceptional Child	3 hours
EPS 324	Educational Psychology - Elementary	3 hours

Curriculum and Methods² (27 hours)

ECI 300	Mathematics in the Elementary School	3 hours
ECI 306	Science in the Elementary School	3 hours
ECI 307	Social Studies in the Elementary School	3 hours
ECI 308	Teacher Aide Practicum	1 hour
ECI 309	Integrated Literacy I	3 hours
ECI 310	Integrated Literacy II	5 hours
ECI 321	Elementary School Curriculum	3 hours
ECI 330	Evaluation of Learning – Elementary	3 hours
ETC 447	Technology in the Classroom	3 hours

Student Teaching³ (12 hours)

ECI 490

Supervised Teaching - Elementary

12 hours

Content Emphasis ⁴ (18 hours minimum)

A content emphasis is a concentration of studies in a particular field or subject area required for all elementary education majors.

Electives (13 hours minimum to reach the degree minimum total of 120 hours)

¹ All major courses must be completed with minimum grade of C.
² Admission to the Teacher Education Program required.
³ Requires minimum cumulative NAU grade point average of 2.5 and minimum cumulative education g. p. a. of 2.5.
⁴ All courses must be completed with a minimum grade of C