Program Overview
The Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (BAE) prepares students to teach grades 2-6 in South Carolina schools. The program emphasizes content and pedagogical knowledge, differentiated instruction, and collaboration with families and communities. Graduates meet the state's certification requirements and are equipped to effectively teach in elementary classrooms.
Program Outline
Degree Overview:
The Bachelor of Arts in Elementary Education (BAE) prepares students for teaching in grades 2-6 in South Carolina schools. The program follows the South Carolina Department of Education's certification requirements, ensuring that graduates meet the state's standards for elementary education teachers. The program emphasizes content and pedagogical knowledge, differentiated instruction, student performance analysis, professional behaviors, and collaboration with families and communities to support student learning.
Outline:
Core Curriculum Requirements:
(38-40 credit hours)
- University Graduation Requirements (3-6+ credit hours)
Foundation Courses:
(43 credit hours)
- General Content (3 credits)
- Mathematical Concepts (6 credits)
- Scientific Concepts (4 credits)
- Humanistic Concepts and Structure and Development of U.S. (6 credits)
- Education Concepts (12 credits)
- Electives (0-4 credits)
Major Requirements:
(45 credit hours)
- EDEL 341 - Elementary School Curriculum and Organization (3 credits)
- EDEL 343 - Instructional Theory and Practice-Elementary Education (3 credits)
- EDEL 385 - Teaching English Language Arts (3 credits)
- EDEL 467 - Internship in Elementary School (Elementary) (9 credits)
- EDEL 472 - Classroom Management for Diverse Settings (3 credits)
- EDEL 481 - Teaching Elementary Mathematics (3 credits)
- EDEL 486 - Teaching Social Studies (3 credits)
- EDEL 488 - Teaching Elementary Science (3 credits)
- EDEL 496 - Internship Seminar (3 credits)
- EDLL 314 - Foundations in Reading and Emergent Literacy Development (3 credits)
- EDLL 484 - Content Area Reading and Writing: Integrating Children's Literature across the Curriculum (3 credits)
- EDLL 414 - Instructional Practices for Intermediate Literacy Development (3 credits)
- EDLL 471 - Assessment and Evaluation of Intermediate Literacy Development (3 credits)
- EDSP 200 - Foundations of Special Education (3 credits)
