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Program in Elementary Education (EE)
This Bachelor of Science degree prepares students to teach in elementary schools (Kindergarten through 9th grade). The program requires a total of 192 quarter hours for the BS degree.
Note: In a school that has departmentalized middle school, a middle school endorsement in a specific subject area is required to teach in those grades.
Liberal Studies
First Year Core: 20 quarter hours required
  • ISP 102 or 103 Discover Chicago or Explore Chicago
  • ISP 101 Focal Point Seminars
  • ENG 103 Composition and Rhetoric I (grade of C- or better required)
  • ENG 104 Composition and Rhetoric II (grade of C- or better required)
  • ISP 120 Mathematical and Technological Literacy I
  • ISP 121 Mathematical and Technological Literacy II
Second Year Core: 4 quarter hours required
  • ISP 200 Multiculturalism in the United States
Junior Year Core: 0 quarter hours required
  • junior year experiential learning requirement (infused in the education curriculum) Registration & Pass grade for SCU 095 indicates completion of this requirement.
Fourth Year Core: 4 quarter hours required
  • EE 384 (taken with student teaching) Capstone in Elementary Education
Learning Domains
Arts and Literature: 8 quarter hours required
  • 8 quarter hours in any Arts and Literature courses
Philosophical Inquiry: 8 quarter hours required
  • 4 quarter hours in any Philosophical Inquiry course (PHL 100 recommended)
  • LSE 380 required Philosophical Issues in Education (PHL 100 is a required prerequisite)
Religious Dimensions: 4 quarter hours required
  • 4 quarter hours in any religious dimensions course
Scientific Inquiry: 4 quarter hours required
  • 4 quarter hours in the biological sciences
  • 4 quarter hours in a physical science (including courses from chemistry, physics and environmental science)
  • 4 quarter hours elective scientific inquiry course.


    • Note: One of these courses must have a quantitative component and one must include a laboratory (must be fulfilled by 2 different courses).
Self, Society and the Modern World: 12 quarter hours required
  • PSC 120 required The American Political System
  • 8 quarter hours in any Self, Society and the Modern World course
  • Note: At most, 2 courses from the same department or program
Understanding the Past: 8 quarter hours required
  • 4 quarter hours of United States history
  • 4 quarter hours of African, Asian, European, Intercontinental-Comparative, or Latin American history
Pre-Education
Pre-Education Core: 16 quarter hours required
  • EE 281 Introduction to Educational Practice
  • EE 347 Children's Literature
  • PE 206 Personal and Community Health or PE 273 Health and Nutrition
  • SCU 207 Social & Historical Issues in Education
Mathematics for Elementary Teachers: 8 quarter hours required
  • Math 110 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I
  • Math 111 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II
Concentration
Concentration: 28 quarter hours required
A concentration is a single area of study in liberal arts (cannot include coursework in Education)
Grade of C- or better required for all concentration courses.
  • 12 quarter hours in area of study at any level
  • 16 quarter hours in area of study at the 200 or 300 level
Concentrations include but are not limited to the following areas: Anthropology, Art, Biology, Catholic Studies, Chemistry, Communications, Economics, English, Environmental Science, French, Geography, German, History, Italian, Math, Philosophy, Physics, Political Science, Psychology, Religious Studies, Sociology or Spanish.

Concentrations may or may not lead to a minor or an endorsement area depending on courses taken. Students wishing to teach a subject area at the middle school level must receive an endorsement and take SCU 339. Consult with your advisor if you are interested in eigher a minor or an endorsement.
Professional Education
Social and Cultural Foundations Courses: 12 quarter hours required
  • SCU 337 Human Growth & Development or SCU 336 Adolescent & Adult Growth & Development
  • SCU 339 Philosophy and Psychology of Youth and Middle Level Education or SCU 338 The Process and Evaluation of Learning
Elementary Education Theory & Practice: 20 quarter hours required
  • EE 317 PE & Classroom Management in the Elementary School
  • EE 324 Beginning Reading Instruction
  • EE 326 Reading/Language Arts in Intermediate & Middle Grades
  • EE 333 Teaching & Learning Elementary Math
  • EE 334 Teaching & Learning Elementary Science
Elementary Foundations: 8 quarter hours required
  • EE 344 Methods: Art & Music
  • EE 355 Methods: Contemporary Teaching of Social Studies
  • LSI 346 Mainstreaming
Elementary Education Student Teaching: 12 quarter hours required
  • EE 385 (12qh) Elementary Student Teaching
Open Electives
Open Electives: 8 quarter hours are required
  • Any course not used for another degree requirement can fulfill open electives.
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