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This recommended four-year plan is designed to provide a blueprint for students to complete their degrees within four years. These plans are the recommended sequences of courses. Students must meet with their Major Advisor to develop a more individualized plan to complete their degree. This plan assumes that no developmental courses are required. If developmental courses are needed, students may have additional requirements to fulfill which are not listed in the plan and degree completion may take longer.
Notes: * denotes only if needed
++ Note that 3 upper-level writing intensive courses are required
NOTE: This recommended Four-Year Plan is applicable to students admitted into the major during the 2022-2023 academic year.
First Year
Fall Semester
- Gen Ed: INTD 101 - FIRST YEAR SEMINAR (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/TE: CRWT 102 - CRITICAL READING AND WRITING II (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/Major: HISTORICAL PERSPECTIVES – HIST 101 - EARLY AMERICA TO 1865 (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/TE: QUANTITATIVE REASONING Mathematics* (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: AIID 001 -
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Gen Ed: AIID 201 - STUDIES IN THE ARTS & HUMANITIES (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/TE: SOSC 110 - SOCIAL SCIENCE INQUIRY (HRS 4)
- Gen Ed/TE: SCIENTIFIC REASONING – (BIOL 101 - INTRODUCTION TO BIOLOGY, OR BIOL 211 - & BIOL 211L - , OR BIOL 214 - ANATOMY AND PHYSIOLOGY I LECTURE & BIOL 214L - ANATOMY & PHYSIOLOGY I LAB) (HRS 4)
- Major: HIST 102 - MODERN AMERICA SINCE 1865 (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Semester
- TE: PSYC 101 - INTRODUCTION TO PSYCHOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 4)
Second Year
Fall Semester
- Major: AMER 225 - INTRODUCTION TO AMERICAN STUDIES (HRS 4) (WI)
- TE: EDUC 241 - INSTRUCTIONAL TECHNOLOGY (HRS 4)
- Major: American Politics & Society Category/GenEd Values and Ethics/TE: EDUC 221 - SOCIAL CONTEXT OF EDUCATION (HRS 4)
- TE: PSYC 215 - LEARNING, COGNITION, AND TEACHING (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: AIID 002 -
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major: Race and Ethnicity Category/TE: EDUC 211 - STUDENT LITERACY CORPS (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language Course* (HRS 4)
- Major: Gender and Sexuality Course (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 222 - TEACHING: PRINCIPLES AND PRACTICES (must be admitted to TE to enroll) (HRS 4)
- Career Pathways: AIID 003 -
- Total: (HRS 16)
Summer Semester
- Major: African American Studies Course (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 4)
Third Year
Fall Semester
- GenEd: CULTURE AND CREATIVITY/Major: American Literature Course: (Suggested: LITR 220 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: PRE-COLUMBIAN TO ROMANTIC, OR LITR 221 - SURVEY OF AMERICAN LITERATURE: ROMANTIC TO CONTEMPORARY, OR LITR 292 - TOPICS IN AMERICAN POETRY, OR LITR 293 - STUDIES IN AMERICAN FICTION (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 346 - LITERACY THEORY & PRACTICE (HRS 4) (WI)
- Major: American Regionalism Course (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language Course* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- GenEd/Major: GLOBAL AWARENESS – America in the World Course (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 360 - INTRODUCTION TO SPECIAL EDUCATION & EDUC 301 - MEETING THE NEEDS OF ALL LEARNERS (co. req.) (HRS 4)
- Major: American Artistic Expression Course (HRS 4)
- School Core: Language Course* (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Fourth Year
Fall Semester
- TE: EDUC 390 - TOPICS: (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 370 - METHODS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY MATHEMATICS (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 375 - METHODS OF TEACHING ELEMENTARY SCIENCE (HRS 4)
- TE: EDUC 365 - LITERACY ACROSS THE ELEMENTARY CURRICULUM (WI) (HRS 4)
- Total: (HRS 16)
Spring Semester
- Major/TE: EDUC 495 - CLINICAL PRACTICE CAPSTONE: CONTENT AREA (SECONDARY) / Major 400-Level Requirement (HRS 12)
- Total: (HRS 12)
Total Credits Required: 128 credits
GPA: AMER: 2.0; Teacher Ed: 3.0
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