Elementary Education General Program (BS)

Requirements.

1. Completion of all School of Education and Human Services general education requirements  and University of Michigan-Flint graduation requirements.
2. Completion of 128 credits, with at least 80 must be in non-education and/or EDM courses, to include:
   1. A course in United States history (HIS 220 , HIS 221  recommended). See the Education Department  office or website for the complete list of acceptable courses.
   2. PSY 100 .
   3. EDM 120 , EDM 121 .
   4. SCI 125  or SCI 126 .
   5. EHS 120  (preferred) or ENG 112 ; EHS 220 .
   6. A course in the history or culture of American ethnic minorities: AFA 270  / SOC 270 ; AFA 331 ; AFA 334  / HIS 334 ; ENG 213 , ENG 374 ; EDE 432  / PUB 438 . (This list is subject to change. See the Education Department  office or website for the current list of acceptable courses.)
   7. A course in the study of the English language: ENG 200  / LIN 200 , ENG 244  / LIN 244 , ENG 447  / LIN 447 , ENG 409  / LIN 409 ; LIN 346 ; LIN 290  / ANT 290 , ANT 335  / LIN 335 ; LIN 284  / COM 284 ; LIN 351  / ENG 351 . (This list is subject to change. See the Education Department  office or website for the current list of acceptable courses.)
   8. A teaching major and a teaching minor, or three teaching minors, or two teaching minors and a specialization in early childhood education.  (Note: The Michigan Department of Education does not allow a course to be counted toward the total credit requirements of both a minor and a major or another minor.)
      The majors, minors, and specialization are:
      Fine Arts: Elementary Education Major 
      Integrated Science: Elementary Education Major 
      Language Arts: Elementary Education Major 
      Mathematics: Elementry Education Major 
      Social Studies: Elementary Education Major 
      Early Childhood Education Specialization 
      Fine Arts: Elementary Education Minor 
      French-Foreign Language: Elementary Education Minor 
      Integrated Science: Elementary Education Minor 
      Language Arts: Elementary Education Minor 
      Mathematics: Elementary Education Minor 
      Social Studies: Elementary Education Minor 
      Spanish-Foreign Language: Elementary Education Minor 
   9. Approved courses in first aid and adult and child CPR, taken through the American Red Cross or the American Heart Association.
3. Completion of the following courses in professional education, to be taken in the student’s third and fourth years:
   1. EDE 300 , EDE 302 , EDE 360 , EDE 469 , EDE 499 ; EDR 343 , EDR 344 ; EDM 341 ; EDN 410 ; EDT 401  or EDT 420 .
   2. Four courses from: EDE 340 , EDE 343 , EDE 344 , EDE 402 , EDE 432 , EDE 433 , EDE 440 , EDE 441 ; EDR 430 , EDR 435 , EDR 437 , EDR 441 .
4. The requirements in the section “General Requirements for Teacher Certification .”