Elementary Education, BA

Degree Requirements

128 Credits Required

Departmental/Program Major Requirements (71 credits)

Other Departmental/Program Course Requirements (51-52 credits)

• BIOL 20500 - Biology For Elementary School Teachers (satisfies Science Selective for core) and
• BIOL 20600 - Biology For Elementary School Teachers (satisfies Science Selective for core)

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• CHM 20000 - Fundamentals Of Chemistry (satisfies Science Selective for core) and
• EAPS 10200 - Earth Science For Elementary Teachers (satisfies Science Selective for Core) and
• PHYS 21500 - Physics For Elementary Education (satisfies Science Selective for core)

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• EAPS 31200 - Capstone Environmental Science For Elementary Education
• MA 13700 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers I

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• MA 13800 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers II (satisfies Quantitative Reasoning for core)
• MA 13900 - Mathematics For Elementary Teachers III

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• AGEC 21700 - Economics or
• ECON 21000 - Principles Of Economics or
• ECON 21900 - Economics For Future Elementary Teachers or
• ECON 21910 - Economics For Future Secondary Teachers

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• ENGL 10600 - First-Year Composition or
• ENGL 10800 - Accelerated First-Year Composition

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• ENGL 22700 - Elements Of Linguistics or
• LING 20100 - Introduction To Linguistics or
• SLHS 22700 - Elements Of Linguistics or
• SLHS 30900 - Language Development

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• HIST 10400 - Introduction To The Modern World (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) or
• HIST 10500 - Survey Of Global History (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)

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• HIST 15100 - American History To 1877 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core) or
• HIST 15200 - United States Since 1877 (satisfies Human Cultures Humanities for core)

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• English Literature Course - (see list) - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Foreign Language 20100 - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Oral Communication selective for core - Credit Hours: 3.00
• Science, Technology & Society selective for core - Credit Hours: 3.00

Electives (5-6 credits)

Additional Requirements

English Literature Selective List for Education  

University Core Requirements

• Human Cultures Humanities
• Human Cultures Behavioral/Social Science
• Information Literacy
• Science #1
• Science #2
• Science, Technology, and Society
• Written Communication
• Oral Communication
• Quantitative Reasoning

For a complete listing of course selectives, visit the Provost’s Website.

Program Requirements

Test Requirements

Date: ________ Basic Skills Competency Tests/Alternative

Date: ________ Content Tests

Date: ________ GATE A: Admission to Teacher Education Program (TEP)

Date: ________ GATE B: TEP Retention

Notes

• Course indicated by (**) is included in Professional Education GPA (“B” average with no grade lower than a “C-“)
• A 2.8 Graduation GPA and a 3.0 Professional Education GPA are required for Indiana licensure recommendation.
• 32 credit hours of Purdue coursework at the 30000 level or above required for graduation.
• Licensure: Elementary Education: K-6 / Reading Concentration

Foreign Language Courses

Foreign Language proficiency requirements vary by program. 

For acceptable languages and proficiency levels, see your advisor: American Sign Language, Arabic, Chinese, French, German, (ancient) Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish

Critical Course

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