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Dec 12, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Early Childhood Education, Integrated PK-3 Teacher Licensure Concentration, B.S.
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Elementary and Special Education
615-898-2146
Pamela A. Ertel, program coordinator
Pamela.Ertel@mtsu.edu
The curriculum for the major in Early Childhood Education with a concentration in Integrated PK-3 Teacher Licensure offers preparation for teachers in the area of integrated early childhood education and to meet the Tennessee requirements for licensure to teach pre-kindergarten, kindergarten, and first through third grades in collaborative and/or inclusive settings.
NOTE: A grade of C (2.0) or higher is required for all courses in the major; a grade of B- or better in EESE 2010 and EESE 2011 is required to apply for admission to the Teacher Education Program.
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Degree Requirements
| True Blue Core (TBC) | 41 hours | | Major Requirements | 79 hours* | | Electives | 0-3 hours | | TOTAL | 120 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, elective hours may increase. 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 (79 hours)
Core Requirements (44 hours)
Integrated PK-3 Teacher Licensure Concentration (35 hours)
Curriculum: Early Childhood Education, Integrated PK-3 Teacher Licensure Concentration
Freshman Fall
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- History and Civic Learning 3 credit hours
Sophomore Fall
- Non-Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression Literature 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
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