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Jan 27, 2025
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2024-2025 Undergraduate Catalog
Elementary Education, B.S.
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Elementary and Special Education
615-898-2680
Katherine Mangione, program coordinator
Katherine.Mangione@mtsu.edu
The major in Elementary Education (grades K-5) is designed to prepare teachers for elementary schools. It requires True Blue Core, major, professional education, and enhanced student teaching courses.
This program leads to initial teacher licensure in Elementary Education (K-5). NOTE: A grade of C or higher is required for all major courses.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) |
41 hours |
| Major Requirements |
33 hours |
| Professional Education |
46 hours |
| Auxiliary Courses |
8 hours* |
| TOTAL |
120-128 hours |
*This program requires courses that can also fulfill requirements of the True Blue Core curriculum. If courses for this program are also used to fulfill True Blue Core requirements, the program of study may be completed in 120 hours.
True Blue Core (41 hours)
True Blue Core (TBC) requirements (shown in curricular listings below) include courses in the Foundational Skills areas of Written Communication (WC), Information Literacy (Info Lit), Non-Written Communication (NWC), and Quantitative Literacy (Quant Lit). Knowledge Domains include Human Society and Social Relationships (HSSR), Scientific Literacy (Sci Lit), Creativity and Cultural Expression (CCE), and History and Civic Learning (HCL), which include Discovery and Explorations categories. Students must choose at least one course from each Discovery category.
The following courses required by the program meet True Blue Core requirements:
Major Requirements (33 hours)
Professional Education (Admission to TEP required) (46 hours)
Auxiliary Courses (8 hours)
The following fulfill licensure requirements and may also count in the True Blue Core:
Recommended Curriculum: Elementary Education
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