Undergraduate Studies

Elementary Education Major

Learning Foundations Major

Special Education Major

Three majors are offered in the School of Education: Elementary Education, Learning Foundations, and Special Education.

An Elementary Education Major is designed for students wanting to teach in early grades, elementary grades, or middle grades. This major reflects best-practices pedagogy that supports learning in a variety of classroom settings.

Within this major students choose specific grade level endorsements (Grades K-6, Grades PreK-3, or Grades 4-8). Instead of selecting an academic minor, students majoring in Elementary Education are required to have an additional major. The second major is chosen from the list below.

  • Learning Foundations Major - a newly enhanced interdisciplinary major
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • English
  • History
  • Language (French, Spanish, ESL)
  • Mathematics
  • Physics
  • Political Science

As listed above, the Learning Foundations major is an interdisciplinary major that supports the varied content areas taught in PreK-8 classrooms. In addition to the varied academic preparation, students choose an area of emphasis to ensure a deepened liberal arts experience. This one area of emphasis is selected from one of the four school academic domains: language arts, social studies, mathematics, or science.

The School of Education also offers a major in Special Education. This major prepares students to teach special education in grades K – 12 in inclusionary settings, pull-out programs, and self-contained special education classrooms.

School of Education Majors

  • Elementary Education Major
    • Early Childhood Licensure (Grades Pre-K–3)
    • Elementary Grades Licensure (Grades K-6)
    • Middle Grades Licensure (Grades 4-8)
  • Learning Foundations Major
    • A newly-enhanced interdisciplinary major
    • Includes an emphasis in one of the following
      • English
      • Mathematics
      • Science
      • Social Studies
  • Special Education Major includes endorsements in both:
    • Modified (Grades K-12 inclusion/resource) &
    • Comprehensive (Grades K-12 self-contained classrooms)



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