Education Course Work: Elementary Education

These courses may be taken by students before admission to the Elementary Education program.

• Development (minimum 3 credits)
  • Early Childhood-Middle Childhood Option. Select one of the following: Ed Psych 320 Human Development in Infancy and Childhood, 3 OR HDFS 362 Development of the Young Child, 3
  • Middle Childhood-Early Adolescence Option. Select one of the following: Ed Psych 331 Human Development from Childhood through Adolescence, 3 OR Ed Psych 320, 2-3 AND Ed Psych 321 Human Development in Adolescence, 2-3.

  With permission, Psych 560 Child Psychology, 3, may be substituted for Ed Psych 320 and Psych 561 Psychology of Adolescence, 3, may be substituted for Ed Psych 321.

• Learning (minimum 3 credits). Ed Psych 301 Human Abilities and Learning, 3.
• Health Education. Curric 501 Health Information for Teachers, 3.
• Foundations of the Profession (minimum 3 credits). Select one of the following courses:
  • Ed Pol 300 School and Society
  • Ed Pol 412 History of American Education (cross-listed as History 412)
  • Ed Pol 500 Social Issues in Education
  • Ed Pol 648 Sociology of Education may be used only if taken prior to fall, 2000.
• Mathematics for Elementary Teachers. Complete all three courses, 9 credits:
  • Math 130 Mathematics for Teaching: Numbers and Operations, 3. Meets Quantitative Reasoning Part A.
  • Math 131 Mathematics for Teaching: Geometry and Measurement, 3
  • Math 132 Problem Solving in Algebra, Probability, and Statistics, 3. Together with Math 131, meets Quantitative Reasoning Part B.

Note: Students with college level calculus course work or advanced placement credit should see the following site for possible exemptions to this course work: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~lempp/Exemptionsfor130-32.htm. For more detailed information about these courses, see the following Math Department site: http://www.math.wisc.edu/~lempp/educ.html.

• Environmental Education Requirement. Complete one course from the list below. This course may also be applied toward the liberal studies or minor requirements. Note these codes: S=Social Studies; P=Physical Science; B=Biological Science.
  • AAE 337(S)
  • Atm Ocn 121(P)
  • Botany 100(B), 152(B), 260(B)
  • Conser 300(B)
  • Econ 337(S), 343(S)
  • Env Tox 507(B)
  • Envir St 120(P), 121(P), 126(B), 127(P), 139(S), 300(B), 309(S), 324(P), 339(S), 343(S), 361(B), 375, 502(B), 507(B)
  • Geog 120(P), 121(P), 127(P), 139(S), 309(S), 339(S), 435(P)
  • Land Arc 300(B), 361(B)
  • M&Envtox 507(B)
  • Pop Hlth 502(B), 507(B)
  • Soil Sci 301(P), 324(P), 435(P)
  • Zoology 152(B), 260(B)
• Creative Dramatics. Theatre/Curric 362 Drama in Education, 3
• Early Childhood Education (Early Childhood/Middle Childhood Option Only). Curric 660 Early Childhood Education, 3.

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