Primary Education (P-5)
Effective for students admitted to the College of Education and Human Ecology beginning Autumn 2022
General Education Requirements (32-39 Hours)
Bookends (2 Hours)
- Launch Seminar (1)
- Reflection Seminar (1)
Foundations (22-25 Hours)
- Writing & Information Literacy (3)
- Mathematical & Quantitative Reasoning or Data Analysis (3-5)
- Literary, Visual & Performing Arts (3)
- Historical & Cultural Studies (3)
- Natural Science (4-5)
- Social & Behavioral Sciences (3)
- Race, Ethnic & Gender Diversity (3)
Thematic Pathways (8-12 Hours)
Take 4-6 hours from Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World and 4-6 hours from another Thematic Pathway of choice.
- Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World
- Choice of 4-6 hours from one additional Thematic Pathway:
- Lived Environments
- Origins & Evolution
- Migration, Mobility, & Immobility
- Sustainability
- Traditions, Cultures, & Transformations
- Health & Wellbeing
- Number, Nature, Mind
College Requirement (1 Hour)
- EHE 1100 College Survey (1)
Pre-Major Requirements (30-32 Hours)
- EDUCST 2189S First Education Experience Program (FEEP) (3)
- ESEPSY 2309 Psychological Perspectives on Education (3)
- Choose one:
- ESPHE 3206 School and Society (can overlap with GE Race, Ethnicity, & Gender Diversity) (3)
- ESPHE 4280 History of Modern Education (3)
- ESPHE 3410 Philosophy of Edu. (can overlap with GE Historical & Cultural Studies)
- TLED 2189 Field Experience (1)
- TLTED 5468 Foundations of Reading and Literacy (3)
- Choose one (either can overlap with GE Social & Behavioral Sciences):
- HDFS 2410 Child Development (3)
- TLED 3160 Application of Development in Learning Contexts (3)
- Choose two:
- ARTEDUC 3900 Art & Curriculum Concepts for Teachers (2)
- MUSIC 3370 Music for Elementary Teachers (2) or MUSIC 5772 Music in Early Childhood (3)
- TLTED 5101 Teaching and Learning with Drama: Introduction (3)
- Choose one:
- MATH 1125 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers I (5)
- MATH 1135 Number and Operations for Teachers (5)
- Choose one:
- MATH 1126 Mathematics for Elementary Teachers II (5)
- MATH 1136 Measurement and Geometry for Teachers (5)
Major Requirements (50 Hours)
B- minimum grade required in all Major Requirements
- TLTED 5005 Equity, Diversity, and Justice in Education (can overlap with GE Citizenship for a Diverse & Just World) (3)
- TLTED 5123 Early Childhood Pedagogy (3)
- TLTED 5137 Teaching and Learning of Social Studies Grades Pre-K - 5 (3)
- TLTED 5102 Teaching & Learning of Literacy in Grades Pre-K - 5 (3)
- TLTED 5108 Teaching and Learning of Mathematics in Grades Pre-K - 5 (3)
- TLTED 5129 Teaching and Learning of Science in Grades Pre K-5 (3)
- TLTED 5226 Composing Print + Multimodal Texts (3)
- TLTED 5225 Diverse Literature and Comprehension – Elementary-Middle Education (3)
- TLTED 5469 Language and Word Study for All Learners (3)
- Choose one:
- TLTED 5501 Teaching in the Least Restrictive Environment (3)
- ESSPED 2251 Inclusive Citizenship: Understanding and Embracing Neurodiversity and Exceptionality (3)
- ESQREM 3005 Learner Centered Classroom Assessment (3)
- TLTED 3189.01 Field Experience: Early Childhood Education (1)
- TLTED 4189.01 Advanced Field Experience: Early Childhood Education (2)
- TLTED 5195.01 Reflective Seminar: Early Childhood Education (1+1+2)
- TLTED 5191.01 Supervised Student Teaching Internship: Early Childhood Education (10)
To be recommended for state of Ohio teacher licensure students must maintain a B- minimum grade in all major requirements and a B- or higher grade in student teaching. Students must also maintain a 2.75 cumulative GPA and a 2.75 content GPA.
Successful completion of the Ohio Assessment for Educators examinations is required prior to student teaching.
Total Hours: 106-121
Free Electives to reach 120 Hours: 0-14
Minimum of 120 credit hours required for degree completion. Total Hours range is based on requirement course choices and/or the number of credits that overlap between requirement areas. Students are encouraged to overlap as many credits as possible.