Objectives: Individuals are provided with opportunities to development knowledge, understanding, skills, and competencies for teaching kindergarten through grade levels: K - 6 (K - 8 for self-contained classrooms). On completion of the program, the student is prepared for a teaching position or for graduate level work.

General Education Requirements: Minimum 44 hours (see catalog)

Specific courses required for Elementary Education majors to meet General Education and state certification:

MAT 210 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers 1 (3) to satisfy the Block 2 Mathematics General Education requirement.
choose a literature course in Block 3 of the General Education program

Transfer students:

Students transferring from a Nebraska community college with an AA, or AS degree may have to take additional courses to meet state certification requirements as follows: 30 hours of coursework in communications (literature-3, composition-3, and speech-3); mathematics-minimum 6; natural sciences-minimum 6; and social sciences-minimum 6; and additional coursework in fine arts and humanities, and health and wellness.

K-8 Elementary Professional Education courses: 32 hours

EDU 150	Professional Education in a Diverse Society	3
EDU 250	Human Development and Cognition	3
EDU 275	Introduction to P-12 Instruction	3
SPD 160	Foundations of Special Education	3
EDU 302	Curriculum, Standards, & Assessment in the Elem. School	3
EDU 335	Clinical Experience I	1
EDU 406	Classroom Management	3
EDU 435	Clinical Experience II	1
EDU 452	Student Teaching & Seminar in Elementary	12

Field Endorsement in Elementary Education K-8 (BA or BS: 41 hours)

ART 315	Art and Creative Process in Ed	2
EDU 110	Overview of Elementary Ed	1
EDU 216	Children's Literature	2
EDU 217	Diverse Family Systems	2
EDU 318	Professional Communication	3
EDU 320	Instructional Media and Technology	2
EDU 331	Develop of Physical Ed and Health in the Elem. School	3
EDU 332	Development of Language Arts Elem/Middle School	3
EDU 340	Early Reading	3
EDU 341	Intermediate Reading	3
EDU 423	Dev of Social Studies in the El / Mid Sch	3
EDU 430	Literacy Assessment	3
EDU 431	Development of Science in the El / Mid Sch	3
EDU 432	Development of Math in the El / Mid Sch	3
MUS 214	Music and Creative Process in Education	2
MAT 215	Math for Elementary Teachers II	3

Early Childhood (Subject Endorsement) 27 hours

This endorsement must be taken in conjunction with the Elemenatry K-8 Field Endorsement

EDU 303	Developmentally Appropriate Practices for the Young Child	3
FCS 120	Intro to Early Childhood Education	2
FCS 220	Infancy and Toddlers	3
FCS 230	The Pre-School Age Child	3
FCS 316	Guiding the Young Child	3
FCS 325	Health & Safety for the Young Child	3
FCS 416	FCS Practicum	3
FCS 430	Org & Ad of ECE Programs	3
SPD 260	Char & Meth: Birth through Age 4	2
SPD 261	Char & Meth: Age 5 through Age 8	2

Additional student teaching required for the Early Childhood subject endorsement: EDU 450 (6 hours).

Wayne State College / 1111 Main St. / Wayne, NE 68787
800-228-9972 / Admissions: 866-WSC-CATS
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