Elementary Education Courses (ELE)
The following courses, numbered 0900-6999, are offered for undergraduate credit. Courses numbered 7000-9999, which are offered for graduate credit only, may be found in the graduate bulletin. Courses in the following list numbered 5000-6999 may be taken for graduate credit unless specifically restricted to undergraduate students by individual course limitations. For interpretation of numbering system, signs and abbreviations, see University Courses.
3200 Literature for Children. Cr. 3
Literature appropriate for use with children from preprimary through middle school age. (T)
3300 Teaching Language Arts: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Developing communication skills in the elementary and middle school classrooms: thinking, listening, speaking, and writing. Implications of multiculturalism and bilingualism. Teaching children with special needs. Reporting to and collaborating with parents. (F,W)
3320 Teaching Reading I: Emergent Literacy. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education; coreq: TED 3550. Theoretical foundations for literacy. Beginning reading and writing process; teaching strategies and instructional material. Organization and management of beginning reading programs. Evaluating literacy ability through formal and informal measures; reporting to parents and professionals. Implications of multiculturalism, special needs, and English-language learners. (F,W)
3400 Teaching Mathematics: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Objectives, curriculum content, teaching strategies, evaluation of instruction materials. Teaching children with special needs. Reporting to and collaborating with coworkers and parents. (F,W)
3500 Teaching Science: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Goals and significant areas of study in the elementary school science curriculum. Introduction to teaching resources including science activities, field trips, print and non-print materials. Material Fee as indicated in the Schedule of Classes (F,W)
3600 Teaching Social Studies: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Objectives, curriculum content and organization, teaching strategies, instructional materials. Evaluation of learning. Utilization of community resources. (F,W)
6010 Family Centered Collaboration in Early Childhood
Intervention and Special Education. (O T 6150)
(PSY 6010) (S W 6010) Cr. 3-4Theories, concepts and practices of family centered intervention services for young children with special needs. Team-building and cross-disciplinary communication and collaboration with families.
(F)6020 Seminar in Early Childhood. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Educational programs for young children in child care centers, kindergartens, and the primary grades. Improved human relationships, choices for children, play as a way of learning. (Y)
6030 Assessment of Young Children in Educational
Settings. Cr. 3Strategies for authentic assessments of young children in school and family educational settings. (Y)
6040 Role of Content Areas in Early Childhood Education. Cr. 2-8 (Max. 8)
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Child growth and development as related to the content areas within the early childhood years (birth to eight years). Appropriate subject matter, field experience, reference materials, audio-visual resources in the lives of young children. Topics to be announced in Schedule of Classes .
(S)6060 Community Contacts: Working with Families in Urban Settings. Cr. 3
Programs and services within the community that assist families in improving educational services for the child. (Y)
6070 Family, Community and School Partnerships: Supporting Children's Learning. Cr. 3
Theory and practice in joining families, communities, and schools in promoting children's learning, development and success in school. Strengths and needs of families in a diverse, multicultural society, teachers' roles in concert with other disciplines in supporting families and building partnerships, and connection with community resources. (Y)
6080 Preprimary Goals and Practices. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education; coreq: TED 5790 or ED 5998. Topics related to development and learning of preschool child, role of teacher as facilitator, impact of family and community. (F,W)
6090 Introduction to Infant Mental Health Theory and Practice. Cr. 3
Concepts of infant mental health theory and practice as a developmental framework for the observation, assessment and understanding of infant-parent behaviors and interactions as indicators of strengths and risks in the security of the attachment relationship. (Y)
6100 Planning and Implementing Preschool Curriculum.
Cr. 3Planning, implementing, and evaluating all aspects of preschool curriculum: activities, routines, and working with staff and parents. (I)
6200 Children's Literature for New and Prospective
Teachers. Cr. 3Prereq: admission to MAT program or Limited License to Instruct program. Survey of literature for use with PS-8 children; literary and artistic aspects of children's literature and strategies for integrating literature into school curriculum. (T)
6290 Language Arts Instruction: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to MAT degree program. Developing thinking, listening, speaking and writing skills in elementary and middle schools. Students plan, implement and evaluate learning experience with children under professional guidance. (F,W)
6300 Language Arts Curriculum: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to teacher certification program. Content of language arts programs. Objectives, procedures, materials, and organizational patterns. (T)
6310 Reading Instruction: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Developing reading skills in elementary and middle schools. Students plan, implement and evaluate learning experience with children under professional guidance. (F,W)
6320 Reading Curriculum: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
The reading process; procedure, materials and organizational patterns used when teaching reading. (T)
6340 Teaching Reading in Early Childhood Education. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to College of Education. Rationale for teaching reading and various reading skills to young children. Materials and methods for initial reading instruction. (Y)
6390 Mathematics Instruction: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to MAT degree program. Developing mathematics skills in elementary and middle schools. Students plan, implement and evaluate learning experience with children under professional guidance. (F,W)
6500 Science Curriculum: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Prereq: admission to teacher certification program. Role of learning in science in the curriculum. Objectives, plans of organization for learning, resources materials. Overview of balanced program. Experiences with appropriate experiments, field trips, reference materials, audio-visual resources. Material Fee as indicated in the Schedule of Classes (T)
6600 Social Studies Curriculum: Preprimary-9. Cr. 3
Social studies program in elementary and middle schools emphasizing intellectual, social and affective development. Designing programs based on social priorities, modern socioeconomic, cultural, ethnic, political concepts. (T)