Major Requirements
72 credits:
Core Requirements (46 to 49 credits)
The First Year Symposium (3 credits)
Complete the First Year Symposium
World Language Requirement (3-6 Credits)
Complete either 6 credits at the 101 and 102 level or 3 credits at the 200 level or above
- Introductory Language (For students beginning at the 101 level)
- XXXX 101 (3)
- XXXX 102 (3)
- Advanced Language (For students who begin at the 201 level or above)
- XXXX 201/301 (or higher).
Foundations of Social Science (3 Credits)
Choose 3 credits from among the following:
Foundations of Philosophy (3 Credits)
Origins of the West (3 Credits)
Philosophy in the Modern Age (3 Credits)
Atlantic Encounters (3 Credits)
Mathematical Thinking (3 Credits)
Foundations of Theology: Faith and Revelation (3 Credits)
America in the World (3 Credits)
Theology: Made in God’s Image (3 Credits)
Modernity in Literature or the Arts (3 Credits)
Choose from among one of the following:
Laboratory Science (3-4 Credits)
Choose one laboratory science course:
Global Encounters (3 Credits)
Choose one Global Encounters course:
- XXGE Global Encounters
- Global Encounters courses are offered in many departments, including Business, Communication, English, Education, Foreign Language, History, Philosophy, Political Science, Psychology, Sociology and Theology.
Ethics and the Human Good (3 Credits)
Complete one of the following:
Ethical Leaders (0 Credits)
The Ethical Leadership Experiential Learning Core Requirement invites students to integrate their own personal call to leadership with a mature reflection on one or more of the core virtues of Justice, Courage, Integrity, and Humility. Students will accomplish this by engaging in and reflecting upon the practice of virtue ethics within the context of one or more experiential learning activities.
Note
To earn a Bachelor of Science in Elementary Education, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must earn a cumulative GPA of 2.5.
Because of the specific sequence of course offerings in the program, it is necessary for students to start education courses in the freshman year. Students starting education courses after that time may need additional semesters to complete their program.
Student Learning Outcomes
Mount St. Mary’s develops educators who are able to:
- demonstrate the content and pedagogical knowledge, skills and dispositions to effect student learning (proficient)
- examine learning to shape their practice (reflective)
- demonstrate commitment to the diversity, dignity, equality and rights of the individual (ethical)
- demonstrate leadership as active participants in the education community (leading)
- respond to the demands of an increasingly diverse technological and global society (adaptive)
An advisor in the education department will be assigned upon the student’s admission to a teacher education program. The student is responsible for knowing and meeting the requirements and deadlines for internship, program completion and certification, as well as all graduation requirements of the major department and of the University. This Maryland Approved Program meets Maryland State Department of Education (MSDE) certification requirements. Students are advised to consult certification requirements in states of interest early in their study.