Updated 2026-2027 Undergraduate Catalog | 20275

Elementary Education, B.S. major
Communication Arts & Literature Endorsement (Teacher Licensure)

A total of 120 semester credits are needed for the Elementary Education, Communication Arts & Literature endorsement (Teacher Licensure) B.S. degree and include the following:

• Completion of a minimum of 40 upper division credits (level 3000/4000)
• Completion of all required major credits 
• Completion of Core Curriculum credits (Minnesota Transfer Curriculum [MnTC] Goal Areas 1-10 with a minimum of 40 credits) required for all baccalaureate degrees
• Completion of BSU Focus and Nisidotaading Course Requirements

Required Credits: 78
Required GPA: 2.50

I ELEMENTARY EDUCATION FOUNDATION COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• EDUC 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• EDUC 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• EDUC 3140 Human Diversity and Educational Equity (3 credits)
• EDUC 3350 Principles and Strategies of Teaching (3 credits)
• EDUC 3780 Inclusive Teaching and Classrooms (3 credits)
• EDUC 4799 The Professional Teacher (1 credit)
• HLTH 3400 Drug Education, Stress and the Mind (2 credits)

Complete the following course, up to 12 credits:

• EDUC 4820 Student Teaching - Elementary (1-16 credits)

II ELEMENTARY EDUCATION MAJOR COURSES

Complete the following courses:

• EDUC 3201 Language Arts I (3 credits)
• EDUC 3202 Language Arts II (3 credits)
• EDUC 3203 Language Arts III (3 credits)
• EDUC 3221 Elementary Math Methods (3 credits)
• EDUC 3222 Elementary Science Methods (3 credits)
• EDUC 3240 Social Studies in the Elementary School (3 credits)
• EDUC 3310 Creative Arts in Education (3 credits)
• HLTH 4100 Teaching Elementary School Health (2 credits)
• PHED 4200 Methods of Teaching Elementary Physical Education to Classroom Teachers (1 credit)

Complete the following course:

• MATH 1011 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I (3 credits)

Complete the following course:

• MATH 1013 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II (3 credits)

COMMUNICATION ARTS AND LITERATURE ENDORSEMENT

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• EDUC 3208 Developmental Reading in Middle School (3 credits)
• EDUC 3417 Teaching and Learning in the Middle School (3 credits)
• EDUC 4737 Content Area Reading (3 credits)
• ENGL 2337 American Literature from 1865 to Present (3 credits)
• ENGL 3540 Literature for Young Adults (3 credits)

COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING COURSE (5 CREDITS):

• EDUC 4840 Student Teaching - Special Fields (1-12 credits)

COMMUNICATION ARTS AND LITERATURE ENDORSEMENT

SELECT 1 OF THE FOLLOWING COURSES:

• ENGL 2357 British Literature to 1800 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2358 Diverse British Literatures from 1800 to Present (3 credits)
• ENGL 2370 World Literature to 1600 (3 credits)
• ENGL 2377 World Literature from 1600 to Present (3 credits)

PROFESSIONAL EDUCATION COURSES MUST BE COMPLETED

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Program Learning Outcomes | Elementary Education, B.S. Communication Arts & Literature Endorsement (Teacher Licensure) 

·      8710.2000 Standards of Effective Practice: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.2000/ 

·       8710.3200 Teachers of Elementary Education: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.3200/

·     8710.3310 Middle Level Endorsement License for Teachers of Communication Arts and Literature: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/rules/8710.3310/

Suggested semester schedule | Elementary Education, Communication Arts and Literature Endorsement B.S. major

Freshman - 1st semester

• EDUC 3100 Introduction to the Foundations of Public School Education (3 credits)
• Core Curriculum Goal 4
• Nisidotaading Course Requirement
• Core Curriculum (6 credits)

Freshman - 2nd semester

• MATH 1011 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers I (3 credits)
• Core Curriculum (10 credits)
• BSU Focus (1 credit)

Sophomore - 3rd semester

• EDUC 3110 Educational Psychology (3 credits)
• MATH 1013 Mathematics for Elementary School Teachers II (3 credits)
• ENGL 2357 British Literature to 1800 (3 credits)
  or ENGL 2358 Diverse British Literatures from 1800 to Present (3 credits)
  or ENGL 2370 World Literature to 1600 (3 credits)
  or ENGL 2377 World Literature from 1600 to Present (3 credits)
• Core Curriculum (6 credits)