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Dec 11, 2025
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2025-2026 Undergraduate Catalog
Elementary Education, B.S.
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Elementary and Special Education
615-494-7633
Janna McClain, program coordinator
Janna.McClain@mtsu.edu
The major in Elementary Education is designed to prepare teachers to support all students in the elementary classroom. The program incorporates coursework that addresses licensure standards for Elementary Education, Special Education Interventionist K-8, and English as a Second Language PK-12. Throughout this program, students are trained in content knowledge, instructional and assessment strategies, classroom management, and topics and practices for differentiating instruction and supporting all learners. This program leads to initial teacher licensure in Elementary Education (K-5), Special Education Interventionist K-8, and English as a Second Language PK-12.
NOTE: A grade of C (2.0) or higher is required for all major courses; 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 | | 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 course required by the program meet a True Blue Core requirement: Major Requirements (79 hours)
Recommended Curriculum: Elementary Education
Freshman Fall
- Written Communication 3 credit hours
- Creativity and Cultural Expression 3 credit hours
- Scientific Literacy 4 credit hours
- Quantitative Literacy 3 credit hours
- Human Society and Social Relationships 3 credit hours
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