ELEMENTARY EDUCATION CURRICULUM

Freshman Year

       First Semester        Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
ED 101 Adj. to Univ. Life......... 1      PY 111 Physical Science.......... 3
PH 132 General Psychology......... 3      EN 112 Composition............... 3
PE 100 Physical Education......... 1      MA 121 College Algebra........... 3
EN 111 Composition................ 3      EC 201 Prin. of Economics........ 3
BI 111 General Biology............ 3      HI 111 World Civilization........ 3
PE 122 Comp. Health............... 3             *Elective.................. 3
SS 111 Social Institutions........ 3
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   *BI 111 General Biology or PY 112 Physical Science or GS 494 General Science for Elementary and 
    Secondary Science Teachers, or BI 311 Survey of Biological Sciences.

Sophomore Year

       First Semester        Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
SA 223 Oral Communications........ 3      ED 348 Foundations of Education.. 3
EN 213 Intro. to Literature....... 3      ED 306 THe Real Number System.... 3
PH 323 CHild Psychology........... 3      ED 351 Managing Classroom Behavior3
ED 319 Comp. App. In Education.... 3      EN 214 Studies in Literature..... 3
       Electives...................6      PH 326 Psy. of the Except. Child. 3
                                                 Electives................. 3
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Junior Year

       First Semester        Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
ED 435 Science for Children....... 3      PH 336 Educational Psychology.... 3
ED 320 Reading, Diag.............. 3      ED 302 Teaching Practicum II..... 3
MA 307 Alg. and Inf. Geo.......... 3      ED 317 The Teaching of Reading... 3
ED 345 Language Arts.............. 3      ED 429 Integrating Technology.... 3
ED 427 Global and Multicultural           ED 426 Social Studies............ 3
         Diversity in Education... 3             Electives................. 3
       Electives.................. 3      
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Senior Year

       First Semester        Cr. Hrs.            Second Semester      Cr. Hrs.
ED 416 Arithmetic for Children.... 3      ED 458 Directed Teaching........ 12
PH 347 Meas. and Evaluation....... 3
ED 452 Elem. Curriculum (K-8)..... 3
ED 314 Basic Skills in Reading.... 3
       Electives.................. 6
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Area of Concentration:

Health and P.E.; Foreign Languages; Language Arts; Reading; Nursery; 
Math; Music; Math and Computer Science; Science and Computer Science; 
Social Studies

All students completing the elementary education curriculum may obtain a
concentration in either of the (10) areas above by successfully 
completing  18 - 21 hours from one of the following categories*:

       LANGUAGE ARTS                          SPANISH
EN 315 Advanced Grammar                SP 111 Elementary Spanish
EN 316 Advanced Composition            SP 112 Elementary Spanish
EN 314 Applied Grammar                 SP 213 Intermediate Spanish
EN 332 Studies in Poetry               SP 214 Intermediate Spanish
EN 333 Studies in the Short Story      SP 223 Spanish Civilization
EN     Period Course                   SP 225 Conversation and Composition

       NURSERY                                MATH and COMPUTER SCIENCE
HE 353 Child Growth and Development    CS 202 Intro to Computer Science I
ED 452 Elementary Curriculum K-8       CS 203 Intro to Computer Science II 
ED 398 Org and Prin. of ECE            ED 319 Computer Applications
HE 317 Nursery Sch. Procedures         MA 203 Foundations of Math 
ED 431 Behavior factors and Exp. ECE   MA 132 Trigonometry
ED 430 Seminar in ECE                  MA 227 Statistics I
                                       MA 225 Calculus I
                                       MA 237 Probability
       FRENCH                        
FR 111 Elementary French                      
FR 112 Elementary French                      HEALTH AND P.E.
FR 213 Intermediate French             PE 425 Organization and Administration
FR 214 Intermediate French                    of Health and Safety Education
FR 220 Advance Grammar                 PE 228 Movement Education
FR 223 French Phonetics                PE 336 History and Principles
FR 316 SUrvey of French Literature     PE 467 Adapted Physical Education
                                       PE 325 Individual and Team Sport
       READING                         PE 237 Elementary Dance
ED 403 Seminar in Reading              
RE 320 Diag I Corr of Read. Disab.     
ED 317 The Teaching of Reading
ED 482 Issues, Trends, and In. in Read.       SCIENCE and COMPUTER SCIENCE
ED 405 Research in Reading             CS 202 Intro to Computer Science I
ED 314 Basic Skills in Reading         CS 203 Intro to Computer Science II
                                       CH 121 General Chemistry
       MATH                            BI 121 Zoology
MA 306 Real Number System              GS 494 General Science for Elem. and Sec.
MA 203 Foundations of Math                    Science Teachers
MA 132 Trigonometry                    BI 112 Biology II or
MA 227 Statistics I                    PY 112 Physical Science II
MA 225 Calculus I
MA 237 Probability                            SOCIAL STUDIES
MA 307 Info Geom., Prob. and Statistic HI 225 United States History
                                       GR 318 World Geography
                                       GT 101 American Government
                                       EC 201 Principles of Economics
                                       SY 235 General Sociology
                                       HI 328 Mississippi History

*Substitutions may be made within each area upon approval.