Major in Elementary Education with Dual Certification in Early Childhood Education (PK-6)
Through the collaboration of the Elementary Education and the Early Childhood Education Departments, interested students can pursue a dual certification program leading to PK-6 certification in Early Childhood and Elementary Education. Interested students should contact the Elementary Education Department.
The Elementary Education/Early Childhood Dual Certification program fulfills requirements for Maryland State Certification in Teaching. The program is divided into a Pre-Professional program and Professional Internships (74 units), for a total of 137 units.
Suggested Four- Year Plan
| Freshman | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units | Summer | Units |
| Preprofessional Program begins | ENGL 102 (Core 2) | 3 | PHSC 101 | 4 | |
| TSEM 102 (Core 1) | 3 | MATH 205 | 4 | GEOG 102, 105, or 109 | 3 |
| MATH 204 | 4 | PSYC 101 | 3 | ||
| BIOL 120 & 120L | 4 | EDUC 202 | 3 | ||
| HIST 145 or 146 | 3 | ECED 103 | 3 | ||
| Core 5 | 3 | ||||
| 17 | 16 | 7 | |||
| Sophomore | |||||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units | ||
| EDUC 203 | 3 | ELED 3201 | 3 | ||
| MATH 251 | 4 | SCED 304 | 3 | ||
| SPED 301 | 3 | ELED 322 | 3 | ||
| Core 4 (ART, DANC, THEA or COSC) | 3 | ECED 315 | 3 | ||
| ECED 201 | 3 | ISTC 301 | 3 | ||
| 16 | 15 | ||||
| Junior | |||||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units | ||
| Level I Internship | Level II Internship | ||||
| EDUC 417 | 3 | BIOL 303 or 382 | 3 | ||
| ELED 323 | 3 | ECED 341 | 3 | ||
| ELED 357 | 3 | ECED 343 | 3 | ||
| ELED 363 | 3 | ECED 360 | 3 | ||
| ECED 461 | 3 | MATH 323 | 3 | ||
| PHSC 303 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 18 | ||||
| Senior | |||||
| Term 1 | Units | Term 2 | Units | ||
| Level III Internship | Level IV Internship | ||||
| ELED 311 | 3 | ELED 468 | 6-12 | ||
| ELED 312 | 3 | ELED 469 | 3 | ||
| ELED 365 | 3 | ECED 352 | 6 | ||
| ELED 429 | 3 | ||||
| SPED 401 | 3 | ||||
| 15 | 15-21 | ||||
| Total Units 134-140 | |||||
