RockhuRst univeRsity 2012–2014 catalog

Elementary EducationThe Bachelor of Arts with a major in elementary education degree prepares students toteach in grades 1–6. The required courses are:ED 1320 Multicultural Clinical Experience (3)ED 2500 Curriculum and Instruction in Health and Physical Education (2)ED 3080 Integrating the Curriculum Through the Arts (3)ED 3100 Teaching Elementary School Mathematics (3)ED 3200 Teaching Elementary School Science (3)ED 3300 Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3)ED 3450 Literature in the Classroom (3)ED 4010 Foundations of Education* (3)ED 4020 Fundamentals of Literacy Learning* (3)ED 4021 Literacy Practicum (1)ED 4030 Technology and Education: Applications and Implications* (3)ED 4400 Assessing Literacy Development and Teaching Struggling Readers (3)ED 4411 Practicum in Assessing Literacy Development and TeachingStruggling Readers (2)ED 4600 Teaching the Language Arts (3)ED 4800 Student Teaching in the Elementary School (10)ED 4900 Integrated Student Teaching Seminar:Classroom Planning, Management, and Assessment (3)ED 4910 The Professional Semester Portfolio (1)GE 3300 Introduction to Human Geography (3)MT 1140 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers (3)PYED 3010 Educational Psychology (3)PYED 3020 Psychology and Education of the Exceptional Child (3)Total hours required: 64The 64 hours includes the minimum of 21 credit hours teacher candidates must completein the area of literacy.*Co-listed as a 6000-level graduate course. Courses taken at the 4000-level do not applyto the M.Ed. degree. For the M.Ed., the student must take the course at the 6000-levelor take another graduate course in the domain of the M.Ed. core.Middle School EducationThe Bachelor of Arts or Sciences degree with a major in middle school education preparesstudents to teach in grades 5-9 in a specific certification area. Certification areas includelanguage arts, mathematics, science, and social science. All teacher candidates pursuingthis degree double major in one of these four certification areas and middle school education.Teacher candidates will have an education advisor, as well as an advisor in theirchosen certification area. The required courses are:ED 1320 Multicultural Clinical Experience (3)ED 4030 Technology and Education: Applications and Implications* (3)ED 4050 Methods of Teaching Reading and Writing Across the Disciplines* (3)ED 4770 The Middle School: Foundations, Philosophy, and Structure* (3)ED 4825 Student Teaching in the Middle School (10)186