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B.A. Elementary Education and the Humanities

This degree is based upon the traditional Elementary Education degree and is designed to equip students with all the necessary competencies to pass the state certification tests, enter the MIT and receive endorsements in Elementary Education and/or Middle School Humanities.

• Provides pre-professional foundation in subject matter for elementary and middle level teaching
• Conforms to NU expectations for liberal studies 
• Offers currently existing courses: titles, descriptions, and credit values
• Fits the Leadership Education for Adult Professionals (LEAP) format, following reconfiguration of selected courses
• Leads to admission to the Master in Teaching (MIT) program for professional preparation and licensure as a K-8 generalist and grade 4-9 humanities specialist
• Approved by the School of Education Faculty

Program Requirements

Humanities 16

• ENGL 1013 Expository Writing
• ENGL 1023 MLA Research Writing
• ENGL xxx3 Any Literature from:
  • American Literature I or II
  • British Literature I or II
  • World Masterpieces I or II
• COMM 1212 Fundamentals of Speech Communication
  OR
  COMM 1223 Speaking Before Groups
• Fine Arts: Art, music, drama elective
• Language Arts:
  • Crit. Thinking & Writing
  • Creative Writing, any Literature or
  • Language Course

Science / Math 7

• MATH xxx Quant. Reasoning
• SCIE xxx4 Human Biology w/ Lab*
• SCIE/MATH Elective (Math for El Ed I-offered in cohort)

Social Sciences 20

• HIST xxx3 US History I
• BUSM 1003 Foundations for Success

• PSCI 2503 American Government
• GEOG 3212 Introduction to Geography
• PSYC 2563 Lifespan Psychology
• SOCI 1113 Survey of Sociology
• HIST xxx3 Western Civ. I, II, or III

Biblical Studies 15

• BIBL 1103 OT History and Literature
• BIBL 1203 NT History and Literature
• BIBL 2553 Biblical Interpretation
• THEO 1213 Christian Thought
• BIBLE/THEO Elective

General Electives 27

Cohort (non-standard sessions/weeks notation) 40

• EDUC 2012 Foundations of Education
• EDUC 3302 Technology in Education
• EDUC 3032 Assessment of Learning
• MATH 1523 Mathematics for Elementary Education I
• MATH 1533 Mathematics for Elementary Education II

• EDUC 3002 Foundations of Multicultural Education
• HIST 2513 U.S. History II: 1877 to the 1970's
• PEDU 3013 Elementary Health and Pysical Education
• ENGL 3133
• EDUC 4103 Reading Theories and Strategies I

• ENGL 2313 Structure of English
• HIST 3502 Pacific NW History and Government
• SCIE 1183 Physical and Earth Science I
• EDUC 4232 Middle School Culture and Instruction
• BUSM 3553 Survey of Economics

Total Credits: 125