Plan of Study – Comprehensive Elementary Education**

Authentic Visual Arts experiences for children in Grades PK-Elementary with a focus on matching children’s developmental levels with appropriate Art making experiences such as Process-Focused art. Students learn about beneficial ways for adults to talk to children about their artwork. Lesson planning activities incorporate research on the benefits of infusing the Visual Arts across PK-Elementary teaching and learning scenarios.

Application of linguistic theory to language arts instruction.

Capstone course for senior-level students in elementary education. Candidates investigate the intersection of digital educational research and effective pedagogy. Candidates research and analyze a current issue within one of the four core major areas in education that impact PK-12 students’ learning, access, and equity. Findings are showcased as part of their digital portfolio. This course includes methods and materials relevant to candidates taking the Michigan Test for Teacher Certification (MTTC). Prerequisites: EDU 2000, EDU 3120, and admission to the Teacher Education program. Must be taken in the final twenty semester hours of the degree program.

A study of the world of children’s literature and the history of children’s literature with a focus on classic and contemporary works. Materials selected with reference to the interest, needs, and abilities of children.

Regional study of the earth’s realms; cultural and physical factors affecting people; effects of the demographic and industrial revolutions of the world.

Designed specifically for prospective elementary school teachers. Understanding and use of the underlying principles of key mathematical concepts in a problem solving environment. Focus on number sense and numeration, whole number operations, fractions and decimals, computational algorithms, patterns, relations, functions, and informal algebra. A variety of materials, activities, and strategies appropriate to teaching elementary school mathematics are used. Prerequisite: placement test or MTH 1040. A requirement in the program for elementary teacher certification.

Second course designed specifically for prospective elementary school teachers. Understanding and use of key mathematical concepts in a problem solving environment. Focus on mathematical logic; properties of two- and three-dimensional geometric figures; similarity and congruence; motion geometry; common and metric measurement; statistical methods to describe, analyze, and use data; and probability applied in everyday life. A variety of materials, activities, and strategies appropriate to teaching elementary school mathematics are used. Prerequisite: MTH 2330. A requirement in the program for elementary teacher certification.

Development of the basic knowledge of the melodic, rhythmic, and harmonic elements of music; introductory experiences in reading and playing music using the autoharp, guitar, piano, and recorder. The course is particularly designed for but not limited to, the elementary school teacher. Prerequisite: EDU 2000.

An introduction for pre-service elementary teachers or students needing general education credit to the concepts of the science of Biology, including The Nature of Science; The Chemistry of Life; Cells and Genetics; Energy and Life (including photosynthesis and respiration); Plant and Animals Systems; Evolution; and Environment. Relationship of these topics to the Next Generation Science Standards as applied to the teaching of elementary science will be included. Lecture will meet for 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MTH 1040 or equivalent. Corequisite NSC 3730.LB (For non-science majors)

An introduction, for pre-service elementary teachers, to the basic concepts of matter: atoms, molecules, its changes, properties, and reactions. Plant and animal life, genetics, food cycle, changes in digestion, and ecosystems. Lab will meet for 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MTH 1040 or equivalent. Corequisite NSC 3730. (For non-science majors.)

A continuation of basic science concepts for pre- service elementary teachers; study of the solar system, the earth's structure and the laws and forces which govern our planet and the universe. Lecture will meet 3 hours per week. Prerequisite: MTH 1040 or equivalent. Corequisite: NSC 3740.LB (For non-science majors.)

This lab course is designed for students preparing for teaching science in elementary schools. The course serves as an introduction to scientific inquiry in the sciences of Physics, Meteorology, Astronomy, geology, and oceans. Learning through inquiry in the laboratory means that students will be provided weekly with scientific instruments and given instructions for conducting scientific experiments and demonstrations. The goal of this course is to provide practice with basic skills for doing science. This course will help students develop an understanding of science as an active and creative process and an evidence-based way of thinking. Lab will meet for 3 hours per week. Corequisite: NSC 3740.

Designed to prepare elementary classroom teachers to teach Physical Education and Health. Topics include knowledge of PE and health curriculum, state and national standards, assessment, motor development, skills, fitness development, risk behaviors, instructional strategies and technologies. Prerequisites: EDU 2000 and EDU 3460.

Describes the major systems, central issues and historical development of modern psychology. Introduces basic principles in sensation, perception, cognition, learning, memory, language, emotion, motivation, personality organization, and social process.

American political structure to include the organization, powers, functions and services of national, state and local government and their interdependence in seeking solutions to contemporary social, economic, and political issues.

Foundations and principles of social order, social control, social institutions, and social life in America and other cultures. Focus on how people’s conditions, character, and life chances are influenced by organizations and institutions. Emphasis on critical thinking about practices and beliefs in a variety of social contexts.

This course will prepare the future elementary Michigan teacher to be competent and confident in the basics of social studies curriculum and teaching. Candidates will demonstrate knowledge for teaching the major concepts and modes of inquiry from across social studies domains to promote all elementary students' abilities to make informed desicions as citizens of a culturally diverse, democratic society and interdependent world.

A survey course on the fundamentals of second language acquisition. Issues pertaining to syntax, semantics, and phonology; contrasts of first- and second-language acquisition as well as social and infrastructural factors that affect the learning process (monolingual vs. bilingual societies, monoglossia vs. diglossia, cultural capital).