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2010-2012 Undergraduate Catalog 
    
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Elementary Education (Grades K-8) Major


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Completion of all program requirements will lead to eligibility for the Bachelor of Science degree in Education. To qualify for the Bachelor of Arts in Education, Students must also complete two courses in the same foreign language.

Elementary Education students must earn a C or better in each UNLV and transfer course that applies to the Elementary Education program. This includes university core as well as education course work.

All elementary professional teacher education courses for initial licensure (including

  and  ) must have been completed no more than five years prior to admission to C&I.


Student Teaching in Elementary Education Program:

Approval for a student teaching placement is contingent upon:

  1. Admission to C&I.
  2. Completion of all program of study course requirements except   and  ,   or   with a grade point average of 2.75 or higher and no grade below C.
  3. Filing of a completed C&I student teaching application by the announced deadline.
  4. Recommendation of the Department of C&I.

Student teaching is a full-time, full-semester experience in an elementary classroom. It involves a mandatory, on-campus orientation; observation and supervised teaching during which the student gradually assumes classroom teaching responsibilities; regularly scheduled observations and evaluations by the classroom teacher who serves as a preservice mentor teacher and by the assigned university site facilitator; and weekly student teaching seminar sessions or

 . Because student teaching is a full-time responsibility, outside employment during that time is strongly discouraged, and the student may enroll in no courses other than   and  ,   , or   without department approval.

Degree Requirements


English Composition - Total Credits: 6


English Literature - Total Credits: 3


Constitutions - Total Credits: 3-6


Distribution Requirements Social Science


Multicultural and International


Additional Degree Requirements


Electives - Total Credits: 0


Total Credits: 124


Notes


  1. The following 12 credits of science are prerequisites to  :  ,   and  , and   and  . Therefore, it is in the student’s best interest to take these courses to fulfill the science requirement.
  2.   also fulfills the multicultural requirement in the general education core. Courses satisfying the international requirement may simultaneously fulfill another requiremenet.

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