Undergraduate Bulletin - Loyola Marymount University

HIST 366: History of California (3 semester hours)
MATH 106, 107: Mathematics for Elementary
Teachers I, II (6 semester hours) Liberal Studies
majors must either pass out of or take MATH 101 as a
prerequisite to MATH 106, 107.
PSYC 352: Developmental Psychology (3 semester
hours)
III. Education Program Requirements
21 Semester Hours
EDUC 400: Sociocultural Analysis of Education
(3 semester hours)
EDUC 401: Educational Psychology for the Childhood
and Adolescent Years (3 semester hours)
EDUC 409: Reading and Language Arts in the
Elementary Curriculum (3 semester hours)*
EDUC 414: Theories of Second Language Acquisition
(3 semester hours)
EDUC 425: Methods in English Language Development/
Specially Designed Academic Instruction in English
(3 semester hours)*
EDUC 434: Elementary Curriculum and Methods
(3 semester hours)*
EDUC 440: Introduction to the Culturally and
Linguistically Diverse Student with Exceptional Needs
(3 semester hours)
EDUC 8000: Health Education in the Schools
(0 semester hours)
* Starred courses require a separate application to and
acceptance into the Elementary Education program
or the Mild/Moderate Specialist Credential program.
Acceptance into either of these programs requires
an LMU cumulative GPA of 2.8. See the Director of
Liberal Studies for other application requirements.
IV. Concentration
12-18 Semester Hours
In addition, Liberal Studies majors also fulfill a
concentration (generally, 12 upper division semester
hours) in a subject commonly taught in elementary
schools or closely related areas of study. Courses
applying to the concentration may not be those
required of all Liberal Studies majors (see above).
With careful planning the concentration can constitute
most, if not all, of an LMU minor. See the Director of
Liberal Studies for qualifying concentrations and their
specific requirements.
V. Electives
LIBERAL STUDIES / 173
Remaining baccalaureate units are elective. They may
include the 9 semester hours of student teaching,
after the Education program requirements have been
completed.
Liberal Studies Model Four-Year
Plan
This model is based on the student having a 12-semesterhour
concentration. Students with larger concentrations or
required to take MATH 101 will need to work those courses
into their schedules—overloading some semesters and/or
taking summer courses. This model also includes some
0-semester hour Education requirements (TPAs: Teaching
Performance Assessments which students fulfill once
accepted into the Education program) which are not part of
the Liberal Studies degree but are required for the teaching
credential; they are represented on the model plan during
the semesters in which the School of Education anticipates
they would be fulfilled. In addition, before being granted
the teaching credential, candidates must demonstrate basic
computer skills and knowledge of health education in the
schools; this is accomplished through EDUX 8000, a short
course which students must arrange to take on their own
before admission into the School of Education program.
The normal course load is 15 semester hours (5 classes). By
following the model below, a student will complete all lower
division core requirements by the end of the sophomore
year as well as most major prerequisites. Note that core
areas are suggested to provide a distribution of various
disciplines every semester. Please be flexible implementing
these suggestions, given your own interests and course
availability. In four years, this plan meets all common
graduation requirements.
Before beginning EDUC 410: Directed Teaching,
Elementary, credential candidates are required to take the
CSET examination. For information about this exam, see
the School of Education.
Freshman Year
Fall Semester S.H.
ART 250 Visual Arts for Elem. Educ ............... 3
ENGL 110 College Writing .............................. 3
HIST 161 Young America, 1607-1900 ........... 3
or
____ ___ Ethnic Studies ............................. (3)
MATH 106 Math for Elem. Teachers I ............... 3
PSYC 100 General Psychology ........................ 3
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