Early Childhood/Elementary Education Majors

Major requirements

Course requirements

Full admission into the early childhood and elementary education majors is based on:

  • Formal application to the School of Education when enrolled in EDUC 2145
  • An overall GPA of 2.5 (*3.00 for Early Childhood licensure)
  • Completion of Professional Blocks 1 and 2
  • Approval by the Education Screening Committee

The Content Area Test must be passed prior to student teaching. The edTPA must be passed prior to receiving a Professional Educator License.

All professional education and content-area coursework that forms part of an application for licensure, endorsement, or approval must have been passed with a grade no lower than C or equivalent in order to be counted toward fulfillment of the applicable requirements.