Undergraduate Catalog 2024-2025

College of Education and Behavioral Sciences

School of Teacher Education

EDEL 101 Elementary Teaching as a Profession

This course serves as an introduction to the Elementary Education Teaching major.  To fulfill these introductory goals, candidates will examine the professional expectations of today’s elementary teachers.  This course will help acquire the knowledge, skills, and dispositions necessary to become an effective educator. 

1-3

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)/Minor(s)

EDEL 220 Teaching with Writing

Provides elementary teacher candidates with research-based principles for teaching writing to diverse students in grades K-6. The course also focuses on the teacher candidate's own writing attitudes and proficiencies and serves to address the reciprocity of writing and reading instruction methods.

3

Prerequisites

(EDEL 101 or EDEC 101 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

EDEL 310 Reading Assessment Informs Teaching

Foundational study of reading assessment, based on principles for matching reading assessment data to instructional decisions; policy provisions on assessment in a multi-tiered system of support; effective and ethical assessment in aspects of reading-such as phonological/phoneme awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, and comprehension; assessment informing instruction for dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties; knowledge of language structures necessary for interpreting assessment.
3

Prerequisites

EDEC 250 with a minimum grade of D-

EDEL 339 Assessment Data for Elementary Classrooms: Large Sets

This course examines in-depth understanding of large student data assessments including effective practices, implementation, and ways to use data to improve teaching in the K-6 elementary school classrooms.

1

Corequisites

EDEL 420 and EDEL 459

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

EDEL 360 Teaching Foundational Reading Skills

Instructional application of foundational skills of reading development, based on consensus science in effective reading instruction; effective instruction in components of reading and writing-phonological/phonemic awareness, phonics and word identification, fluency, vocabulary, text comprehension; instruction with dyslexia and other persistent reading difficulties. This course includes a required field component.

3

Prerequisites

(EDEL 310 or EDSE 411 with a minimum grade of D-)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

EDEL 420 Elementary School Mathematics Methods

Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching mathematics education in elementary school classrooms.

3

Corequisites

EDEL 339 and EDEL 459

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

EDEL 421 Mathematics Practicum

Mathematics field base learning practicum in elementary schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 8 weeks with two additional meetings on campus. S/U graded.
1

Prerequisites

(GPA-3.0) and (MATH 181 and MATH 283 with a minimum grade of D-)

Corequisites

EDEL 450

EDEL 422 Directed Studies

Individualized investigation under the direct supervision of a faculty member. (Minimum of 37.5 clock hours required per credit hour.)
1- 3

Special Notes

Maximum concurrent enrollment is two times.

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Repeatable Status

Course is repeatable with no limitations

EDEL 425 Elementary School Social Studies Methods

Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning instructional strategies related to teaching social studies education in elementary school classrooms.

3

Prerequisites

Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP

Corequisites

EDEL 457

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

EDEL 450 Integrated Social Studies and Mathematics Methods

Teacher candidates acquire specific subject matter content while learning how to design and engage in classroom practices related to mathematics and social studies education in elementary school classrooms.

6

Prerequisites

(GPA-3.0) and (Completion of Applic for Initial Adm to PTEP) and (MATH 283 with a minimum grade of D-)

Corequisites

EDEL 421

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education (and) Interdisciplinary Studies Major(s)/Minor(s)

Repeatable Status

Course may be repeated 1 time

EDEL 454 Student Teaching

A minimum of sixteen weeks of field-based experience in an elementary classroom under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and cooperating school personnel. S/U graded.

12

Prerequisites

(GPA-3.0) and (Passed Required Praxis and Completion of Application for Student Tching)

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)/Minor(s)

Class Restriction

Include Senior

Course Attribute

Variable Title Course

Course Fee

Supervision Fee Required

EDEL 457 Social Studies/Literacy Practicum

Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 15 weeks. Teacher Candidates will teach in inclusive elementary classrooms (K-2 or 3-6 whichever they did not complete in EDEL 459) to implement best instructional practices for all learners. S/U graded.

3

Prerequisites

(GPA-2.75) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)

Corequisites

EDEL 425

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Course Fee

Supervision Fee Required

EDEL 459 Mathematics/Science Practicum

Field-based learning practicum in partnership schools under the supervision and coordination of university faculty and partner school personnel for 15 weeks. Teacher Candidates will teach in inclusive elementary classrooms (K-2 or 3-6; whichever they did not complete in EDEL 457) to implement best instructional practices for all learners. S/U graded.

3

Prerequisites

(GPA-2.75) and (MATH 283 with a minimum grade of D-) and (Completion of Applic for Full Adm to PTEP)

Corequisites

EDEL 339 and EDEL 420

Offered

Generally offered Fall and/or Spring Annually

Major/Minor Restriction

Include Elementary Education Major(s)

Class Restriction

Include Junior and Senior

Course Fee

Supervision Fee Required

EDEL 468 Integrated Literacy Methods - Reading and Writing Across the Curriculum

Urban Education Develops sensitivity to the affective and cognitive needs of elementary students in reading and writing to learn in the content areas. Students will participate in field related apprenticeships.
1

Campus Restriction

Urban Education Majors only

EDEL 477 Integrated Elementary Art Education

Urban Education Students learn instructional techniques, activities and content knowledge appropriate for the teaching of art in the elementary school setting. Integration with other content areas is emphasized.
1

Campus Restriction

Urban Education Majors only

EDEL 478 Integrated Elementary Music Education

Urban Education Elements of music, benefits of music study, practice in reading nontraditional music notation, making/playing musical instruments, movement, listening, beginning improvisation and composition, multicultural resources, and music technology.
1

Campus Restriction

Urban Education Majors only

EDEL 479 Integrated Elementary Physical Education

Urban Education Study effective teaching and learning theories, basic movement principles and activities included in a quality program of physical education in the elementary school. Integration with content areas is emphasized when appropriate.
1

Campus Restriction

Urban Education Majors only