Teacher Education Program K-6

Requirements

Course Plan

Phase

Semester

Semester
Hours

Courses

Introductory Phase

 One

 15

  • EDTL:2111 Teaching Elementary Learners I (2 s.h.)

  • EPLS:3000, PSQF:1075, EDTL:4900, or EDTL:2122 (3 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (4 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (3 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (3 s.h.)

Introductory Phase

 Two

 15

  • EDTL:2112 Teaching Elementary Learners II (2 s.h.)

  • EPLS:3000, PSQF:1075, EDTL:4900, or EDTL:2122 (3 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (4 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (3 s.h.)

 

Checkpoint:Apply to progress for full admission to TEP

Instruction Phase

 Three

 16

  • EDTL:3190 Orientation to Elementary Education (2 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3002 Teaching & Learning Technologies (2 s.h.)

  • EPLS:3000, PSQF:1075, EDTL:4900, or EDTL:2122 (3 s.h.)

  • EPLS:3000, PSQF:1075, EDTL:4900, or EDTL:2122 (3 s.h.)

  • General education requirement (3 s.h)

  • General education requirement (3 s.h.)

Instruction Phase

 Four

 15

  • EDTL:3123 Reading & Responding to Children's Lit (3 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3120 Music Methods (3.s.h)

  • EDTL:3141 Numbers & Operations (3 s.h.)

  • Course for Added Endorsement / Elective (3 s.h.)

  • Course for AddedEndorsement / Elective (3 s.h)

Instruction Phase

 Five

  14

  • EDTL:3160 Primary Rdg & LangArts Methods, K-3 (3 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3127 Methods & Materials of PE &Health (2 s.h.)

  • EDTL: 3161Social Studies forElementary Teachers (3 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3165 Elementary Science Methods I (3 s.h.)

  • EPLS:4180 HumanRelations (3 s.h.)

 Instruction Phase

 Six

 15

  • EDTL:3163 Methods: Elementary School Mathematics (3 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3170 Classroom Management (2 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3174 Elementary Math Practicum (1 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3164 Intermediate Rdg & Lang Arts Mthds,3-6 (3 s.h.)

  • EDTL:3166 Elementary Science Methods II (3 s.h.)

  • Course for AddedEndorsement / Elective (3 s.h.)

Checkpoint: Apply for admission to student teaching

Instruction PhaseSeven16
  • EDTL:3103 Assessment & Instructional Practice (3 s.h.)
  • EDTL:4171 Diversity & Exceptionalities in Lit Inst (3 s.h.)
  • EDTL:3172 Elementary Reading Practicum (4 s.h.)
  • EDTL:3142 Geometry & Measurement (3 s.h.)
  • Course for Added Endorsement / Elective (3 s.h.)
Teaching PhaseEight15

Student Teaching

  • EDTL:4187 Elementary Student Teaching Seminar
  • EDTL:4190 Supervise Teach Elem Schl Interact Phase
  • EDTL:4191 Supervise Teach Elem Sch P&P Phase

For additional information, admissions procedures, or advising referral, please contact Office of Student Services, College of Education, N201 Lindquist Center, Iowa City, IA 52242, 319-335-5359, ask-education@uiowa.edu.

General Education Course Work

Undergraduate students pursuing a BA with a major in elementary education must satisfy the requirements: General Education CLAS Core Requirements.

  • Please note the following General Education requirements can be satisfied with Elementary Education major courses 
    EDTL: 2122 Creativity, Imagination, Play, satisfies Literary, Visual, and Performing Arts GE 
    EDTL:4900 Foundations of Special Education satisfies Understanding Cultural Perspectives GE 
    EPLS: 4180 Human Relations for the Classroom Teacher satisfies Values and Society GE 
    STAT:1010 Statistics in Society satisfies Quantitative or Formal Reasoning GE
  • Students who are able to complete their World Language General Education with a World Language and Cultural Exploration courses are encouraged to consider EDTL:4410 Language, Power, and Multilingual Education which will count toward both Reading and ESL endorsements. 

 Foundation Courses: 

  • Students may complete the foundation courses before being admitted to the major in elementary education, but the courses are not prerequisite to admission to the major.
  • EDTL:2122 Creativity, Imagination, Play, and Human Development through the Arts
  • EDTL:4900 Foundations of Special Education
  • EPLS:3000 Foundations of Education
  • PSQF:1075 Educational Psychology

Courses that work for both Content Area and Gen Ed

Content Area: Science
Gen Ed: Natural Sciences (7 s.h., including at least one lab course

One biology content course is required for the program. Students who have not previously completed another Natural Science General Education course should select SIED:3164 Introduction to Science in Society (3 s.h.). SIED:3164 fulfills both the Natural Science Without Lab General Education requirement and the program's biology content requirement. Students who do not complete SIED:3164 must complete one of the biology content courses listed below. Not all courses are offered every semester.

  • Biological Sciences
    • BIOL:1140 Human Biology: Nonmajors
    • BIOL:1141 Human Biology: Health Professions
    • BIOL:1251 How the Brain Works (and Why it Doesn’t)
    • BIOL:1260 Plants and Human Affairs
    • BIOL:1261 Introduction to Botany
    • BIOL:1370 Understanding Evolution
    • BIOL:2120 Good Genes Gone Bad
  • Chemical/Physical Sciences
    • CHEM:1050 Chemistry of our World*
    • CHEM:1070 General Chemistry I
    • CHEM:1100 Chemistry in Industry & the Economy
    • CHEM:1110 Principles of Chemistry I
    • PHYS:1200 Physics of Everyday Experience
    • PHYS:1400 Basic Physics
  • Earth/Space Sciences
    • ASTR:1070 Stars, Galaxies, and the Universe
    • ASTR:1080 Exploration of the Solar System
    • SEES:1030 Introduction to Earth Science
    • SEES:1040 Evolution and the History of Life
    • SEES:1050 Introduction to Geology
    • SEES:1070 Age of Dinosaurs
    • SEES:1080 Intro. to Environmental Science*
    • EES:1400 Natural Disasters*

*= also meets Sustainability Gen Ed

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Content Area: Social Studies
If you have not already earned 9 s.h. Social Studies Content or have not completed these Gen Ed areas, you can complete both at the same time by choosing from the courses below. NOTE: Not every Gen Ed course on MyUI also counts as Social Studies Content.  Social Studies content courses must be selected from TWO different departments which include ANTH, ECON, GEOG, HIST, POLI, PSY, and SOC.  One course in each of 2 social studies content areas should be prioritized: 

  • An American Government course is strongly encouraged.
    • POLI:1100 Introduction to American Politics
  • An American History course is strongly encouraged.
    • HIST:1261 American History to 1877
    • HIST:1262 American History 1877-Present
    • HIST:2267 African American History to 1877
    • HIST:2268 African American History Since Civil War
       

Gen Ed: Social Sciences

  • ANTH:1101 Cultural Anthropology
  • ANTH:2261 Human Impacts on the Environment*
  • ECON:1100 Principles of Microeconomics
  • ECON:1200 Principles of Microeconomics
  • GEOG:2013 Introduction to Sustainability*
  • POLI:1100 Introduction to American Politics
  • PSY:1001 Elementary Psychology
  • PSY:2401 Introduction to Developmental Science
  • PSY:2601 Introduction to Cognitive Psychology
  • SOC:1010 Introduction to Sociology
  • SOC:1220 Principles of Social Psychology

Gen Ed: Historical Perspective

  • ANTH:1201 World Archaeology
  • HIST:1010 History Matters
  • HIST:1016 The History That Made Our World
  • HIST:1101 The Modern World
  • HIST:1261 American History to 1877
  • HIST:1262 American History 1877-Present
  • HIST:1401 The West and the World: Ancient
  • HIST:1403 The West and the World: Modern
  • HIST:1601 Civilizations Asia: China to 17th Cent
  • HIST:1602 Civilizations Asia: China 17th C to Pres
  • HIST:1607 Civilizations of Asia: Korea
  • HIST:2461 Middle East & Mediterranean Alexander-Suleiman 

International and Global Issues

  • ANTH:2100 Anthro & Contemp World Problems
  • GEOG:1070 Contemporary Environmental Issues*
  • GEOG:1090 Globalization and Geographic Diversity
  • HIST:1016 The History That Made Our World
  • HIST:1403 The West and the World: Modern
  • HIST:1601 Civilizations Asia: China to 17th Century
  • HIST:1602 Civilizations Asia: China 17th C to Pres
  • HIST:1607 Civilizations of Asia: Korea
  • POLI:1400 Introduction to Comparative Politics
  • POLI:1501 Introduction to American Foreign Policy

*= also meets Sustainability Gen Ed