Elementary Education, Grades K-6 with ESOL, B.S.

Program Learning Outcomes

“Expected student learning outcomes specify the knowledge, skills, values, and attitudes students are expected to attain in courses or in a program.” Page 69. Resource Manual for the Principles of Accreditation: Foundations for Quality Enhancement, Southern Association of Colleges and Schools Commission on Colleges (SACSCOC), 2018.

1. Instructional design and lesson planning: The elementary education major will apply concepts for human development and learning theories.
2. The learning environment: The elementary education major will learn how to maintain a student-centered learning environment that is safe, organized, equitable, flexible, inclusive, and collaborative.
3. Instructional delivery and facilitation: The elementary education major will consistently utilize a deep and comprehensive knowledge of the subject taught.

General Education Requirements - 43 Credit Hours

Education majors must complete the Baccalaureate Degree Requirements  as set out in the General Education Program .

• Global Studies Requirement: Elementary Education majors must take 
  EDU 2313
    to meet the Global Studies requirement.
• Mathematics Requirement: Elementary Education majors must take
  MAT 1813
    to meet the Mathematics requirement.
• Science Requirement: Elementary Education majors must take BIO 1043  to meet the Science requirement; the corresponding lab (BIO 1041 ) is not required.
• Social Science Requirement: Elementary Education majors must take EDU 2133  to meet the Social Science requirement

Professional Education Preparation Core - 42 Credit Hours

• EDU 1013 - Introduction to Teaching
• EDU 2023 - Survey of Exceptionalities
• EDU 2133 - Human Development and Learning   (meets Social Science requirement)
• EDU 2313 - Cultural Dimensions of ESOL (meets Global Studies requirement)
• EDU 3063 - Classroom Management, School Law, & Ethics
• EDU 3173 - Foundations of Assessment

Elementary Education Major Requirements - 34 Credit Hours

• EDU 1061 - Physical and Earth Space Science Lab
• EDU 2001 - Introduction to the Electronic Portfolio & Education Technology
• EDU 2112 - Children’s Literature
• EDU 2303 - Applied Linguistics
• EDU 3033 - General Methods and Materials of Teaching
• EDU 3073 - Elementary Language and Cognition
• EDU 3083 - Foundations of Research-Based Literacy
• EDU 4053 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School
• EDU 4073 - Teaching Social Studies in the Elementary School
• EDU 4083 - Teaching Science in the Elementary School
• EDU 4303 - ESOL Methods, Curriculum, & Assessment
• EDU 4363 - Foundations and Applications of Differentiated Literacy Instruction
• MAT 1823 - Mathematics for Elementary Education Majors II

Articulation

A.A. Degree: Elementary education majors who hold a conferred Associates of Arts degree from a regionally accredited college or university may matriculate into the elementary education program. Neither minor nor additional second semester of student teaching is required. Nonetheless, in order to complete the B.S. degree in two academic years, A.A. students must pass the FTCE General Knowledge exam before or during their initial semester at PBA.

Notes:

Honors students: Elementary education majors need neither minor nor additional major; however, additional honors electives are required.

Transfer students: Elementary education majors may waive MAT 1813  if they have successfully completed college algebra and statistics; however MAT 1823  is required.

Sample Degree Plan

Elementary Education/K-6 ESOL Degree Plan 

Elementary Education/K-6 ESOL Degree Plan - Students with an AA Degree