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Elementary Education Major


This major satisfies the endorsment for elementary education. Students who elect this major will be endorsed to teach in regular, self-contained elementary classrooms. EDRD 308, EDRD 309, EDRD 420 and EDEL 323 must be taken prior to EDCS 442, Student Teaching.

Required Courses
 Credits

ART 330, Art in the Elementary School
4
*EDEL 323, Teaching Elementary School Mathematics 3
EDEL 420, Methods and Materials in the Social Sciences - Elementary 3
EDRD 308, Reading I 3
**EDRD 309, Reading II 5
EDRD 420, Teaching the Language Arts 4
***EDRD 421 Teaching Children's Literature (3) OR
ENG 422, Teaching Young Adult Literature (4)-depending on the grade level to be taught
 3
HED 446, Health Education Curriculum for Elementary Teachers 3
MUS 326, Music in the Classroom 3
PE 334, Physical Education Activities for the Elementary School 3
SCED 322, Science Education in the Elementary Classroom 3

Department approved electives (click to view electives)

 8
Total Credits
45-46

*MATH 164 OR permission of instructor is a prerequisite for EDEL 323.
**EDRD 308 is a prerequisite for EDRD 309
***Either EDRD 421 OR ENG 422 may be taken depending upon the grade level the student is expecting to teach. ENG 302 and ENG 303 are prerequisites to ENG 422.



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Department of Education
400 E. University Way
Ellensburg, WA 98926
Mail Stop: 7409
(509)963-1461
Email:bachmarb@cwu.edu
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