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Suggested Arrangement of Courses, Education (BSEd)

Education, Early Childhood through Grade Six ESL Generalist

RequirementsHours
1st Semester
UGS 302First-Year Signature Course (Core) 0903
or UGS 303 First-Year Signature Course
UTS 306JHands-On Science I (Major)3
Mathematics (Core) 0203
RHE 306Rhetoric and Writing (Core) 0103
SED 303Autism Spectrum Disorder: Truths and Consequences (Major)3
or PSY 301 Introduction to Psychology
2nd Semester
EDP 320Cognition, Human Learning, and Motivation (Major)3
or EDU 321 Play in Early Childhood Development
UTS 306KHands-On Science II (Major)3
GOV 310LAmerican and Texas Government (Core) 0703
Foreign Language (General Education)6
3rd Semester
Foreign Language (General Education)4
4th Semester
Free Elective (Elective)3
UTS 306LHands-On Science III (Major)3
GOV 312LIssues and Policies in American Government (Core) 0703
or GOV 312P Constitutional Principles: Core Texts
Visual and Performing Arts, ARH/MUS/T D (Core) 0503
M 316KFoundations of Arithmetic (Major)3
5th Semester
EDU 327Sociocultural Influences on Learning (Major)3
UTS 306MHands-On Science IV (Major)3
E 316LBritish Literature (Core) 0403
or E 316M American Literature
or E 316N World Literature
or E 316P Masterworks of Literature
U.S. History (Core) 0603
M 316LFoundations of Geometry, Statistics, and Probability (Major)3
6th Semester
Free elective (Elective)2
7th Semester
EDU 329Acquisition of Language and Literacies (Major)3
EDU 333Children's Literature (Major)3
HED 329KChild and Adolescent Health (Major)3
KIN 314Children's Movement (Major)3
U.S. History (Core) 0603
8th Semester
EDU 328Applied Human Learning (Major)3
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 9) (Major)3
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 7) (Major)3
EDC 339LYoung Children As Learners (Major)3
EDC 339DReading Assessment and Development (Major)3
9th Semester
EDC 339MCommunities and Families as Assets in Education (Major)3
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 10) (Major)3
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 6) (Major)3
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 8) (Major)3
10th Semester
EDC 370ETopics in Elementary School Subjects (Topic 20) (Major)3
EDC 950EElementary Grade Teaching Practicum9
Total Hours120

Four-year degree suggestion (for planning purposes only). 

Currently enrolled students should meet with their academic advisor.

Course categories: Core, General Education, Major, Elective, Opportunity

Core Component Areas010 Communication; 020 Mathematics; 030 Natural Science and Technology, Part I; 040 Humanities; 050 Visual and Performing Arts; 060 U.S. History; 070 American and Texas Government; 080 Social and Behavioral Sciences; 090 First-Year Signature Course; 093 Natural Science and Technology, Part II

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