2+2 Elementary Education (BA) - Spring 2022 Cohort

• INSTTECH 1031 Educational Technology and Design (3 units of credit)
• KAHHS 2045 Health and Physical Education for Elementary Teachers (3)
  • Optional face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times TBD. 

Students pursuing the Early Childhood Education minor for the Iowa PK-K Classroom endorsement should also take ELEMECML 3149 Child, Family, School, and Community Relationships (3)

• LITED 3115 Methods of Teaching Early Literacy (3)
• ELEMECML 4123 Methods of Teaching Visual and Performing Arts Integration in the Elementary Classroom (3)

Students double majoring in Elementary and Middle School Education should also take EDPSYCH 4152 Development of the Middle School Aged Child (3)

• MEASRES 3150 Classroom Assessment (2 units of credit)
• TEACHING 3128 Level 2 Field Experience: Teacher as a Change Agent (1)
  • Students will need to be available for a 25-hour Field Experience during K-8 hours. 
• ELEMECML 4150 ​Elementary Curriculum (3)
  • Optional face-to-face Saturday meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times TBD.

Students double majoring in Elementary and Middle School Education should also take:

• ELEMECML 4152 Middle Level Curriculum (2)
• LITED 4155 English Language Structures and Usage for K-8 Educators (1)

Students pursuing the Early Childhood Education minor for the Iowa PK-K Classroom endorsement should also take EDPSYCH 3109 Development and Assessment of Young Children (3)

• ELEMECML 3164 Teaching Elementary School Social Studies (3)
  • Optional face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times, TBD.
• LITED 3116 ​Methods of Teaching Content Literacy in the Intermediate Grades (3)
• SOCFOUND 3119 Schools and American Society (3) - Only Elementary Education majors

Students double majoring in Elementary and Middle School Education should also take ELEMECML 4135 Middle Level Instruction, Differentiation, and Assessment (3)

Students pursuing the Early Childhood Education minor for the Iowa PK-K Classroom endorsement should also take ELEMECML 4151 Early Childhood Curriculum (3) 

• ELEMECML 3186 Studies in Science and Practice of Well-Being: Exploring Mindfulness, Compassion, and Joy for Teachers (3)
  • For students pursuing the Social Emotional Learning (SEL) minor.
• TEACHING 4170 Human Relations: Awareness and Application (3)
  • Optional face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times TBD.
• MATH 3204 Mathematical Reasoning for Elementary Teachers III (3)

Students double majoring in "Elementary and Middle School Education should also take LITED 4117 Methods of Teaching Content Literacy at the Middle and Secondary Levels (3)

Students pursuing the Early Childhood Education minor for the Iowa PK-K Classroom endorsement should also take LITED 3119 Language Development and Emergent Literacy (3)

• MATH 3203 Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School (3)
  • Optional face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times TBD.
• ELEMECML 3120 Classroom Management K-8 (3)
  • Optional face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Students must be available for a one-week, full-time field experience (40 hours) for this course. Central meeting location, dates, and times TBD.
• ELEMECML 3161 Teaching Elementary School Science (3)
  • Face-to-face meetings may be available for this course. Central meeting location, dates, times TBD.

Students pursuing the Early Childhood Education minor for the Iowa PK-K Classroom endorsement should also take: 

• ELEMECML 4130 Guidance and Instruction in Early Childhood Education (3)
• ELEMECML 4192 Field Experience with Seminar (2)

• TEACHING 3134 Elementary Teaching* (6-12 units of credit)
  • Students must be available to work during teacher-contracted hours for the entire semester.

*Elementary Education majors will enroll in 12 units. Dual majors will enroll in 6 units. Students double majoring in Elementary and Middle School Education should also take TEACHING 3137 Middle School/Junior High Teaching (6)