Degree: B.A.
Department: Division of Teacher Education
College: Education
Semester Hours Required for Degree: 120

Faculty: W. Evans (chairperson), D. Brock, B. Dixon, C. Jones, A. Solarski, G. Terry

BACHELOR'S DEGREE PROGRAMS
The bachelor's degree program in primary education will certify students to teach children in pre-kindergarten through grade three. This program offers opportunities for the student to recognize the child as the central figure in education, provide for exceptions among learners, and plan multi cultural educational experiences. It includes a sequence of school-based observations and teaching experiences designed to develop skills in planning and managing instruction and working as a member of an overall instructional team.

PROGRAM REQUIREMENTS
In addition to general University requirements and General Studies requirements found in the 1996-97 Catalog, students seeking the B.A. in Prekindergarten/Primary Education must meet the requirements listed below.

Candidates for admission to UWF's NCATE/DOE approved teacher education programs must meet admission requirements detailed under Admission to Teacher Education. In addition to the program requirements noted below, teacher education students must also complete requirements specified under Teacher Education.

Consult with your academic advisor for courses which may satisfy both the General Studies requirements and common prerequisites.

Prekindergarten/primary education majors must include in the lower division requirements at least 9 sh of course work with international or diversity focus. Courses meeting this requirement are indicated below with an "*."

LOWER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
General Studies (36 sh)

	ENC 1101	English Comp I	. . . . .	3
	ENC 1102	English Comp II	. . . . .	3
	STA 2023	Elements of Stat	. . . . .	3
*	ANT 2000	Intro to Anthropology	. . . . .	3
	SYG 2000	Intro to Sociology	. . . . .	3
*	LIT 2113	Western Lit I	. . . . .	3
	SPC 2300	Spkg/Interpers Comm	. . . . .	3
	BSC 1010/L	General Biology w/Lab	. . . . .	4
	Science course		. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	MAC 1104	College Algebra	. . . . .	3
	MAC 1140	Precalculus Algebra	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
*	EUH 1000	Western Perspectives I	. . . . .	3
*	EUH 1001	Western Perspectives II	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	ART 2003C	Visual Arts Exper	. . . . .	3
	MUH 2110	Music in West Civil	. . . . .	3
	THE 2000	The Theater Experien	. . . . .	3

Common Prerequisites (24 sh)

	EDF 1xxx	Intro to Ed/Field Exp	. . . . .	3
*	EDG 2xxx	Diverse Pop/Fld Exp	. . . . .	3
	EME 2xxxC	Intro Ed Technology	. . . . .	3
	PSY 2013	Human Behavior	. . . . .	3
*	SYG 3010	Current Social Prob	. . . . .	3
Choose one:
	MAE 1810	Math for Elem Tchrs	. . . . .	3
	Lower level geometry		. . . . .	3
Choose one not taken in General Studies area:
	ART 2003C	Visual Arts Exper	. . . . .	3
	MUH 2110	Music in West Civil	. . . . .	3
	THE 2000	The Theater Experien	. . . . .	3
Choose 3 sh of lower division courses from
the following areas:
	Fine Arts or Humanities
	Political Sciences, Sociology, Economics, Cultural
		Geography or Speech
	Mathematics
	Natural Sciences
	Psychology

Electives (0 sh)

UPPER DIVISION REQUIREMENTS (60 SH)
Major (40 sh)

	EEC 3704	Educ Dev Young Chld	. . . . .	3
	EEC 3731	Health/Nutri/Safety	. . . . .	3
	EEC 4401	Hom/Sch/Comm Partshp	. . . . .	3
	EEC 3800	Prof Dev Seminars (4 each)	. . . . .	4
	EEC 4603	Child Guid/Clsrm Mgt	. . . . .	3
	EEC 3204	Intro Early Child Ed	. . . . .	3
	EEC 3300	Concpt Lrng/Yng Chld	. . . . .	2
	EEC 3940	Integrated Cur/Field Exp	. . . . .	3
*	EEC 3941	ICFE I-Practicum	. . . . .	1
	EEC 4301	ICFE-II	. . . . .	3
*	EEC 3942	ICFE II-Practicum	. . . . .	3
	EEC 4613	Assess/Eval Yng Chld	. . . . .	3
	EEC 4302	ICFE-III	. . . . .	3
	EEC 4943	Ins Tec Pro Prac III	. . . . .	3

Major-Related (20 sh)

	SOW 3650	Intro to Child Welf	. . . . .	3
	EEX 4931	ESOL-Special Needs	. . . . .	2
	EME 3xxxC	Int/Tech Across Curr	. . . . .	1
	EEX 3070	Mth in Incl & Collab	. . . . .	2
Student Teaching
Option 1
	EEC 4306	ICFE IV	. . . . .	3
	EEC 4944	ICFE IV-Practicum	. . . . .	3
	EDG 4940	Student Teaching	. . . . .	6
Option 2
	EDG 4941	Tchg Internship I	. . . . .	5
	EDG 4942	Tchg Internship II	. . . . .	5
	EDG 4308	Sr Sem: Tchg Elem Sc	. . . . .	2

Electives (0 sh)

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