Core Requirements

40 Credits:

• GE 200 - Mount Seminar Credits: (3)
• ENGL 101 - College Writing Credits: (3)
• ARTS - - Art, Literature, Music, Theatre Credits: (3)
• HIST - - History Credits: (3)
• ARHI - - Arts, Humanities, History, Language Credits: (3)

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• SSCI - - Social Science Credits: (3)

• Choose one:

• EDUC 100 - Foundations of American Education Credits: (4)
• ECON 101 - Foundations of Economics: Macroeconomics Credits: (3)
• SOC 100 - Foundations of Sociology Credits: (3)
• CJUST 110 - Introduction to Criminal Justice Credits: (3)

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• GNSCI 1XX - Laboratory Sciences Credits: (4)

 

• MATH XXX - Mathematics Credits: (3)

Choose one:

• MATH 105 - Elementary Statistics Credits: (3)
• MATH 108 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers I Credits: (3)
• MATH 109 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers II Credits: (3)
• MATH 211 - Mathematical Thinking Credits: (3)
• BUS 320 - Statistics Credits: (3)

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• PHIL 200 - Introduction to Philosophy Credits: (3) *
• PHIL 301 - Moral Philosophy Credits: (3) **
• HINW XXX Non-West History Credits: (3)
• THEOL 212 - Belief in Today’s World Credits: (3)
• THEOL 312 - Encountering Christ Credits: (3) ***

• Note:

  *PHIL 103  (is offered by the Emmitsburg campus & may be taken in place of PHIL 200 )

  **PHIL 300  (may be taken in place of PHIL 301 )

  ***THEOL 212  replaces THEOL 200  and THEOL 312  replaces THEOL 202 . (THEOL 220  & THEOL 320  are offered by the Emmitsburg campus & may be taken in place of THEOL 212  &THEOL 312 ).

Major Requirements

71 credits:

• EDUC 100 - Foundations of American Education Credits: (4)
• EDUC 202 - Materials for Teaching Reading Credits: (4)
• EDUC 208 - Learning Theory and Human Development Credits: (4)
• EDUC 228 - Processes and Acquisition of Reading Credits: (4)
• EDUC 313 - Instruction of Reading Credits: (4)
• EDGE 343 - Globalization and Education Credits: (3)
• EDUC 350 - Teaching Mathematics in the Elementary School Credits: (4)
• EDUC 351 - Teaching Science and Social Studies in the Elementary School Credits: (4)
• EDUC 445 - Foundations of Educational Research Credits: (2)
• EDUC 495 - Professional Seminar Credits: (2)
• MATH 108 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers I Credits: (3)
• MATH 109 - Concepts of Mathematics for Teachers II Credits: (3)
• SPED 308 - Students with Exceptionalities and Diverse Learning Styles Credits: (4)
• SPED 339 - Reading Assessment and Intervention Credits: (4)
• SPED 415 - Management in Inclusive Settings Credits: (4)
• SPED 433 - Assessment in Special Education Credits: (3)
• SPED 434 - Special Education Curriculum Design and Adaptation Credits: (3)
• SPED 480 - Teacher Internship/Special Education Credits: (8)

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  Choose 2 from the following:

  • GNSCI XXX Biological-Laboratory Science Credits: (4)
  • GNSCI XXX Physical-Laboratory Science Credits: (4)
  • GNSCI XXX Earth Science or Astronomy-Laboratory Science Credits: (4)

Electives

9 credits

Note

To earn a Bachelor of Science in Elementary/Special Education, Continuing Studies, students must complete a minimum of 120 credit hours. Students must also earn  a cumulative GPA of 2.75.

All Mathematics and Laboratory Science courses must be passed with a grade of C or higher.