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Education—Elementary (BA), Texas Teacher Certification

The Bachelor of Arts in Education-Elementary offers an undergraduate degree concurrent with preparation for Early Childhood through Sixth Grade Texas teaching certification. A student following this course of study will complete the UIW core, the Education-Elementary Major, the Literacy Minor, Special Education coursework, and the Professional Development course sequence. Students completing the Education-Elementary Major may elect to add a specified additional course to earn the Special Education Minor. Upon successful completion of program requirements and applicable TExES examinations, the student will be eligible to apply for state teaching certification.

Bachelor of Arts in Education—Elementary, Texas Teacher Certification

Total hours in the BA, Education—Elementary Degree Program: 130

Total hours in UIW Core Curriculum: 43

Total hours in the Education—Elementary Major: 57

Total hours in Professional Development coursework: 30

UIW Core Curriculum Requirements

In addition to program and other requirements, students in the Education—Elementary Major must satisfy all UIW Core Curriculum requirements.

Rhetoric (6 hours)

ENGL 1311Composition I

ENGL 1312Composition II

Total Credit Hours:6

Literature and Art (6 hours)

ENGL 2310World Literature Studies

EDUC 3321Creative Arts for Elementary Teaching

Total Credit Hours:6

Philosophy and Religion (9 hours)

PHIL 1381Introduction to Philosophy

RELS 13XXReligious Studies

RELS/PHIL 33XX/43XX3 additional upper-division hours from Philosophy or Religious Studies

Total Credit Hours:9

Second Language (6 hours)

Must be two consecutive courses of the same language or equivalent.

 

Total Credit Hours:6

History and Behavioral Science (6 hours)

HIST 1321The United States to 1865

GOVT 1315American Politics

Total Credit Hours:6

Science and Mathematics 7 hours

BIOL 1401Diversity of Life and Laboratory

MATH MATH 1304 or higher-level MATH course

Total Credit Hours:7

Wellness and Physical Education (3 hours)

DWHP 1200Dimensions of Wellness

PEHP 11XXPhysical Education Activity Course (1 hour)

Total Credit Hours:3

Community Service (45 clock hours)

Education—Elementary Major, Curriculum Requirements

Pre-Professional Coursework

EDUC 2305Foundations of Education

HIST 1322U.S. Since 1865

HIST 2322Texas History

MATH 2374Math for Elementary Teachers I

MATH 2375Math Elementary Teachers II

EDSI 2374Physical Science for Elementary Teachers

EDSI 2375Earth and Space Science for Elementary Teachers

EDUC 3373Learning Theories

PEHP 2303Health and Physical Education for Elementary Teachers

EDUC 3330Social Studies Instruction

EDUC 2345Child Development and Play

Total Credit Hours:33

Literacy Minor

EDRD 3307Essentials of Literacy Instruction

EDRD 3327Developing the Fluent Reader

EDRD 3337Developing the Strategic Reader

EDRD 3347Differentiating Literacy Instruction

EDRD 3385Writing in Literacy-Rich Environments

Total Credit Hours:15

Special Education Sequence

EDUC 2315Survey of Students in Diverse and Inclusive Settings

EDUC 3343Teaching Students with Learning Differences

EDUC 3346Teaching Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Total Credit Hours:9

Professional Development Sequence

EDUC 3340Instructional Technology

EDUC 3368Social Emotional Learning and Classroom Management

EDUC 3375Teaching Children in the Primary Grades

EDUC 3377Teaching Children in the Intermediate Grades

EDUC 3379Instruction and Assessment

EDUC 3385Culturally Responsive Teaching

EDUC 4305Clinical Teaching Seminar

EDUC 4905Clinical Teaching

Total Credit Hours:30