Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education (Grades 1-5)

First Year

First Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
SENL 101B	English Composition I	3
MATH	Math Requirement	3
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	Natural Science Lab	1
CRIN 211B	Principles of Education	3
SENL 120B	College Success Skills	2
Total Credit Hours:		15

 

Second Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
SENL 102B	English Composition II	3
MATH	Math Requirement	3
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	Humanities Requirement	3
SPED 299B	Survey of Students/Disabiliti	3
SVLR 100B	Service Learning	1
Total Credit Hours:		16

Students must have a 2.2 GPA, have taken all assigned Praxis exams in CRIN/CRIR/SPED courses, and have completed a Level 1 application. English Composition and all major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.

 

Second Year

 

First Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	Natural Sciences Requirement	3
	Social or Behavioral Science Requirement	3
CRIR 323B	Multicultural Education	3
CRIN 212B	Ed Computer Lit	3
SPED 408B	Behav Appr to Manag Children	3
SVLR 200B	Service Learning	1
Total Credit Hours:		16

 

Second Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	Humanities Requirement	3
	Social or Behavioral Science Requirement	3
SPED 306B	Meas & Eval of Atypical Childr	3
CRIR 313B	Praxix II Examination Review	3
SVLR 300B	Service Learning	1
Total Credit Hours:		13

Students must have a 2.5 GPA, have taken assigned Praxis in CRIN/CRIR/SPED courses, and have completed a Level 2 application. All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.

Third Year

 

First Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	Humanities Requirement	3
CRIN 337B	Elementary Reading Methods	3
CRIN 329B	Math For Early Child	3
CRIN 330B	Elem. Social Studies Meth.	3
CRIR 213B	Praxis I Preparation Seminar	3
	Free Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		18

 

Second Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
	Fine Arts Requirement	3
CRIN 349B	Diagnosis/Corr of Read Diff	3
CRIR 335B	Elementary Mathematics Methods	3
CRIR 336B	Elementary Science Methods	3
	Free Elective	3
Total Credit Hours:		15

Students must have a 2.5 GPA, must have PASSED ALL required Praxis exams, and have submitted a complete, accurate Residency Application before entering Residency I (Level 3). All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.

 

Fourth Year

 

First Semester

 

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
CRIN 353B	Practicum in Reading	3
CRIN 463B	Obser of StuTeach in Elem Ed I	3
CRIN 449B	Student Teaching Seminar	0
ENGL 1B	Writing Proficiency	0
Total Credit Hours:		6

Second Semester

Course Number	Course Title	Credits
CRIN 357B	Math Act For Elem School Teach	3
CRIN 464B	Obser of StuTeach in Ele Ed II	6
CRIN 000B	Dept comprehensive	0
Total Credit Hours:		9

Students must have a 2.5 GPA, have passed all required coursework, have PASSED ALL required Praxis exams, and have submitted complete and accurate graduation and certification applications before graduation. All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better.See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements. 

 

Student Signature: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________

Advisor Signature: ____________________________________________ Date: ______________

 

Pass the following prior to student teaching:

Praxis Snapshot	5622: PLT (K-6)	7002: Reading	5003 or 7003: Mathematics	5004 or 7004: Social Studies	5005 or 7005: Science	5355: SPED *not required*
Last Test Date
Score
Successfully Passed	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No	Yes or No
Next Testing Date
Passing Score	160	138	157	155	159	145

 

 

Program Year		Teacher Preparation Degree Requirements
1st Year		Students must have a 2.2 GPA, have taken all assigned Praxis exams in CRIN/CRIR/SPED courses, and have completed a Level 1 application. English Composition and all major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.
2ndYear		Students must have a 2.5 GPA, have taken assigned Praxis in CRIN/CRIR/SPED courses, and have completed a Level 2 application. All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.
3rdYear		Students must have a 2.5 GPA, must have PASSEDALL required Praxis exams, and have submitted complete, accurate Residency Application before entering Residency I (Level 3). All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.
4thYear		Students must have a 2.5 GPA, have passed all required coursework, have PASSED ALL required Praxis exams, and have submitted complete and accurate graduation and certification applications before graduation. All major courses must be passed with a grade of “C” or better. See the Teacher Preparation Handbook for all requirements.

 

 

 

SCHOOL OF EDUCATION APPROVED ELECTIVE COURSES
CRIR 210B/310B, Praxis Preparation Seminar I/Praxis Preparation Seminar II: Only one (1) of these courses are required to help enrich Praxis exam success required for teacher certification; both courses are required if Praxis content exams not passed before intended Residency I semester.
PHASED OUT COURSEWORK includes classes that are no longer required but can be applied to the student’s degree as a free elective.
MATH 204B	Concepts of Elementary Math		3
MATH 205B	Informal Geometry		3
CRIN 220B	Educational Psychology		3
CRIN 230B/SPSY 231B	Child Psychology		3
SPSY 221B	Adolescent Psychology		3
CRIN 315B	Art in Elementary School		3
PHED 443B	Methods in Elementary and Secondary Physical Education		3
CRIN 331B	Elementary Language Arts Methods		3
SHIS 230B	Louisiana History		3
PHIL 200B	Introduction to Philosophy		3
PHIL 210B	Introduction to Logic		3
SENL 220B	World Literature		3
HLTH 110B	Principles of Health		2

 

WRITING PROFICIENCY REQUIREMENT (ENGL 1B,0 credits): Onlyrequired for students who did not complete English Composition II at Southern University.
†AFRICAN AMERICAN EXPERIENCE(AAE)REQUIREMENT
† OneAAE-designated course (3 credits) taken in any of these general education course categories will satisfy the African American Experience requirement– AND–serve as a general education requirement in the Humanities, Social Science, or Fine Arts category.
Fine Arts
ARTS 440B	African American Art	3
MUSC 243B	Louisiana Ethnic Music	3
MUSC 353B	History of Jazz	3
MUSC 352B	Music of Black Americans	3
Social Science
POLS402B	Black Politics	3
PSYC 315B	African-American Experience	3
SOCL 434B	Minority Group Relations	3
SOCL 435B	Sociology for Black Americans	3
SOCL 436B	African American Sociological Thought	3
SOCL 442B	Sociology for African Thought	3
Humanities
SENL 240B	Introduction to African American Literature	3
ENGL 313B	African American Literature	3
ENGL 407B	African-American Literature of the South	3
ENGL 413B	Modern African-American Prose Fiction	3
ENGL 415B	Multicultural American Literature	3
ENGL 485B	The Black Writer	3
HIST 311B	African American Literature History	3
HIST 399B	The City of Minorities	3
HIST 401B	History of African Americans	3
HIST 419B	History of African-American Education in America	3
HIST 486B	African Americans in the Twentieth Century	3
HIST 496B	Afr. Am. Women in Am. – Colonial to Reconstruction	3
HIST 497B	Afr. Am. Women in Am. – Reconstruction to Present	3
HUMN 366B	Race Relations	3
HUMN 403B	The Black Experience	3
PHIL 426B	African American Philosophy and Religion	3
MCOM 331B	African Americans on the Media	3