Elementary Education
Major Requirements
To fulfill the requirements of the major, all students in this program will take the following coursework in a sequence determined in collaboration with a faculty advisor. Some courses also satisfy Liberal Arts Core and/or University requirements. Some coursework fulfills teaching licensure requirements as specified by the Commonwealth of Virginia. Students may choose a licensure or a non-licensure track.
- BIO 120 Introduction to the Biological World
- BIO 120L Introduction to the Biological World Lab
- ED 200SL Introduction to Teaching and Learning
- ED 254 Technology for the K-12 Classroom
- ED 301 Foundation of Literacy Development
- ED 309 Special Education Foundations and Characteristics of Exceptional Learners
- ED 329 Collaborative Models for Special Education
- ED 351 Assessment to Support Learning in K-12
- ED 355 Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners: PK-2
- ED 356 Literacy Instruction for Diverse Learners: Grades 3-6
- ED 357 Teaching Social Studies and Visual Arts
- ED 358 Teaching Mathematics and Science
- ED 460E Student Teaching
- ED 461 Classroom Management in the PK-12 Classroom
- ED 480 Senior Seminar
- EN 301 The Writing Process: Theory and Practice
- GEO 201 Introduction to Geography
- HI 110 History of the U.S. to 1877
- HI 111 History of the U.S. since 1877
- HI 114 Introduction to World History
- MA 121 Math for Liberal arts
- MA 124 History of Mathematics
- MA 127 Applied Geometry
- Natural Science (NS) core course
- POL 104 American Government
- PSY 110 Human Growth and Development
