Bachelor of Arts in Elementary and Early Childhood Education

The Elementary Education program prepares students to teach grades K-6. Students majoring in elementary education take general university studies courses, content courses in math, science, literacy, music, art, American diversity, and communication, and education courses in special education, democracy in schools, assessment, and content pedagogy. Additionally, elementary majors choose an area of concentration in which they take 18 credit hours. The areas of concentration include Early Childhood Education B-8, Creative Arts, International Studies/American Cultural Diversity, and Environmental Studies. Early Childhood Endorsement Programs There are three early childhood endorsement programs available for students: The B-8 endorsement program for elementary education majors; The B-5 endorsement program for Family and Consumer Sciences/Child Development option majors (or majors in other fields related to early childhood); The B-5 early childhood special education program for post-baccalaureate students with a degree in education or a field related to early childhood. In addition, undergraduate education majors may choose early childhood education as an 18 credit hour area of concentration. Specific advising in each of the early childhood program options support students in their program development.