USF 2005-2006 Undergraduate Catalog - USF Lakeland - Pages 205-206

Elementary Education

Requirements for the B.S. Degree (BEE): In addition to the courses listed below, students must complete “Preliminary Requirements for Students entering Teacher Education Programs.”

Prerequisites (State Mandated Common Prerequisites): These prerequisites must be met by transfer students as well as USF students. A grade of “C-” is the minimum acceptable grade.

• EDF 2005 Introduction to Education
• EDG 2701 Teaching Diverse Populations
• EME 2040 Introduction to Educational Technology

• Nine (9) hours of Mathematics (to include College Algebra or above and Geometry)*
• Twelve (12) hours of Social Science (to include American History and General Psychology)
• Nine (9) hours of Natural Science (to include an Earth Science course, a Life Science course and a Physical Science course)
• One (1) Natural Science Course must have a lab component
• Six (6) hours of International or Multicultural Focus
• Nine (9) hours of English (to include Writing, Literature and Speech)
• Six (6) hours Humanities (to include Philosophy and Fine Arts)

*Only courses with the prefixes MGF, MTG, MAC, and STA will qualify for the courses in mathematics. MGF 1106 Liberal Arts Mathematics I meets the intent of the program approval rule with respect to the inclusion of geometry in the mathematics requirement.

Students are advised that the Elementary Education specialization will require an enrollment of more than the traditional four semesters of the junior and senior years in order to complete the program specialization courses and the required sequence of internship.

The order in which these courses are to be taken is designated in the program of study.

Professional Education (32-33 credit hours):

• EDF 3122 Learning and the Developing Child (3)
• EDF 3604 Social Foundations of Education (Exit) (3)
• EDF 4430 Measurement for Teachers (3)
• EEX 4070 Integrating Exceptional Students in the Regular Classroom (2-3)
• FLE 4362 Curriculum and Pedagogy of ESOL (3)
• FLE 4363 Literacy Development in English Language Learners (3)
• FLE 4364 Applying Linguistics to ESOL Teaching and Testing (3)
• EDE 4940 Internship (12)

Specialization (40 credit hours):

• EDE 4301 Classroom Management, School Safety, Ethics, Law, and Elementary Methods (3)
• EDE 4941 Childhood Education Internship Level I (3)
• HLP 4722 Health and Physical Education for the Child (2)
• EDE 4942 Childhood Education Internship Level II (6)
• LAE 4314 Teaching Writing (3)
• LAE 4414 Teaching Literature in the Elementary Schools (3)
• MAE 4310 Teaching Elementary School Mathematics I (3)
• MAE 4326 Teaching Elementary School Mathematics II (3)
• RED 4310 Reading and Learning to Read (3)
• RED 4511 Linking Literacy Assessment to Instruction (3)
• SCE 4310 Teaching Elementary School Science (3)
• SSE 4313 Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3)
• EDG 4909 Directed Studies (3)

Please send questions or comments to:
Karen M. Hall - webcat@ugs.usf.edu
Effective Date: Semester I, 2005

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