General Education (41 hours)

General Education  requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in Communication, History, Humanities and/or Fine Arts, Mathematics, Natural Sciences, and Social/Behavioral Sciences.

The following General Education courses are recommended for this major:

• ENGL 2020 or 2030 (Hum/FA)
• MATH 1530 (Math)
• BIOL 1030/1031 (Nat Sci)
• PSCI 1030/1031 or GEOL 1030/1031 (Nat Sci)
• GEOG 2000 (Soc/Beh Sci)

Major Requirements (40 hours)

• BIOL 3000 - Life Science for Elementary Teachers 4 credit hours
• MATH 1410 - Concepts and Structure of Elementary School Mathematics 3 credit hours
• MATH 1420 - Informal Geometry 3 credit hours
• SPED 3020 - Responsive Teaching of Individuals with High Incidence Disabilities 3 credit hours
• SPED 3130 - Diversity in Language and Communication 3 credit hours
• SPED 4010 - Explicit Reading Strategies for Learners with Exceptionalities 4 credit hours
• SPED 4100 - Advanced Reading Strategies for Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours
• SPED 4180 - Pre-residency Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 2 credit hours
• SPED 4240 - Methods and Techniques of Behavior Management 3 credit hours
• SPED 4380 - Co-teaching in Inclusive Classrooms 3 credit hours
• SPED 4720 - Promoting Culture and Diversity in Family Professional Partnerships 3 credit hours
• SPED 4550 - Data Literacy: Implementing Evidence-Based Prescriptive and Diagnostic Interventions for Struggling Learners 3 credit hours
• SPED 4600 - Math Interventions for Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours

Professional Education (39 hours)

• EESE 1010 - Teachers as Problem Solvers 2 credit hours
• EESE 1011 - Creating Differentiated Instruction 2 credit hours
• ELED 3150 - Mathematics Methodology 3 credit hours
• ELED 3300 - Digital Learning in the Elementary Classroom, K-8 3 credit hours
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours
• SPED 4150 - Techniques, Methods, and Materials in Special Education (Modified) 3 credit hours
• SPED 4165 - Curriculum-Based Measurement and Progress Monitoring 3 credit hours
• SPED 4210 - Residency I, Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 5 credit hours
• SPED 4300 - Advanced Applied Behavioral Interventions and Supports 3 credit hours
• SPED 4350 - Residency II, Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 12 credit hours

Freshman

• COMM 2200 - Fundamentals of Communication 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1010 - Expository Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• ENGL 1020 - Research and Argumentative Writing 3 credit hours (Comm)
• EESE 1010 - Teachers as Problem Solvers 2 credit hours
• EESE 1011 - Creating Differentiated Instruction 2 credit hours
• MATH 1410 - Concepts and Structure of Elementary School Mathematics 3 credit hours
• Mathematics (MATH 1530 recommended) 3 credit hours
• Natural Science (2 prefixes) (BIOL 1030/1031 and PSCI 1030/1031 or GEOL 1030/1031 recommended) 8 credit hours
• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours

Sophomore

• ENGL 2020 - Themes in Literature and Culture 3 credit hours (Hum/FA) OR
• ENGL 2030 - The Experience of Literature 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)
• HUM 2610 - Foreign Literature in Translation 3 credit hours (Hum/FA)

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• Humanities and/or Fine Arts 3 credit hours
• Social/Behavioral Sciences (GEOG 2000 rec.) 6 credit hours
• MATH 1420 - Informal Geometry 3 credit hours
• BIOL 3000 - Life Science for Elementary Teachers 4 credit hours
• ELED 3300 - Digital Learning in the Elementary Classroom, K-8 3 credit hours
• SPED 3010 - Characteristics and Teaching of Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours

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• Choose 6 hours from:

• HIST 2010 - Survey of United States History I 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2020 - Survey of United States History II 3 credit hours OR
• HIST 2030 - Tennessee History 3 credit hours

Junior

• ELED 3150 - Mathematics Methodology 3 credit hours
• SPED 4380 - Co-teaching in Inclusive Classrooms 3 credit hours
• SPED 4720 - Promoting Culture and Diversity in Family Professional Partnerships 3 credit hours
• SPED 3020 - Responsive Teaching of Individuals with High Incidence Disabilities 3 credit hours
• SPED 3130 - Diversity in Language and Communication 3 credit hours
• SPED 4010 - Explicit Reading Strategies for Learners with Exceptionalities 4 credit hours
• SPED 4100 - Advanced Reading Strategies for Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours
• SPED 4180 - Pre-residency Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 2 credit hours
• SPED 4240 - Methods and Techniques of Behavior Management 3 credit hours
• SPED 4550 - Data Literacy: Implementing Evidence-Based Prescriptive and Diagnostic Interventions for Struggling Learners 3 credit hours
• SPED 4600 - Math Interventions for Learners with Exceptionalities 3 credit hours

Senior

• SPED 4150 - Techniques, Methods, and Materials in Special Education (Modified) 3 credit hours
• SPED 4210 - Residency I, Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 5 credit hours
• SPED 4350 - Residency II, Interventionist Integrated Clinical Experience 12 credit hours
• SPED 4165 - Curriculum-Based Measurement and Progress Monitoring 3 credit hours
• SPED 4300 - Advanced Applied Behavioral Interventions and Supports 3 credit hours