Bachelor of Science in Education with a Major in Elementary Education

K-3: 121-127 total hours

K-6: 124-163 total hours

Course requirements for K-6 are the same as K-3, with the addition of an area of concentration requiring a minimum of 18 semester hours. Students desiring to teach grades 4-6 see concentration area requirements which can be found under Education in this Catalog.

Core Requirements

English

ENG 100	English Composition I	3
	Or
ENG 110	English Composition I-Honors	3
ENG 101	English Composition II	3
	Or
ENG 111	English Composition II-Honors	3
	Select one 200-level or above literature course	3
	Select one 200-level or above 3-hour ENG course	3

A student may bypass ENG 100 with an ACT score of 27 in English. To complete core requirements in English, those students should take ENG 101 and nine semester hours of work in English at the 200 level or above.

History

Select 6 hours (2 courses) from the following list

HIS 110	Western Civilization I	3
HIS 111	Western Civilization II	3
HIS 210	Early U.S. History	3
HIS 211	Modern U.S. History	3

Social and Behavioral Sciences

GEO 307	World Regional Geography	3
PSY 100	Introduction to Psychology	3

Select one additional course

Choose 3 hours (1 course) with one of the following prefixes: GEO, ECO, HIS, PSC, or SOC

Biblical Studies

Select 6 hours (2 courses) from the following list

BIB 100	Old Testament I	3
BIB 101	Old Testament II	3
BIB 200	New Testament I	3
BIB 201	New Testament II	3

Natural Sciences

BIO 184	General Biology I	3
BIO 184L	General Biology I Lab.	1

Note: BIO 184/184L or equivalent

Select one course (3 hours)

PHY 204	Concepts in Physics/Astronomy	3
PHY 207	Survey of Earth/Environmental Science	3

Note: PHY 207 or equivalent

Mathematics

MAT 110	College Algebra	3
MAT 203	Structure of the Real Number System	3
MAT 204	Geometry	3

Speech

STH 210

Oral Communication

Fine Arts

Select 3 hours (1 course) from the following list.

ART 142	Art Appreciation	3
MUS 142	Music Appreciation	3
STH 142	Theatre Appreciation	3

Physical Fitness

Note: All first-time freshmen (except full-time online students, band, or athletes earning varsity sports credit) must take PED 127 or PED 128.

Students earning Varsity Sports credit will take a course with ATH prefix (for their specific sport) to meet the Physical Fitness requirement.

PED 127	Fitness for Life-Cardiovascular	1
	Or
PED 128	Fitness for Life-Resistance	1
	Physical Education Activity Course	1

Note: All first-time freshmen must take PED 127 or PED 128 (except full-time online students or athletes earning varsity sports credit).

Additional

K-6 take 3 hours of electives as needed for Mississippi financial aid.

K-3 take 6 hours of electives. 3 of those hours must be a literature course.

	Elective
FYS 100	First Year Seminar	1

FYS 100 First-Year Seminar is required for First-time Freshmen only.