Students choosing this option must make a formal application for admission to the IEL Department. Prior to taking education courses, all prerequisites must be met.
General Education and Additional Liberal Arts Requirements 47
A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Requirements courses.
Foundation Requirements 13
See prerequisites and equivalencies.
GE 1000, GE 3000: University Requirement for Graduation for all undergraduate students that must be satisfied in one of two ways: Complete GE 1000 (all freshmen and transfers entering with 0-29 credits) OR GE 3000 (transfers entering with 30 credits or more).
ENG 1030, COMM 1402: Require grade of C or better.
Disciplinary/Interdisciplinary Distribution Requirements
Humanities 9
Select two courses from different areas:
| Fine Arts or Art History | 3 |
| Foreign Languages | 3 |
| Music or Theatre | 3 |
| Philosophy or Religion | 3 |
| Interdisciplinary | 3 |
Social Sciences 9
Science and Mathematics 10-11
| MATH 1010 | FOUNDATIONS OF MATH | 3 |
| Lab Science Biology, Chemistry; Physics; Geology; Meteorology; Earth Science, Astronomy | 3 |
| Additional Science course: ID or one different science course from above | 3-4 |
Health and Physical Education 3
| ID 1225 | CRITICAL ISSUES IN HEALTH CRITICAL ISSUES AND VALUES/CONTEMP HLTH | 3 |
Major/GE Capstone Course 3
| PS 4130 | SENIOR SEMINAR: POLITICAL ISSUES | 3 |
Additional Requirements 24
A grade of C or better is required for all Additional Requirements courses.
Major Requirements 30
A “B-” or better is required for all professional education courses with the exception of EMSE 3801 and EMSE 4801, which require a grade of Satisfactory.
Required Courses
| PS 1010 | INTRODUCTION TO POLITICS | 3 |
| PS 2100 | AMERICAN GOVERNMENT AND POLITICS | 3 |
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| PS 2300 | INTRODUCTION TO COMPARATIVE POLITICS | 3 |
| OR | |
| PS 2400 | INTRODUCTION TO INTERNATIONAL RELATION | 3 |
| One course from political theory area | 3 |
Major Electives 18
Six political science courses, including five on the 3000-4000 level. Of these five courses, at least 3 must be at the 3000-level. One course must be a writing emphasis course. Students may take HIST 3000 as a substitute for one of their upper-level major elective courses.
HIST 3000 (Perspectives on History) is strongly recommend as a PRAXIS Exam preparation course.
Professional Education Requirements 30
A “B-” or better is required for all professional education courses with the exception of EMSE 3801 and EMSE 4801, which require a grade of Satisfactory.
Field Experience 15
| EMSE 2801 | CLINICAL EXPERIENCE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION K-12 | 3 |
| EMSE 3801 | CLINICAL PRACTICE I IN SUBJECT AREA INSTRUCTION, P -12 | 2 |
| EMSE 3903 | ENGLISH LANGUAGE LEARNERS IN AMERICAN SCHOOLS | 1 |
| EMSE4801 | | |
Education Core 9
| EDUC 3401 | LANGUAGE ARTS/READING IN K-12 SUBJECT AREA TEACHING | 3 |
| EDUC 3000 | CURRICULUM EVALUATION AND THE LEARNER | 3 |
| EDUC 4000 | TEACHER AND CLASSROOM | 3 |
Specialty 6