Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (Nevada only)

Lead Faculty: Ms. Caprice Houston-Bey

The Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education provides a broad, rigorous education that prepares candidates for a career as a teacher at the elementary level. The program introduces candidates to essential knowledge, connections across the disciplines and application of knowledge to life beyond the University. This degree program gives candidates an enriched and provocative curriculum that incorporates content across subject areas and with specific educational methodology courses. This program prepares candidates for professional work as elementary teachers in a changing cultural and economic environment.

Program Learning Outcomes
Upon completion of the Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education candidates will be able to:

• demonstrate an understanding of interdisciplinary theory and the practice of critical thinking for the collection, validation, analysis and synthesis of historical data and new information;
• explain the integration of knowledge in a global context and engage in collaborative research across disciplines;
• identify and appreciate the cultural perspectives of world views;
• use information communications technology for knowledge sharing and the interdisciplinary approach;
• demonstrate a deep and flexible understanding of subject matter
• demonstrate application of educational technology to meet the needs of all learners including those with special needs and linguistically and culturally diverse students; this was originally one – split into 2 for clarity and language
• demonstrate knowledge of child and adolescent development in order to explain how to support growth in cognitive, social, physical and emotional domains;
• utilize different teaching strategies to accomplish the teaching and learning goals;
• demonstrate a thorough understanding of the learning needs and developmental issues of students to create positive learning environments that ensures healthy human growth;
• demonstrate understanding through use of systematic observations, documentation and other effective assessment strategies in a responsible manner to facilitate and account for learning, and to support positive growth,
• design, implement and evaluate standards-based lesson plans for learning and achievement n content areas;
• consider students’ knowledge when designing, implementing, and assessing curriculum to promote developmentally appropriate learning outcomes for all children;
• adhere to professional standards and ethics.

Requirements

Degree Requirements
To receive a Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education, candidates must complete at least 180 quarter units as articulated below, 45 of which must be completed in residence at National University and 76.5 of which must be completed at the upper division level. In the absence of transfer credit, additional general electives may be necessary to satisfy total units for the degree. The following courses are specific degree requirements. Candidates must demonstrate competency with passing scores on PRAXIS I & II examinations.

I. GENERAL EDUCATION COURSES (75.0 quarter units)
The General Education requirements are listed below:

AREA A: ENGLISH COMMUNICATION  (15 quarter units required)

CATEGORY 1 Writing (10.5 quarter units required)
ENG 100 - Effective College English I (3.0 quarter units)
   (Prerequisite: Placement Exam)
ENG 101 - Effective College English II (3.0 quarter units)
   (Prerequisite: ENG 100)
ENG 240 - Advanced Composition
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)

CATEGORY 2 Speech and Communication (4.5 quarter units required)
COM 100 - Introduction to Mass Communication

AREA B: MATHEMATICAL CONCEPTS QUANTITATIVE REASONING
(4.5 quarter units required)
MTH 209A - Fundamentals of Mathematics I

AREA C: INFORMATION LITERACY AND TECHNOLOGY
(4.5 quarter units required)
ILR 260 - Information Literacy
   (Prerequisite: ENG 100/101)

AREA D: ARTS AND HUMANITIES (13.5 quarter units required)
HIS 233 - World Civilizations I
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
or
HIS 234 World Civilizations II
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
ART 100 - Introduction to Art History
MUS 100 - Fundamentals of Music

AREA E: SOCIAL AND BEHAVIORAL SCIENCES
(13.5 quarter units required)
HIS 220A - United States History I [+]
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
PSY 301 - Child Development
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
SOC 100 - Principles of Sociology (+)
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)

AREA F: PHYSICAL AND BIOLOGICAL SCIENCES
(15.0 quarter units required with 1 lab)
Students must take one course each in the following three areas: Life science, Physical Science, and Earth Science. One of the required areas must have a laboratory component (minimum 6 quarter units combined for both lecture and lab component). The following are recommended.

BIO 100 - Survey of Bioscience
BIO 100A - Survey of Bioscience Lab (1.5 quarter units)
PHS 102 - Survey of Physical Science
EES 301 - Earth and Planetary Science

AREA G: MODERN LANGUAGE (9 quarter units required)
See the General Catalog for Modern Language requirement

II. PREPARATION FOR THE MAJOR (3 courses; 10.5 quarter units)
LIT 100 - Introduction to Literature
   (Prerequisite ENG 100/101)
HIS 375 - Nevada Hist., Govt., Const.
   (Prerequisites: ENG 100/101)
TED 320 Introduction to Teaching (includes 30 hours of field experience) (1.5 quarter units)

Passage of PRAXIS I Examination is required before beginning course work in the major.

III. REQUIREMENTS FOR THE MAJOR
(24 courses-106.5 quarter units )
(Prerequisite to all courses except MTH301 is ENG 100/101).

ALL Teacher Education courses (TED) have a field experience component. Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA within all TED course work and grades of “D” or “F” are not acceptable in TED courses. All major course work must be completed and PRAXIS II passed prior to student teaching. TED320 must be satisfactorily passed prior to beginning course work in the major.

Elementary Education Major Requirements
(19 courses; 85.5 quarter units)

BIS 301 - Introduction to Interdisciplinary Studies
COM 380 - Democracy in the Information Age
   (Prerequisite ENG 100/101)
HIS 350 - Cultural Diversity [+]
   (Prerequisite ENG 100/101)
ENG 350 - Fundamentals of Linguistics
   (Prerequisite ENG 100/101)
MTH 301 - Fundamentals of Mathematics II
   (Prerequisite MTH 209A)
BIS 401 - Interdisciplinary Practice: Integrating Knowledge With Technology
   (Prerequisite BIS 301 and four additional courses from the major)
TED 300 - Fundamentals of Education
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320)
TED 310 - Development and Learning
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320)
TED 330A - Reading and Lang. Arts Methods
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320)
TED 340 - Content Area Reading Methods
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320, TED 300, TED 310)
TED 350 - Math and Science Methods
   (Prerequisite: TED 320)
TED 355 - Hist/Social Science Methods
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320, TED 300, TED 310)
TED 380 - Arts/PE/Health Methods
   (Prerequisite: Admission to the Teacher Education Program, TED 320, TED 300, TED 310)
TED 410 - Survey of Multicultural Literature
   (Prerequisite: TED 320)
TED 430 - Special Needs Students
   (Prerequisite: TED 320)
TED 440 - Leadership and Assessment
   (Prerequisite: TED 320)

Choose one from the following:
ART 329 - World Art [+]
   (Prerequisite: ENG 100/101)
MUS 327 - World Music [+]
   (Prerequisite: ENG 100/101)
ART 400-  Expressive and Integrative Arts

Choose one from the following:
SCI 300 - Geography: Mapping the World
EES 301 - Earth and Planetary Science
BIO 310 - Ecology
EES 335 - Environment Science
BIO 411 - Biodiversity (Recommended: prior completion of SCI 100 and 100A)

Capstone Course
BIS 499 - Interdisciplinary Studies Project

Student Teaching Requirements
(5 courses; 21 quarter units)
(Prerequisites: ALL MAJOR coursework must be completed satisfactorily including the GPA requirements for TED courses)

Candidates MUST pass PRAXIS I & II examinations and have 60 hours of field experience documented prior to Student Teaching. TED 470 and 465 A, B, C, and D are field experience or seminar courses receiving a Satisfactory or Unsatisfactory grade and are not factored into the cumulative GPA.

TED 465A -  Student Teaching I
TED 465B - Student Teaching II
TED 465C - Student Teaching III
TED 465D - Student Teaching IV
TED 470 - Student Teach/E-Portfolio (3 quarter units)

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